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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 39.3% (519th of 1015)

Based on 32 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD10
Poor: 14%Average: 39.3% Great: 63%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD10 1TB averaged 60.7% 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 0.48MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.73MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD10 1TB is 49.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD10 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 49.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 65.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)
Rank 51939.3%
Min Avg Max
2.5 Read 65.8 113
5.33 Write 68.9 108
1 Mixed 49.4 105
17.4 SusWrite 73.3 122
47.4% 64.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 0.68 1.3
0.16 4K Write 1.73 3.46
0.06 4K Mixed 0.48 1.2
113% 0.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
110GB free
Firmware: 35.25Q.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 121 121 121 120 120 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 109
Write 112
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 119
73% 99.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.9
203% 1.7 MB/s
748GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 30 29 27 31 32 MB/s
22.1% Poor
Read 46.5
Write 71.8
Mixed 39.6
SusWrite 29.9
35% 46.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1.1
186% 1.1 MB/s
682GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 32 33 30 63 MB/s
13.7% Very poor
Read 11
Write 67.7
Mixed 1
SusWrite 36.8
21% 29.1 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
89% 0.43 MB/s
900GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 9.8 38 15 15 17 MB/s
10.1% Very poor
Read 17.5
Write 12.8
Mixed 18.3
SusWrite 17.5
12% 16.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.3
51% 0.33 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,358,686 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 40%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87 - $120

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples105x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples74x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples63x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples32x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples25x
RX 590AMD  $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples24x
SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial  $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples13x
RAM
CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 32GBUnknownBench 65%, 17 samples13x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,062 samples11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 4,160 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $478

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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