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WD1600AAKS-61L9A0 160GB

WD1600AAKS-61L9A0 160GB
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Effective Speed -85%Effective Speed -85%Average Score -63%Read -80%, Write -70%, 4K Read -113%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -38%, 4K Mixed -27%, SusWrite -101%Peak Score -45%Read -61%, Write -58%, 4K Read -114%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -67%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1%Age -1%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 47.7% (340^th of 1015)

Based on 177 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD1600AAKS-61L9A0, WD1600AAKS-00L6A0, WDC WD16 00AAKS-61L9A, WDC WD1600AAKS-32V1A0, WD1600AA KS-61LQA0, WDC WD16 00AAKS-61L9A0, WDC WD1600AAKS-0, WDC WD16 00AAKS-00F0A, WD1600AAKS-32V1A0, WDC WD1600AAKS-32L9A0, WDC WD16 00AAKS-00L9A0, WD1600AAKS-61LQA0, WDC WD1600AAKS-00F0A0, WDC WD1600AAKS-61L9A, WDC WD1600AAKS-00L9A, WDC WD1600AAKS-00L9A0, WDC WD1600AAKS-00B3A0

Poor: 30%Average: 47.7% Great: 70%

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Below average average bench

The WD WD1600AAKS-61L9A0 160GB averaged 52.3% 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 0.68MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.89MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD1600AAKS-61L9A0 160GB is 40.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD1600AAKS-61L9A0 160GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 59.6MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 75.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 177 samples)

Rank 34047.7%

Min	Avg	Max
51.9	Read 86.1	124
51.4	Write 84.9	119
28.3	Mixed 59.6	91.5
39.4	SusWrite 75.3	118
56.4% 76.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.2	4K Read 0.61	0.8
1.3	4K Write 1.89	2.4
0.26	4K Mixed 0.68	1
136% 1.06 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

PAK-User, 4 months ago.

79GB free

Firmware: 01.03E01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 101 102 100 MB/s

59.6% Above average

Write 101

Mixed 63.4

SusWrite 102

68% 93 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1.1

198% 1.43 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

27GB free

Firmware: 3A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 100 100 99 91 MB/s

58.7% Above average

Write 100

Mixed 71.4

SusWrite 98

69% 93.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1.1

202% 1.47 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

27GB free

Firmware: 3A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 99 100 99 95 MB/s

58.5% Above average

Write 105

Mixed 69

SusWrite 96.9

70% 94.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 1

187% 1.37 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 01.03A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 78 78 75 55 MB/s

49.3% Average

Write 99.2

Mixed 65.3

SusWrite 73.6

62% 84 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1

187% 1.4 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 01.03A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 71 67 66 47 47 MB/s

42.5% Average

Write 78

Mixed 52.9

SusWrite 60.4

51% 69.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.8

151% 1.13 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 01.03A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 46 45 44 42 MB/s

27.4% Poor

Write 40.3

Mixed 28.9

SusWrite 43.6

30% 41.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 0.8

4K Mixed 0.5

104% 0.7 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,334,171 HDDs tested

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Typical WD1600AAKS-61L9A0 160GB Builds (Compare 119 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

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Desktop 37%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 - $73

CPU
A4-3300 APUAMD $90Bench 35%, 2,884 samples	25x
A8-3870 APUAMD $81Bench 47%, 6,332 samples	18x
A6-3500 APUAMD $60Bench 39%, 2,804 samples	15x

GPU
Radeon HD 6410DAMDBench 2%, 3,128 samples	22x
Radeon HD 6530DAMDBench 3%, 4,675 samples	12x
Radeon HD 6550DAMDBench 4%, 4,197 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
PM830 128GBSamsungBench 61%, 13,767 samples	2x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	2x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	28x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	20x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	11x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $190

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