WD WD10EALS

Blue 1TB (2010)

▲ Blue 1TB (2010)
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Effective Speed -55%Effective Speed -55%Average Score -29%Read -49%, Write -48%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite -61%Peak Score -25%Read -49%, Write -49%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -0%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -54%Value & Sentiment User Rating -17%, Market Share -31,567%, Price -56%, Value -527%Nice To Haves -51%Age -51%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 56.9% (225^th of 1014)

Based on 11,448 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD10EALS-00Z8A0, WDC WD10EALS-00Z, WDC WD10 EALS-00Z8A0, WDC WD10 EALS-002BA0, WDC WD10EALS-002, WDC WD10 EALS-08Z8A0, WDC WD10EALS-00F6B0, WDC WD10EALS-08Z8A0, WDC WD10EALS-002BA0

This version (WD10EALS) of Western Digital's mid-range blue series drive is nearly four years old and as such not a good choice as a new purchase. This drive operates at 7200 RPM and has two 500GB platters which allow it to sustain reasonable sequential transfer rates of up to 180 MB/s read and 140 MB/s write. Average transfer rates are below this by nearly 50% and this version of the blue exhibits particularly weak throughputs of just 50 MB/s when faced with mixed IO (simultaneous reading and writing). Overall as a new purchase the newer single platter 1TB Blue 2012 Blue (WD10EZEX) is a far better choice and offers nearly 20% better average performance. ^{[Dec '13 HDrivePro]}

Poor: 35%Average: 56.9% Great: 74%

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Average average bench

The WD Blue 1TB (2010) averaged 43.1% 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 0.84MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.06MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 1TB (2010) is 38.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 1TB (2010) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73.9MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 94.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,448 samples)

Rank 22556.9%

Min	Avg	Max
62.2	Read 104	134
48.8	Write 97.3	126
38.9	Mixed 73.9	100
40.8	SusWrite 94.1	128
68.1% 92.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 1.06	1.4
0.9	4K Write 2.01	2.5
0.5	4K Mixed 0.84	1
175% 1.3 MB/s

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

ROU-User, 2 days ago.

296GB free

Firmware: 05.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 34 34 35 33 MB/s

59.6% Above average

Write 31

Mixed 41

SusWrite 33.6

51% 69.9 MB/s

4K Read 1.9

4K Write 0.5

4K Mixed 0.7

166% 1.03 MB/s

POL-User, 1 day ago.

690GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 34 34 34 36 34 MB/s

40.4% Average

Write 106

Mixed 24.3

SusWrite 34.1

49% 67.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.1

4K Write 0.6

4K Mixed 0.2

38% 0.3 MB/s

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,759x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,749x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,847x

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RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,437x
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

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POL-User

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Good

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i have this disk for about 13 years. and still works perfectly fine

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WD WD10EALS

Blue 1TB (2010)

Average Bench: 56.9% (225^th of 1014)

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Average Bench: 56.9% (225th of 1014)

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