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Release date: Q1 2010.

Effective Speed 
+47%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 3,116,502 user samples
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3,105,054 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 109% 916GB free
Worst Bench: 52% 59GB free
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
SPEED RANK: 60th / 1015
11,448 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 74% 931GB free
Worst Bench: 35% 779GB free
Poor: 35% Great: 74%
SPEED RANK: 224th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		83.4 % Much faster effective speed.
+47% 		56.9 %
Average Score 
+31%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		155 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+49% 		104 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		140 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+44% 		97.3 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		1.19 MB/s Faster random read.
+12% 		1.06 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		2.47 MB/s Faster random write.
+23% 		2.01 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		89.3 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+21% 		73.9 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		1.07 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+27% 		0.84 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		135 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+43% 		94.1 MB/s
Peak Score 
+28%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		202 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+51% 		134 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		177 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+40% 		126 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		1.5 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+7% 		1.4 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		3 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+20% 		2.5 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		113 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+13% 		100 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		1.2 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+20% 		1 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		185 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+45% 		128 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+15,295%
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		12.1 % Insanely higher market share.
+60,550% 		0.02 %
Value
Value For Money 		55.6 % Hugely better value.
+527% 		8.87 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		64 % More popular.
+25% 		51 %
Price
Price (score) 		$30 Much cheaper.
+77% 		$128
Nice To Haves 
+18%
Age
Newest 		132 Months More recent.
+18% 		160 Months
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		1TB 1TB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 83.4%
Average Bench 56.9%
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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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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]

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