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WD1600ADFD-60NLR1 160GB

WD1600ADFD-60NLR1 160GB
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Effective Speed -115%Effective Speed -115%Average Score -58%Read -120%, Write -82%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -42%, 4K Mixed -25%, SusWrite -120%Peak Score -52%Read -125%, Write -102%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed 20%, SusWrite -122%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +1% Age 1%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

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Average Bench: 40.8% (489^th of 1015)

Based on 178 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD1600ADFD-60NLR1, WDC WD1600ADFD-75NLR1, WDC WD16 00ADFD-60NLR1, WDC WD16 00ADFD-75NLR1, WDC WD1600ADFD-60NLR5, WDC WD1600ADFD-7, WDC WD1600ADFD-6, WDC WD16 00ADFD-60NLR5, WDC WD1600ADFD-00BHA0, WDC WD1600ADFD-60NLR

Poor: 28%Average: 40.8% Great: 49%

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Below average average bench

The WD WD1600ADFD-60NLR1 160GB averaged 59.1% 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 0.67MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.83MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD1600ADFD-60NLR1 160GB is 21.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD1600ADFD-60NLR1 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 55.9MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 68.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 178 samples)

Rank 48940.8%

Min	Avg	Max
41.3	Read 70.5	88.5
49.6	Write 75.1	89.5
30.5	Mixed 55.9	79.7
35.6	SusWrite 68.5	87.6
49.8% 67.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.32	4K Read 0.8	1
1.1	4K Write 1.83	2.2
0.32	4K Mixed 0.67	1.2
142% 1.1 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

MYS-User, 10 months ago.

293GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 84 86 86 88 87 MB/s

49.4% Average

Write 92.3

Mixed 47.4

SusWrite 86.2

57% 77.9 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.9

179% 1.3 MB/s

PRT-User, 8 months ago.

149GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 85 86 86 85 MB/s

46.8% Average

Write 83.1

Mixed 44.7

SusWrite 85.7

53% 72.6 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1.1

201% 1.37 MB/s

MYS-User, 14 months ago.

45GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 64 63 63 63 MB/s

41.2% Average

Write 91.2

Mixed 45.9

SusWrite 63.1

51% 70 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1.2

212% 1.4 MB/s

FRA-User, 22 days ago.

149GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 82 81 78 83 80 MB/s

39.6% Below average

Write 88.3

Mixed 37.2

SusWrite 80.5

48% 65.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1.1

187% 1.23 MB/s

PRT-User, 4 months ago.

149GB free

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 59 58 58 59 MB/s

39.5% Below average

Write 91.2

Mixed 44.5

SusWrite 59.6

50% 68.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1

186% 1.3 MB/s

AUS-User, 9 months ago.

30GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21.07QR5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 53 45 61 62 45 MB/s

36.5% Below average

Write 88

Mixed 39.2

SusWrite 51.4

46% 63.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 1.1

189% 1.2 MB/s

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	123x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	77x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
RX 580AMD $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	231x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	95x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	38x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $482

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WD1600ADFD-60NLR1 160GB