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My Book 25DA 3TB

My Book 25DA 3TB
BENCHMARKS (3)
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Effective Speed -45%Effective Speed -45%Average Score -15%Read -52%, Write -35%, 4K Read 2%, 4K Write 6%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed 11%, SusWrite -39%Peak Score -26%Read -51%, Write -42%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed 0%, SusWrite -77%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +603% Age 603%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

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Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 60.5% (187^th of 1015)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: WD My Book 25DA

Poor: 56%Average: 60.5% Great: 69%

Above average average bench

The WD My Book 25DA 3TB averaged 39.5% 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 0.93MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.1MB/s

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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 82.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 101MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 18760.5%

Min	Avg	Max
84.7	Read 102	132
86	Write 101	127
75.1	Mixed 82.5	96.7
106	SusWrite 108	110
72.8% 98.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.8	4K Read 0.87	0.9
1.9	4K Write 2.1	2.4
0.9	4K Mixed 0.93	1
179% 1.3 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 16 months ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 3002

SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 107 108 107 107 MB/s

68.4% Good

Write 98.6

Mixed 102

SusWrite 106

81% 110 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 1

197% 1.47 MB/s

FRA-User, 10 months ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 3002

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 107 110 108 109 MB/s

57% Above average

Write 86

Mixed 75.8

SusWrite 108

67% 90.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.9

168% 1.2 MB/s

FRA-User, 10 months ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 3002

SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 109 111 110 110 MB/s

55.8% Above average

Write 88.9

Mixed 75.1

SusWrite 110

66% 89.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.9

174% 1.27 MB/s

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