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WD WD20EADS

Green 2TB (2009)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 45.9% (373rd of 1015)

more Based on 12,948 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD20EADS-11R6B1, WDC WD20 EADS-00S2B0, WDC WD20EADS-32R6B0, WDC WD20 EADS-00W4B0, WDC WD20 EADS-98R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-00S2B0, WDC WD20EADS-00W4B0, WDC WD20EADS-65R6BX, WDC WD20EADS-11R, WDC WD20EADS-55R, WDC WD20 EADS-11R6B1, WDC WD20EADS-65R, WDC WD20 EADS-42R6B0, WDC WD20 EADS-55R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-22R6B0, WDC WD20 EADS-32S2B0, WDC WD20EADS-65R6B1, WDC WD20EADS-65R6B0, WD20EADS--00S2B0, WDC WD20EADS-32S2B0, WD20EADS-00S2B0, WDC WD20EADS-00R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-00W, WDC WD20 EADS-14R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-14R6B0, WDC WD20 EADS-00R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-14R, WDC WD20EADS-00R, WDC WD20 EADS-65R6B1, WDC WD20EADS-22R, WDC WD20 EADS-22R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-32S, WDC WD20EADS-42R, WDC WD20EADS-00S, WDC WD20EADS-32R, WDC WD20EADS-42R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-55R6B0, WDC WD20 EADS-32R6B0, WDC WD20EADS-98R6B0
Poor: 30%Average: 45.9% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 2TB (2009) averaged 54.1% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.01MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 2TB (2009) is 30%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Green 2TB (2009) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 52.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 77.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,948 samples)
Rank 37345.9%
Min Avg Max
48.5 Read 79.9 107
41.5 Write 77.9 102
25.1 Mixed 52.4 74.2
44.4 SusWrite 79.7 104
53.3% 72.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 0.58 0.7
0.89 4K Write 2.01 2.8
0.3 4K Mixed 0.65 0.9
133% 1.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
915GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 95 98 98 97 MB/s
58.2% Above average
Read 107
Write 102
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 96.2
67% 91.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.83 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 97 102 100 101 101 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 99.8
Write 100
Mixed 69
SusWrite 98.1
68% 91.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.7
153% 1.33 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 94 93 93 93 MB/s
48.7% Average
Read 76.4
Write 88.1
Mixed 47.7
SusWrite 92.8
56% 76.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.17 MB/s
540GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 82 81 80 80 MB/s
48.2% Average
Read 87
Write 85.9
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 80.5
58% 78.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.7
151% 1.3 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 73 74 74 72 MB/s
41.6% Average
Read 71.3
Write 62.6
Mixed 39.1
SusWrite 73.1
45% 61.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
138% 1.2 MB/s
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Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $230Bench 76%, 159,077 samples2,765x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $255Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,472x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,276x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,144x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,091x
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860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples771x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $65Bench 310%, 455,997 samples666x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $39Bench 276%, 367,854 samples599x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,328x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples827x
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