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WD1600YS-01SHB1 165GB

WD1600YS-01SHB1 165GB
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Effective Speed -216%Effective Speed -216%Average Score -122%Read -210%, Write -195%, 4K Read -106%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -111%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -226%Peak Score -124%Read -222%, Write -207%, 4K Read -114%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -98%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -220%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%, Price -10%, Value -5,374%Nice To Haves -5%Age -5%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 27.9% (797^th of 1015)

Based on 880 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD1600YS-01SHB1, WDC WD1600YS-00SHB1, WDC WD1600YS-01SHB0, WDC WD1600YS-01S, WDC WD16 00YS-01SHB1, WDC WD16 00YS-01SHB0

Poor: 14%Average: 27.9% Great: 35%

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Very poor average bench

The WD WD1600YS-01SHB1 165GB averaged 72.1% 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 0.85MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.03MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD1600YS-01SHB1 165GB is 21.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD1600YS-01SHB1 165GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 39MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 46.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 880 samples)

Rank 79727.9%

Min	Avg	Max
23.1	Read 50.1	62.1
23.5	Write 48.9	61.2
15.7	Mixed 39	49.5
20.6	SusWrite 46.5	61.4
34.1% 46.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.3	4K Read 0.63	0.8
0.9	4K Write 2.03	2.4
0.4	4K Mixed 0.85	1
158% 1.17 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 4 months ago.

153GB free

Firmware: 20.06C06

SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s

35.4% Below average

Write 60.1

Mixed 50.1

SusWrite 61.5

43% 58.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.7

145% 1.2 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

137GB free

Firmware: 20.06C06

SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 61 60 61 MB/s

34.7% Below average

Write 59.5

Mixed 49.2

SusWrite 59.9

42% 57.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.9

168% 1.27 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 months ago.

116GB free

Firmware: 20.06C06

SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 58 58 58 58 MB/s

33.7% Below average

Write 60.1

Mixed 48.4

SusWrite 57.6

42% 56.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 0.9

170% 1.27 MB/s

LTU-User, 3 days ago.

42GB free

Firmware: 20.06C03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 44 44 45 44 44 MB/s

27.3% Poor

Write 42

Mixed 36.5

SusWrite 43.7

32% 43.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.9

171% 1.2 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 months ago.

4GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20.06C06

SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 27 39 42 40 35 MB/s

25.9% Poor

Write 53.7

Mixed 20

SusWrite 35.6

30% 41 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 0.7

4K Mixed 0.3

67% 0.5 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,307,760 HDDs tested

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Typical WD1600YS-01SHB1 165GB Builds (Compare 21 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

CPU
Phenom 9650AMD $125Bench 43%, 2,698 samples	6x
Phenom II X3 720AMDBench 48%, 2,612 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x

GPU
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples	5x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	2x
Radeon HD 6450AMDBench 2%, 32,407 samples	2x

SSD
MKNSSDS2120GB 120GBMushkinBench 65%, 202 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	1x
S3512G 512GBSandiskBench 97%, 19,948 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	7x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	5x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	4x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $125

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WD1600YS-01SHB1 165GB