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WD1600YS-18SHB2 160GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 28.6% (777th of 1015)

more Based on 252 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD1600YS-18SHB2, WDC WD1600YS-18SHB0, WDC WD1600YS-18SHB1, WDC WD1600YS-23S, WDC WD16 00YS-23SHB0, WDC WD1600YS-23SHB0, WDC WD1600YS-18S, WDC WD16 00YS-18SHB1, WDC WD16 00YS-18SHB2
Poor: 21%Average: 28.6% Great: 35%

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Very poor average bench

The WD WD1600YS-18SHB2 160GB averaged 71.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.81MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD1600YS-18SHB2 160GB is just 13.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD1600YS-18SHB2 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 45MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 252 samples)
Rank 77728.6%
Min Avg Max
35.8 Read 51.6 61.5
34.2 Write 50.2 61
23.7 Mixed 40.5 57.2
27.5 SusWrite 45 61
34.7% 46.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.14 4K Read 0.57 0.75
0.52 4K Write 1.81 2.34
0.2 4K Mixed 0.63 1
127% 1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
149GB free
Firmware: 20.06C07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 61 62 62 MB/s
35.4% Below average
Read 61.3
Write 61
Mixed 45.4
SusWrite 61.3
42% 57.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
185% 1.37 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: 20.06C07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 58 58 58 58 MB/s
33.6% Below average
Read 58.6
Write 57.8
Mixed 48.6
SusWrite 57.8
41% 55.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.27 MB/s
107GB free
Firmware: 20.06C04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 53 52 53 53 MB/s
30.3% Below average
Read 52.5
Write 52.7
Mixed 42.8
SusWrite 52.3
37% 50.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.33 MB/s
91GB free
Firmware: 20.06C07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 53 54 49 53 55 MB/s
29.2% Poor
Read 49.5
Write 56
Mixed 34.4
SusWrite 51.9
35% 47.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.97 MB/s
110GB free
Firmware: 20.06C07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 56 56 56 56 MB/s
28.9% Poor
Read 44.6
Write 55.5
Mixed 40.2
SusWrite 55.6
36% 49 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.27 MB/s
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20.06C07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 42 43 50 40 31 MB/s
27.6% Poor
Read 55.8
Write 52.6
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 40.2
33% 45.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
133% 0.9 MB/s
44GB free
Firmware: 20.06C06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 48 48 48 48 48 MB/s
27.6% Poor
Read 48.2
Write 48
Mixed 38.9
SusWrite 47.4
34% 45.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.17 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 84%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples692x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples194x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples101x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples147x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples81x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples65x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples49x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples32x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples51x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples40x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples36x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $823

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