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WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 56.6% (230th of 1015)

more Based on 11,642 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD1001FAES-60Z2A0, WDC WD10 01FAES-60Z2A, WDC WD10 01FAES-55W7A, WDC WD1001FAES-60Z2A, WDC WD1001FAES-40Y6A0, WDC WD1001FAES-75W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-55W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-19W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-75W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-22W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-19W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-22W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-60W7A, WDC WD1001FAES-75W7A, WDC WD1001FAES-00W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-00W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-00W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-60Z2A0, WDC WD10 01FAES-75W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-55W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-60W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-19W7A, WDC WD1001FAES-7, WDC WD10 01FAES-00W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-5, WDC WD1001FAES-6, WDC WD1001FAES-19W7A0, WDC WD10 01FAES-22W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-22W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-55W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-0, WDC WD1001FAES-1, WDC WD1001FAES-2
Poor: 29%Average: 56.6% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB averaged 43.3% 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 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.04MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB is 45.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 93.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,642 samples)
Rank 23056.6%
Min Avg Max
48.5 Read 103 136
37.9 Write 97.1 126
37 Mixed 73.3 100
38.5 SusWrite 93.6 128
67.8% 91.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.04 1.4
0.9 4K Write 1.96 2.5
0.3 4K Mixed 0.83 1
172% 1.28 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
657GB free
Firmware: 06.01D06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 121 124 123 126 126 MB/s
72.2% Very good
Read 127
Write 113
Mixed 83
SusWrite 124
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
149% 1.1 MB/s
806GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 116 115 118 119 MB/s
71.2% Very good
Read 130
Write 120
Mixed 93.6
SusWrite 117
85% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.67 MB/s
884GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 113 114 110 MB/s
66.8% Good
Read 121
Write 114
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 111
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
168% 1.23 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 118 119 119 119 MB/s
66.7% Good
Read 114
Write 110
Mixed 85.7
SusWrite 118
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.43 MB/s
874GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 99 86 105 113 122 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 114
Write 111
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 96.3
74% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.37 MB/s
326GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 104 104 102 104 104 MB/s
54.7% Above average
Read 89.7
Write 89.4
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 101
66% 88.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
173% 1.23 MB/s
267GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 78 80 80 79 MB/s
50% Above average
Read 94.7
Write 97.8
Mixed 85
SusWrite 79
66% 89.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.5 MB/s
302GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 29 57 55 64 69 MB/s
45.3% Average
Read 106
Write 86.3
Mixed 59.4
SusWrite 51.1
56% 75.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
181% 1.33 MB/s
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Gaming 22%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 18%
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Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 8100

CPU
Core i7 860Intel  $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples267x
Core i7 870Intel  $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples194x
Core i5 650Intel  $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples115x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples49x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples34x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples30x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples14x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
RAM
NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 938 samples42x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples31x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples21x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $507

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