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Best Bench: 109% 597GB free
Worst Bench: 53% 588GB free (System drive)

Poor: 53% Great: 109%

SPEED RANK: 63^rd / 1015


Effective Speed Effective HDD Speed		83.8 %			89.4 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +7%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	156 MB/s		159 MB/s	+2%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	143 MB/s		147 MB/s	+3%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	1.19 MB/s		1.28 MB/s	Slightly faster random read. +8%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	2.44 MB/s	Faster random write. +14%	2.14 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	88.9 MB/s	Slightly faster mixed IO speed. +9%	81.8 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	1.08 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +23%	0.88 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	136 MB/s		152 MB/s	Faster sustained write speed. +12%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	202 MB/s	+0%	202 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	177 MB/s		189 MB/s	Slightly faster peak write speed. +7%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	1.5 MB/s		1.72 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +15%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	3 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +19%	2.51 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	116 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +18%	98.7 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	1.2 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +17%	1.02 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	181 MB/s		196 MB/s	Slightly faster peak sustained write speed. +8%

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User Rating UBM User Rating	62 %	+5%	59.2 %
Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	12.2 %	Hugely higher market share. +305%	3.01 %
Price Price (score)	$32	Hugely cheaper. +189%	91.8 USD
Value Value For Money	52.8 %	Better value. +12%	47.2 %


Age Newest		103 Months			73.6 Months	Much more recent. +40%


Capacity Capacity			1TB			—

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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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16