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WD WD10EARS

Green 1TB (2010)

▲ 5115 ▼

Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 44.4% (417th of 1015)

more Based on 139,542 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1, WDC WD10EARS-00MVWB0, WDC WD10EARS-14Y5B1, WDC WD10EARS-00MVWB1, WDC WD10EARS-22Y5B1, WDC WD10 EARS-00MVWB0, WDC WD10 EARS-00MVWB1, WDC WD10EARS-11U0AB0, WDC WD10EARS-00M, WDC WD10EARS-63M5B0, WDC WD10EARS-001AB1, WDC WD10EARS-003BB1, WDC WD10EARS-32Y5B1, WDC WD10 EARS-00Y5B1, WDC WD10EARS-00R6B0, WDC WD10EARS-601AB1, WDC WD10EARS-00Z5B1, WDC WD10 EARS-00S8B1, WDC WD10 EARS-22Y5B1, WDC WD10EARS-00S, WDC WD10EARS-00Y, WDC WD10EARS-22Y, WDC WD10EARS-32MVWB0, WDC WD10EARS-67Y5B1, WDC WD10 EARS-00U0AB0, WDC WD10EARS-14Y, WDC WD10EARS-00Z, WD10EARS-22Y5B1, WDC WD10EARS-07MVWB0, WDC WD10 EARS-003BB1, WDC WD10EARS-32Z5B1, WDC WD10 EARS-00Z5B1, WDC WD10EARS-00S9B1, WDC WD10EARS-00S8B1, WDC WD10 EARS-67Y5B1, WDC WD10 EARS-32MVWB0, WDC WD10EARS-003, WDC WD10EARS-22MVWB0, WDC WD10EARS-00U0AB0, WDC WD10EARS-56Y5B1
Poor: 29%Average: 44.4% Great: 59%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 1TB (2010) averaged 55.6% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.78MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 1TB (2010) is 30.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Green 1TB (2010) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 74.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 139,542 samples)
Rank 41744.4%
Min Avg Max
48.9 Read 79.7 107
35 Write 75.1 101
25 Mixed 58 83
30.5 SusWrite 74.7 106
53.1% 71.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.78 1
0.3 4K Write 1.31 2
0.3 4K Mixed 0.59 0.8
122% 0.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
827GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 110 109 110 111 109 MB/s
63.7% Good
Read 113
Write 110
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 109
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.2 MB/s
877GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 94 102 102 101 104 MB/s
59.3% Above average
Read 109
Write 110
Mixed 91.3
SusWrite 97.4
76% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.07 MB/s
919GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 98 99 98 95 MB/s
56.8% Above average
Read 99.9
Write 95.5
Mixed 77.1
SusWrite 97.9
68% 92.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.83 MB/s
833GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 91 94 92 93 MB/s
51.1% Above average
Read 85.6
Write 81
Mixed 62.6
SusWrite 92.4
59% 80.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
123% 1 MB/s
338GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 92 90 91 91 MB/s
40.3% Average
Read 50
Write 54.5
Mixed 19.4
SusWrite 90.7
39% 53.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
36% 0.27 MB/s
265GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 68 67 68 68 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 68.6
Write 65.6
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 67.5
49% 65.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
103% 0.77 MB/s
536GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 51 50 51 51 MB/s
37.9% Below average
Read 80.9
Write 85.9
Mixed 63.3
SusWrite 50.9
52% 70.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
130% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,566x
Core i7-2600Intel  $131Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,204x
Core i5-3470Intel  $200Bench 63%, 223,595 samples744x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,109x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,037x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $146Bench 29%, 946,701 samples800x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples674x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples438x
A400 480GBKingston  $26Bench 74%, 237,487 samples324x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples469x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples329x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples248x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $319

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 Comments

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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

4 years ago.

Agreed with NickM33. My first 1TB drive that lasted through almost 10 years of constant power-on time.

RUS-User
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4,608

Excellent

4 years ago.

switchings-on = 4470 times overall working time = 40451 hour technical condition = good

NickM33
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Excellent

5 years ago.

She was my first 1TB drive and I respect her for it.

nikos60
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Terrible

2 years ago.

slow speed my first 1TB

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