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Blue 2TB (2015)

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Release date: Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 64.8% (163rd of 1014)

more Based on 253,816 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0, WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB, WDC WD20EZRZ-08MNH5G, WDC WD20EZRZ-00Z5HBO, WDC WD20EZRZ-60Z5HB0, WDC WD20EZRZ-00ZZ5HB0, WDC WD20EZRZ-00D8PB0, WDC WD20 EZRZ-60Z5HB0, WDC WD20EZRZ-85ZUHYT311, WDC WD20EZRZ-60Z, WDC WD20EZRZ-00WN1B0, WDC WD20EZRZ-22Z5HB0, WDC WD20EZRZ-00Z, WDC WD20EZRZ-22Z, WDC WD20 EZRZ-22Z5HB0, WDC WD20EZRZ-00Z5H80, WDC WD20EZRZ-64T0FY0, WDC WD20EZRZ-00ZF5A0, WD20EZRZ-00WN9B0, WDC WD20EZRZ-64P6ZY0, WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0, WDC WD20EZRZ-22Z0FY0
Poor: 40%Average: 64.8% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The WD Blue 2TB (2015) averaged 35.2% 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 0.91MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.25MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 2TB (2015) is 43.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 2TB (2015) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 107MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 253,816 samples)
Rank 16364.8%
Min Avg Max
69.5 Read 116 152
55.2 Write 107 143
47.1 Mixed 74.3 94.6
57.7 SusWrite 109 144
74.8% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.85 1
1.2 4K Write 2.25 2.7
0.6 4K Mixed 0.91 1
179% 1.34 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
529GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 148 147 149 146 MB/s
84% Excellent
Read 145
Write 144
Mixed 82
SusWrite 148
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.43 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 118 115 118 114 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 139
Write 143
Mixed 93
SusWrite 116
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
197% 1.47 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 130 129 126 132 MB/s
72.5% Very good
Read 122
Write 123
Mixed 78.2
SusWrite 130
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
184% 1.4 MB/s
854GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 114 117 114 117 MB/s
72.2% Very good
Read 136
Write 131
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 115
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.4 MB/s
928GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 97 96 95 97 96 MB/s
60.7% Good
Read 116
Write 128
Mixed 87.3
SusWrite 95.3
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.37 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $83 @ launch in Aug '15
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,009x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,179x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,946x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,314x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,302x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples885x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples788x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples685x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,557x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $686

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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1,391

Official site www.wdc.com/...

Solid performance and reliability for everyday computing...

Added 8 years ago.
USA-User
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9,834

Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

3 years ago.

GBR-User
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5,780

Excellent

5 years ago.

there is bottleneck with this HDD

POL-User
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4,564

Terrible

14 months ago.

Bought this to pair it with another 2TB WD Blue disk, didn't know about the SMR thing, it's totally unusable for raid, the sequential write performance when rebuilding drops to around 1-2 megabytes per second when at around 80% capacity

AUS-User
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3,948

Poor

3 years ago.

Good bang for buck. Suit Linux desktops or as part of a storage group. Will be the weak point for Windows 10 updates and other heavy laods on even the oldest hardware. Could do with a GiB of Cache. Entry level SSD is 9 times the cost. Much less noise than Velociraptors, just be aware these can be a bottleneck on Windows.

gtzivas
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6

Poor

6 years ago.

Too slow compared to the seagate alternative

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