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Wl1000gsa6472b

1 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 65.3% (160th of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: WL1000GSA6472B 1
Poor: 19%Average: 65.3% Great: 83%

Above average average bench

The Wl1000gsa6472b 1 1TB averaged 34.7% 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 0.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.73MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.55MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 16065.3%
Min Avg Max
5.2 Read 100 139
32.2 Write 122 163
11.2 Mixed 66 86.4
62.5 SusWrite 127 152
76.2% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 0.55 0.8
0.3 4K Write 1.73 2.3
0.1 4K Mixed 0.55 0.7
116% 0.94 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
916GB free
Firmware: MJ8OA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 153 154 149 151 MB/s
83.4% Excellent
Read 139
Write 163
Mixed 85
SusWrite 152
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.2 MB/s
660GB free
Firmware: MJ8OA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 151 151 152 151 MB/s
79.3% Very good
Read 126
Write 148
Mixed 81.4
SusWrite 151
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.23 MB/s
75GB free
Firmware: MJ8OA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 143 143 143 143 MB/s
78.9% Very good
Read 132
Write 145
Mixed 86.4
SusWrite 143
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.2 MB/s
781GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MJ8OA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 67 90 58 71 61 MB/s
19.4% Very poor
Read 5.2
Write 32.2
Mixed 11.2
SusWrite 62.5
20% 27.8 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.1
17% 0.13 MB/s

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