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Best Bench: 84% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 40% 1TB free

Poor: 40% Great: 84%

SPEED RANK: 173^rd / 1015


Effective Speed Effective HDD Speed		63.6 %			88.2 %	Much faster effective speed. +39%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	114 MB/s		155 MB/s	Much faster read speed. +36%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	107 MB/s		144 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +35%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	0.85 MB/s		1.3 MB/s	Much faster random read. +53%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	2.22 MB/s	+3%	2.15 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	71.7 MB/s		82.3 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +15%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	0.89 MB/s	+3%	0.87 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	107 MB/s		152 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +42%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	153 MB/s		200 MB/s	Much faster peak read speed. +31%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	144 MB/s		188 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +31%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	1 MB/s		1.71 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +71%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	2.7 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +8%	2.51 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	93.8 MB/s		98.2 MB/s	+5%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	1 MB/s		1.02 MB/s	+2%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	146 MB/s		197 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +35%

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User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %		59.6 %	More popular. +17%
Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.43 %		3 %	Hugely higher market share. +597%
Price Price (score)	$50	Much cheaper. +68%	84.1 USD
Value Value For Money	50.9 %		53.3 %	+5%


Age Newest		130 Months			103 Months	More recent. +27%


Capacity Capacity			2TB			—

The (WD20EZRX) is Western Digital's latest green drive. I don't see what's green about it considering that it draws 5.5 watts even when idle, which is about average nowadays. With peak sequential lab read/write speeds of 150 MB/s the performance profile is approximately 20% below average for recent Hard drive. It's not all bad news as the WD Green is priced aggressively so despite its relatively weak performance it still represents reasonable value for money, at least within the 2TB category. Due to economies of scale, larger capacity drives nearly always yield better value for money. Compared to the 3GB 7200.14 Barracuda, performance is very similar but the barracuda offers 50% more capacity for 36% more money. ^{[Dec '13 HDrivePro]}

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