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WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB

WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB
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Effective Speed -127%Effective Speed -127%Average Score -69%Read -125%, Write -95%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -105%, 4K Mixed 22%, SusWrite -129%Peak Score -83%Read -143%, Write -115%, 4K Read -71%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -114%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite -140%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -30,822%Nice To Haves -10%Age -10%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 38.9% (527^th of 1015)

Based on 1,105 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD1500AHFD-00RAR5, WDC WD1500AHFD-00RAR1, WDC WD1500AHFD-00RAR4, WDC WD15 00AHFD-00RAR, WDC WD1500AHFD-0, WDC WD1500AHFD-00RAR, WDC WD15 00AHFD-00RAR1, WDC WD15 00AHFD-00RAR4, WDC WD15 00AHFD-00RAR5

Poor: 25%Average: 38.9% Great: 47%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB averaged 61.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.06MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.91MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB is 21.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.2MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 66.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,105 samples)

Rank 52738.9%

Min	Avg	Max
43.2	Read 68.9	82.3
49	Write 73.9	87.5
31.3	Mixed 40.2	45.9
38.3	SusWrite 66.2	81.9
45.7% 62.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 0.91	1
1.5	4K Write 1.94	2.2
0.8	4K Mixed 1.06	1.2
191% 1.3 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CZE-User, 1 month ago.

60GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 66 56 63 62 68 MB/s

39.6% Below average

Write 76.8

Mixed 43

SusWrite 61.4

47% 64.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1.1

197% 1.33 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

37GB free

Firmware: 20.07P20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 64 62 62 62 60 MB/s

38.6% Below average

Write 80.5

Mixed 41.2

SusWrite 61.5

47% 64 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1.1

201% 1.37 MB/s

CZE-User, 1 month ago.

81GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 64 55 58 50 57 MB/s

38.4% Below average

Write 87.4

Mixed 45

SusWrite 58.7

49% 66.4 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1.1

201% 1.37 MB/s

AUS-User, 4 months ago.

11GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 50 50 45 47 MB/s

29.7% Poor

Write 58.5

Mixed 34.3

SusWrite 48.1

36% 48.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 1

180% 1.2 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

28GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21.07QR4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 42 43 42 44 42 MB/s

15.4% Very poor

Write 24.5

Mixed 20.2

SusWrite 41.3

18% 24.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.1

4K Write 0.9

4K Mixed 0.3

54% 0.43 MB/s

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Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,306,561 HDDs tested

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Typical WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB Builds (Compare 144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

Raft

Motherboard: EVGA 132-BL-E758

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	69x
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	13x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled)NvidiaBench 40%, 5,438 samples	7x
GTX 260Nvidia $250Bench 7%, 11,945 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	43x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	20x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	18x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $399

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB