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VelociRaptor 250GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 90% (23rd of 1015)

more Based on 3,015 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD2500HHTZ-04N21V0, WDC WD2500HHTZ-60N21V0, WDC WD25 00HHTZ-60N21, WDC WD2500HHTZ-0, WDC WD25 00HHTZ-75N21V0, WDC WD25 00HHTZ-04N21V1, WDC WD25 00HHTZ-04N21V0, WDC WD2500HHTZ-7, WDC WD25 00HHTZ-60N21V0, WDC WD2500HHTZ-6, WDC WD25 00HHTZ-75N21, WDC WD2500HHTZ-75N21, WDC WD2500HHTZ-75N21V0, WDC WD2500HHTZ-04N21, WDC WD25 00HHTZ-04N21, WDC WD2500HHTZ-04N21V1, WDC WD2500HHTZ-60N21, WD2500HHTZ-04N21V0
Poor: 62%Average: 90% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The WD VelociRaptor 250GB averaged just 10.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD VelociRaptor 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.15MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD VelociRaptor 250GB is 49.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD VelociRaptor 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 99.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 146MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,015 samples)
Rank 2390%
Min Avg Max
120 Read 167 204
102 Write 153 184
59.2 Mixed 99.2 129
88.2 SusWrite 146 184
104% 141 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.03 4K Read 1.61 1.9
1.23 4K Write 4.15 5
0.8 4K Mixed 1.55 1.8
316% 2.44 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
218GB free
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 150 152 148 152 MB/s
92.4% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 149
Mixed 111
SusWrite 151
107% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 1.6
332% 2.57 MB/s
96GB free
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 161 162 161 162 MB/s
91.3% Outstanding
Read 155
Write 147
Mixed 110
SusWrite 162
106% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1.7
345% 2.67 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: 04.06A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 152 150 156 156 154 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 156
Write 145
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 152
92% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
147% 0.9 MB/s
57GB free
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 168 165 159 161 MB/s
86.7% Excellent
Read 137
Write 133
Mixed 87.8
SusWrite 164
96% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 1.5
313% 2.47 MB/s
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 108 91 140 137 139 MB/s
80.3% Excellent
Read 163
Write 152
Mixed 90.1
SusWrite 116
96% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 1.7
326% 2.5 MB/s
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 129 131 133 137 136 MB/s
79.5% Very good
Read 145
Write 144
Mixed 97
SusWrite 131
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 1.7
339% 2.6 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 116 120 135 121 140 MB/s
75.1% Very good
Read 143
Write 146
Mixed 93.3
SusWrite 118
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 1.7
347% 2.7 MB/s
33GB free
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 129 129 130 130 MB/s
73.5% Very good
Read 126
Write 118
Mixed 78.9
SusWrite 129
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.4
285% 2.17 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 103%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF X299 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples179x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples133x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples121x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples81x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples68x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples39x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples37x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples30x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples26x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples40x
Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 8x4GBCorsairBench 113%, 223 samples19x
F4 DDR4 4000 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 115%, 708 samples17x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $1,131

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