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WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB

WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB
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Effective Speed -206%Effective Speed -206%Average Score -119%Read -219%, Write -174%, 4K Read -86%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -106%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite -207%Peak Score -112%Read -226%, Write -191%, 4K Read -90%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -66%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite -215%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -9%Age -9%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 28.8% (767^th of 1015)

Based on 465 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD360GD-00FNA0, WDC WD360GD-00FN, WDC WD360GD-00FLA1, WDC WD360GD-00FLA2, WDC WD360GD-00FL, WDC WD36 0GD-00FLC0, WDC WD360GD-00ELX1, WDC WD36 0GD-00FLA1, WDC WD36 0GD-00FNA0, WDC WD36 0GD-00FLA2, WDC WD360GD-00GHA0, WDC WD360GD-50GHA2, WDC WD360GD-00FLA0, WDC WD360GD-50GHA0, WDC WD360GD-00FLC0

Poor: 18%Average: 28.8% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The WD WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB averaged 71.1% 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 0.71MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.82MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB is just 18.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 48.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 465 samples)

Rank 76728.8%

Min	Avg	Max
27.4	Read 48.7	61.3
31.7	Write 52.7	64.7
24.8	Mixed 40	59
20.8	SusWrite 49.3	62.4
35.2% 47.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.2	4K Read 0.7	0.9
1.02	4K Write 1.82	2.2
0.26	4K Mixed 0.71	1.2
142% 1.07 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

AUS-User, 8 months ago.

17GB free

Firmware: 0953

SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 50 51 52 51 52 MB/s

31.3% Below average

Write 62.7

Mixed 35.9

SusWrite 51.4

38% 51.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1.1

191% 1.27 MB/s

PRT-User, 4 months ago.

34GB free

Firmware: 33.08F33

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

29.1% Poor

Write 65.1

Mixed 35.1

SusWrite 43.4

37% 50.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 1.1

194% 1.33 MB/s

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Typical WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB Builds (Compare 10,751 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 159%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 161%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $220

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,137x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,716x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,260x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	913x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	880x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	698x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	599x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	431x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	398x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	299x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	275x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,196

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB