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

Poor: 40% Great: 84%

SPEED RANK: 173^rd / 1014

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Best Bench: 69% 1TB free
Worst Bench: 28% 607GB free

Poor: 28% Great: 69%

SPEED RANK: 284^th / 1014


Effective Speed Effective HDD Speed		63.6 %	Faster effective speed. +24%		51.4 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	114 MB/s	Faster read speed. +24%	92.3 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	107 MB/s	Faster write speed. +24%	86.5 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	0.85 MB/s	Slightly faster random read. +9%	0.78 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	2.22 MB/s	Much faster random write. +36%	1.63 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	71.7 MB/s		74.1 MB/s	+3%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	0.89 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +41%	0.63 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	107 MB/s	Faster sustained write speed. +24%	86.5 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	153 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +23%	124 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	144 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +23%	117 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	1 MB/s		1 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	2.7 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +17%	2.3 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	93.8 MB/s		105 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +12%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	1 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +25%	0.8 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	146 MB/s	Faster peak sustained write speed. +24%	118 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.42 %	Hugely higher market share. +950%	0.04 %
Value Value For Money	52 %	Hugely better value. +452%	9.42 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %	+2%	50 %
Price Price (score)	$49	Much cheaper. +55%	$109


Age Newest		140 Months			123+ Months	More recent. +12%


Capacity Capacity			2TB			1TB

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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