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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 3,105,090 user samples
36 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 111% 232GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 42% 129GB free (System drive)
Poor: 42% Great: 111%
SPEED RANK: 125th / 1015
3,105,054 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 109% 916GB free
Worst Bench: 52% 59GB free
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
SPEED RANK: 60th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
69.9 % 83.4 % Faster effective speed.
+19%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
151 MB/s 155 MB/s +3%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
117 MB/s 140 MB/s Faster write speed.
+20%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
3.46 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+191%
1.19 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
4.43 MB/s Much faster random write.
+79%
2.47 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
132 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+48%
89.3 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
3.64 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+240%
1.07 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
91.4 MB/s 135 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+48%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
250 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+24%
202 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
228 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+29%
177 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
8 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+433%
1.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
7.9 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+163%
3 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
248 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+119%
113 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
7.7 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+542%
1.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
137 MB/s 185 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+35%
Market Share
Based on 53,483,599 HDDs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 64 % More popular.
+28%
Age
Newest
80+ Months Much more recent.
+44%
144 Months
Capacity
Capacity
268GB 1TB
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This is the latest version of Western Digital's mid-range Blue drive. At only one year of age this drive is relatively new and the performance figures reflect this. With maximum sequential speeds of 180 MB/s (both read and write) the Blue is amongst the faster drives currently available and in terms of real world performance it beats its predecessor the 2010 Blue (WD10EALS) by around 18%. The 2012 Blue has a single 1TB platter which combined with its 7200 rotation speed allows for above average performance across the board. In terms of value for money a larger capacity drive will nearly always be a better choice but within the 1TB category as a system drive, the 2012 Blue is a very reasonable, if not the best, option. [Jan '14 HDrivePro]

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