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WD WD1005FBYZ

Gold 1TB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 84.9% (48th of 1015)

more Based on 2,872 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD1005FBYZ-01YCBB1, WDC WD1005FBYZ-0, WDC WD1005FBYZ-01YCBB3, WDC WD1005FBYZ-01YCBB2, WDC WD10 05FBYZ-01YCBB3, WDC WD10 05FBYZ-01YCBB2, WDC WD10 05FBYZ-01YCBB1, WDC WD10 05FBYZ-01YCB, WDC WD1005FBYZ-01YCB
Poor: 57%Average: 84.9% Great: 109%

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Very good average bench

The WD Gold 1TB (2016) averaged just 15.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Gold 1TB (2016) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 4.33MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.96MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Gold 1TB (2016) is 52%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Gold 1TB (2016) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 98.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 139MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,872 samples)
Rank 4884.9%
Min Avg Max
75.5 Read 139 192
128 Write 193 231
70.1 Mixed 98.1 117
103 SusWrite 156 195
107% 146 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.83 4K Read 4.33 6.5
2.8 4K Write 3.31 3.6
0.8 4K Mixed 0.96 1.1
348% 2.86 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
810GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RR07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 163 183 166 170 168 MB/s
96.6% Outstanding
Read 163
Write 156
Mixed 105
SusWrite 172
110% 149 MB/s
4K Read 4.6
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
344% 2.77 MB/s
864GB free
Firmware: RR07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 187 185 182 188 185 MB/s
95.7% Outstanding
Read 146
Write 222
Mixed 108
SusWrite 186
122% 166 MB/s
4K Read 5.1
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1
388% 3.2 MB/s
443GB free
Firmware: RR07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 163 156 150 156 MB/s
86.1% Excellent
Read 142
Write 219
Mixed 110
SusWrite 157
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 4.8
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1
378% 3.13 MB/s
58GB free
Firmware: RR09
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 131 129 129 127 129 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 95.5
Write 185
Mixed 96.8
SusWrite 130
94% 127 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.9
315% 2.67 MB/s
163GB free
Firmware: RR09
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 96 97 104 99 99 MB/s
59.1% Above average
Read 104
Write 189
Mixed 103
SusWrite 100
92% 124 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
299% 2.47 MB/s
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Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 49%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel  $150Bench 72%, 165,979 samples1,321x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples401x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $80Bench 68%, 185,516 samples398x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples175x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples162x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples74x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples111x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples102x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples68x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $645

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Because, if you see its faster, than the barracuda 1tb (2016), but in amazon.com the price its 144 dollars its so expensive, but if you want a cheap hard drive to web, see netflix, and play videogames Barracuda 1tb its your disc but if you want a fast disc to play, web and see netflix and you have the money the wd gold 1tb its your disc. I dont know the temperatures

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