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WD WD20EARS

Green 2TB (2010)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 50.2% (300th of 1015)

Based on 5,498 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD20EARS-00M, WDC WD20EARS-60MVWB0, WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0, WDC WD20 EARS-00S8B1
Poor: 27%Average: 50.2% Great: 68%

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Average average bench

The WD Green 2TB (2010) averaged 49.8% 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 0.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.74MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 2TB (2010) is 40.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Green 2TB (2010) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 62.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 84.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,498 samples)
Rank 30050.2%
Min Avg Max
46 Read 90.4 122
30.4 Write 84.6 115
28 Mixed 62.6 90.5
28.8 SusWrite 84.3 117
59.3% 80.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.74 1
0.4 4K Write 1.66 2.4
0.3 4K Mixed 0.62 0.8
130% 1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 125 123 124 124 MB/s
66.2% Good
Read 107
Write 120
Mixed 86.3
SusWrite 123
81% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.23 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 110 108 109 108 MB/s
59.8% Above average
Read 99.7
Write 104
Mixed 86.9
SusWrite 108
74% 99.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.2 MB/s
92GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 111 106 108 108 MB/s
50.5% Above average
Read 68.6
Write 31.2
Mixed 38.1
SusWrite 107
45% 61.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
129% 0.87 MB/s
102GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 70 80 74 53 MB/s
50.4% Above average
Read 107
Write 103
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 68.5
67% 90 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.2 MB/s
569GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 70 79 79 79 81 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 79.3
Write 75.2
Mixed 62
SusWrite 78
54% 73.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
147% 1.1 MB/s
148GB free
Firmware: 0401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 26 26 28 26 26 MB/s
22.2% Poor
Read 51
Write 28.8
Mixed 25.3
SusWrite 25.7
24% 32.7 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.8
198% 1.27 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 9%
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Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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System: HP h8-1070uk

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $196Bench 67%, 185,630 samples14x
GPU
GeForce GT 545NvidiaBench 6%, 2,995 samples10x
GTX 580Nvidia  $450Bench 23%, 15,395 samples1x
HD 7850AMD  $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples1x
SSD
SSD 128GBBiwinBench 57%, 1,868 samples3x
Blue 500GBWD  $84Bench 86%, 19,345 samples1x
M4 256GBCrucial  $218Bench 61%, 17,938 samples1x
RAM
F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4D1 Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 14GBUnknownBench 49%, 5 samples4x
16JTF51264AZ-1G4D1 1x4GBMicronBench 25%, 467 samples1x
16JTF51264AZ-1G4D1 2x4GBMicronBench 47%, 1,539 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $196

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