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Real World Speed
Performance profile from 3,109,885 user samples
3,105,054 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 109% 916GB free
Worst Bench: 52% 59GB free
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
SPEED RANK: 60th / 1015
4,831 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 47% 413GB free
Worst Bench: 12% 60GB free (System drive)
Poor: 12% Great: 47%
SPEED RANK: 631st / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
83.4 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+148%
33.7 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
155 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+155%
60.7 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
140 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+183%
49.5 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
1.19 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+177%
0.43 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
2.47 MB/s Much faster random write.
+66%
1.49 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
89.3 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+117%
41.1 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
1.07 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+70%
0.63 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
135 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+139%
56.4 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
202 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+144%
82.7 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
177 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+123%
79.2 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
1.5 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+200%
0.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
3 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+58%
1.9 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
113 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+119%
51.5 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
1.2 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+33%
0.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
185 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+127%
81.4 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 53,831,866 HDDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
14.8 % Insanely higher market share.
+147,500%
0.01 %
Value
Value For Money
56.1 % Insanely better value.
+1,564%
3.37 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
64 % More popular.
+28%
50 %
Price
Price (score)
$30 Much cheaper.
+40%
$50
Age
Newest
148 Months 129+ Months More recent.
+13%
Capacity
Capacity
1TB 250GB

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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