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WD2500BVVT-28A26Y1 250GB

WD2500BVVT-28A26Y1 250GB
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Effective Speed -165%Effective Speed -165%Average Score -129%Read -154%, Write -150%, 4K Read -217%, 4K Write -43%, Mixed -95%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -184%Peak Score -117%Read -159%, Write -151%, 4K Read -242%, 4K Write -30%, Mixed -42%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite -165%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +1% Age 1%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 33.3% (638^th of 1014)

Based on 153 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD2500BVVT-28A26Y1, WDC WD2500BVVT-28A26, WDC WD2500BVVT-63A26Y0, WDC WD25 00BVVT-28A26Y1

Poor: 19%Average: 33.3% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD2500BVVT-28A26Y1 250GB averaged 66.6% 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 0.54MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.5MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD2500BVVT-28A26Y1 250GB is 23.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD2500BVVT-28A26Y1 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 42.2MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 53.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 153 samples)

Rank 63833.3%

Min	Avg	Max
34.5	Read 61.1	77
23.2	Write 57.6	75
16.3	Mixed 42.2	69.1
21.4	SusWrite 53.4	74.1
39.5% 53.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 0.41	0.5
0.74	4K Write 1.5	1.93
0.18	4K Mixed 0.54	0.8
105% 0.82 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ESP-User, 7 months ago.

185GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 72 72 71 68 66 MB/s

39.5% Below average

Write 66.4

Mixed 45.7

SusWrite 69.4

46% 62.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.7

132% 1 MB/s

TUN-User, 1 month ago.

201GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 71 72 71 73 71 MB/s

39.3% Below average

Write 72.2

Mixed 46.7

SusWrite 70.8

47% 63.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.8

143% 1.03 MB/s

GBR-User, 22 days ago.

18GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 63 62 61 58 MB/s

35% Below average

Write 60.2

Mixed 39.7

SusWrite 61.2

41% 55.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.6

117% 0.93 MB/s

HRV-User, 6 months ago.

80GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 48 51 51 52 MB/s

28.9% Poor

Write 50.8

Mixed 38.5

SusWrite 50.7

35% 47.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.6

121% 0.97 MB/s

FJI-User, 5 months ago.

178GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 33 33 33 33 MB/s

25.9% Poor

Write 50.8

Mixed 38.8

SusWrite 32.6

33% 44.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.7

128% 0.93 MB/s

PHL-User, 2 months ago.

233GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 40 19 19 17 MB/s

23% Poor

Write 42.1

Mixed 26

SusWrite 30.4

27% 37 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1

4K Mixed 0.5

99% 0.7 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,310,797 HDDs tested

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asrock H310CM-HDV/M.2

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	332x
Core i3-9100FIntel $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples	153x
Core i5-9400Intel $161Bench 86%, 22,187 samples	66x

GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	88x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	73x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	71x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	32x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	22x
WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GBWDCBench 45%, 85,321 samples	21x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	27x
1x16GBUnknownBench 53%, 15,722 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $285

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD2500BVVT-28A26Y1 250GB