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WD7500AALX-009BA0 750GB

WD7500AALX-009BA0 750GB
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Effective Speed -54%Effective Speed -54%Average Score -34%Read -49%, Write -47%, 4K Read -62%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite -59%Peak Score -26%Read -48%, Write -50%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -0%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -56%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -32,000%Nice To Haves -8%Age -8%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 57.3% (218^th of 1014)

Based on 2,069 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD7500AALX-009BA0, WDC WD75 00AALX-009BA0, WD7500AALX-009BA0, WDC WD7500AALX-009BA, WDC WD7500AALX-0, WDC WD75 00AALX-009BA, WDC WD7500AALX-609BA0

Poor: 36%Average: 57.3% Great: 74%

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Average average bench

The WD WD7500AALX-009BA0 750GB averaged 42.6% 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 0.86MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.01MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD7500AALX-009BA0 750GB is 37.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD7500AALX-009BA0 750GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.2MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 95.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,069 samples)

Rank 21857.3%

Min	Avg	Max
61.6	Read 104	135
58.9	Write 98.1	125
38.4	Mixed 72.2	104
50.6	SusWrite 95.3	126
68.2% 92.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	4K Read 0.8	1.3
1.1	4K Write 2.01	2.5
0.6	4K Mixed 0.86	1
166% 1.22 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ARG-User, 17 days ago.

684GB free

Firmware: 15.01H15

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 127 126 127 124 MB/s

72.9% Very good

Write 123

Mixed 105

SusWrite 126

89% 121 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.9

201% 1.53 MB/s

ARG-User, 7 days ago.

312GB free

Firmware: 15.01H15

SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 114 113 114 113 MB/s

64.5% Good

Write 104

Mixed 76.9

SusWrite 114

75% 101 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 0.8

162% 1.3 MB/s

BEL-User, 5 days ago.

473GB free

Firmware: 15.01H15

SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 97 100 97 97 MB/s

57.1% Above average

Write 88

Mixed 75

SusWrite 97.2

67% 90.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.8

153% 1.13 MB/s

FRA-User, 17 days ago.

68GB free

Firmware: 15.01H15

SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 79 79 81 80 MB/s

51.4% Above average

Write 98

Mixed 97.2

SusWrite 79.8

70% 93.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.7

139% 1 MB/s

HRV-User, 5 days ago.

327GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15.01H15

SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 52 45 40 31 53 MB/s

36.5% Below average

Write 92.2

Mixed 52.1

SusWrite 42.4

50% 67.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.8

144% 0.97 MB/s

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV REV 2.2

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	199x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	146x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	96x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	219x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	80x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	59x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	57x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	25x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	23x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	28x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	26x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	25x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

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