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WD3000JS-60PDB0 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 26.5% (828th of 1015)

more Based on 1,177 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD3000JS-60PDB0, WDC WD3000JS-00PDB1, WDC WD30 00JS-63PDB1, WDC WD3000JS-00PDB0, WDC WD30 00JS-22PDB0, WDC WD30 00JS-60PDB0, WDC WD30 00JS-19PDB0, WDC WD3000JS-60P, WDC WD30 00JS-00PDB0, WDC WD3000JS-00P, WDC WD3000JS-63PDB1, WDC WD3000JS-63P, WDC WD3000JS-22PDB0, WDC WD3000JS-19PDB0, WDC WD3000JS-98PDB0, WDC WD3000JS-55PDB0, WDC WD30 00JS-98PDB0
Poor: 12%Average: 26.5% Great: 34%

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Very poor average bench

The WD WD3000JS-60PDB0 300GB averaged 73.4% 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 0.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.86MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD3000JS-60PDB0 300GB is 21.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD3000JS-60PDB0 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 35.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 44.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,177 samples)
Rank 82826.5%
Min Avg Max
19.2 Read 47.9 59
12.3 Write 46.1 58.5
13.4 Mixed 35.5 43.5
12.3 SusWrite 44.1 58.5
32.1% 43.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.54 0.7
0.5 4K Write 1.86 2.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.85 1
152% 1.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
243GB free
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s
33.9% Below average
Read 61.8
Write 60.9
Mixed 41.7
SusWrite 55.9
41% 55.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.2 MB/s
253GB free
Firmware: 21.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 59 59 58 56 58 MB/s
33.3% Below average
Read 58.2
Write 58.6
Mixed 41.7
SusWrite 57.3
40% 54 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
175% 1.23 MB/s
276GB free
Firmware: 21.00M22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 58 58 58 58 57 MB/s
32.9% Below average
Read 56.7
Write 57.7
Mixed 42.4
SusWrite 57.3
40% 53.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
177% 1.27 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 45 45 47 48 MB/s
29% Poor
Read 54.2
Write 47.4
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 46.3
34% 45.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
76GB free
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 33 33 33 33 MB/s
24.1% Poor
Read 50.5
Write 37.1
Mixed 31.8
SusWrite 33.1
28% 38.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 29 29 27 27 34 MB/s
23.7% Poor
Read 54.1
Write 32.4
Mixed 27.2
SusWrite 27.9
26% 35.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.03 MB/s
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 28 23 31 34 34 MB/s
17.6% Very poor
Read 32.8
Write 45.4
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 27.9
27% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
115% 1.03 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+AMDBench 41%, 5,594 samples1x
Phenom II X4 925AMD  $150Bench 51%, 5,211 samples1x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+AMDBench 32%, 784 samples1x
GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples1x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples1x
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430NvidiaBench 0%, 4,836 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples1x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples1x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples1x
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