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WD1600YS-01SHB1 165GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 27.9% (797th of 1015)

more 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

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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
153GB free
Firmware: 20.06C06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 59 59 59 MB/s
34.4% Below average
Read 60.3
Write 60.2
Mixed 43.3
SusWrite 59
41% 55.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.33 MB/s
153GB free
Firmware: 20.06C03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 58 58 58 58 MB/s
33.3% Below average
Read 57.8
Write 56.5
Mixed 48
SusWrite 57.8
41% 55 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.27 MB/s
124GB free
Firmware: 20.06C06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 56 56 56 56 MB/s
32.5% Below average
Read 56.9
Write 54.7
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 55.8
40% 53.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
158% 1.27 MB/s
81GB free
Firmware: 20.06C06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 56 56 57 MB/s
31.4% Below average
Read 53.4
Write 34.4
Mixed 38
SusWrite 55.7
34% 45.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.1 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: 20.06C06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 51 52 52 53 52 MB/s
30.5% Below average
Read 53.4
Write 55.9
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 52.2
36% 49.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
179% 1.27 MB/s
129GB free
Firmware: 20.06C06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 45 46 47 46 47 MB/s
28.2% Poor
Read 52.2
Write 44.3
Mixed 37.4
SusWrite 45.5
33% 44.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.17 MB/s
78GB free
Firmware: 20.06C06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 53 52 52 53 MB/s
25% Poor
Read 34.7
Write 35.5
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 52
28% 37.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.1 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 39%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

CPU
Phenom 9650AMD  $125Bench 43%, 2,698 samples6x
Phenom II X3 720AMDBench 48%, 2,612 samples2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples2x
GPU
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples5x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples2x
Radeon HD 6450AMDBench 2%, 32,407 samples2x
SSD
MKNSSDS2120GB 120GBMushkinBench 65%, 202 samples2x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston  $95Bench 64%, 176,713 samples1x
S3512G 512GBSandiskBench 97%, 19,948 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples7x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples5x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $125

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