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WD3200JB-00KFA0 320GB

WD3200JB-00KFA0 320GB
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Effective Speed -239%Effective Speed -239%Average Score -154%Read -227%, Write -220%, 4K Read -141%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -154%, 4K Mixed -33%, SusWrite -293%Peak Score -125%Read -221%, Write -205%, 4K Read -144%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -85%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -220%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -10%Age -10%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 26% (840^th of 1015)

Based on 343 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD3200JB-00KFA0, WDC WD32 00JB-00KFA0, WDC WD3200JB-22KFA0, WDC WD32 00JB-22KFA0, WDC WD3200JB-55KFA0, WDC WD32 00JB-00K

Poor: 8%Average: 26% Great: 35%

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Very poor average bench

The WD WD3200JB-00KFA0 320GB averaged 73.9% 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 0.65MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.94MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD3200JB-00KFA0 320GB is 27.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD3200JB-00KFA0 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 32.4MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 38.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 343 samples)

Rank 84026%

Min	Avg	Max
12.9	Read 47.5	62.3
10.6	Write 45	61.6
9.68	Mixed 32.4	53
6.5	SusWrite 38.6	61.5
30.1% 40.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.3	4K Read 0.54	0.7
0.61	4K Write 1.94	2.4
0.27	4K Mixed 0.65	1.1
130% 1.04 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 15 months ago.

298GB free

Firmware: 08.05J08

SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 61 61 61 62 62 MB/s

32.7% Below average

Write 54.3

Mixed 39.8

SusWrite 60.4

38% 51.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 1

171% 1.2 MB/s

USA-User, 12 months ago.

298GB free

Firmware: 08.05J08

SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 57 58 59 61 62 MB/s

31.6% Below average

Write 56.2

Mixed 38.8

SusWrite 59.4

38% 51.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 0.9

162% 1.2 MB/s

USA-User, 11 months ago.

298GB free

Firmware: 08.05J08

SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 55 53 53 51 52 MB/s

31.5% Below average

Write 54

Mixed 42.6

SusWrite 51.9

38% 51.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 1

174% 1.27 MB/s

ITA-User, 13 months ago.

38GB free

Firmware: 08.05J08

SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 39 42 41 MB/s

27.4% Poor

Write 36.3

Mixed 29.4

SusWrite 41

30% 40.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.9

157% 1 MB/s

DEU-User, 12 months ago.

234GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 08.05J08

SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 9.4 16 6.9 4.2 4.2 MB/s

18.3% Very poor

Write 40.3

Mixed 33.4

SusWrite 8.8

26% 34.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.5

98% 0.77 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,304,623 HDDs tested

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Typical WD3200JB-00KFA0 320GB Builds (Compare 13 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 30%

Sail boat

Workstation 2%

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System: Dell DM051

CPU
Pentium D 2.80GHzIntelBench 29%, 3,782 samples	8x
Pentium D 2.66GHzIntel $129Bench 26%, 394 samples	2x
Pentium 4 3.00GHzIntelBench 29%, 6,937 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce 8400 GSNvidiaBench 1%, 18,254 samples	3x
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	2x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	2x

SSD
CS900 240GBPNY $22Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	1x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	1x
730 Series 480GBIntel $230Bench 96%, 5,159 samples	1x

RAM
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	5x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
5GBUnknownBench 18%, 14,654 samples	2x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $22

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