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WD WD1600BEVT

Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 26.5% (829th of 1015)

more Based on 13,176 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD1600BEVT-22ZCT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-60A23, WDC WD1600BEVT-00A0RT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-00M9YT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-11ZCT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-11ZCT, WD1600BEVT-00ADRTQ, WDC WD16 00BEVT-63ZCT, WD1600BEVT-60A23T0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-24A23T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-16A23, WDC WD16 00BEVT-08A23T1, WDC WD16 00BEVT-60ZCT1, WDC WD16 00BEVT-75A23, WDC WD1600BEVT-22A23T0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-60ZCT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-00EGH, WDC WD16 00BEVT-22A23T0, WD1600BEVT-00A23T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-00A1TT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-11A23T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-24A23T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-00EGHT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-22A23, WD1600BE VT-22ZCT0, WD1600BE VT-22A23T0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-60A23T0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-00M9Y, WDC WD1600BEVT-08A23T1, WDC WD16 00BEVT-16A23, WDC WD16 00BEVT-00ZCT, WDC WD16 00BEVT-75ZCT, WDC WD16 00BEVT-35ZCT1, WDC WD1600BEVT-88ZCT, WD1600BEVT-22ZCT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-00A1T, WDC WD16 00BEVT-35VW9, WDC WD1600BEVT-26A23, WDC WD1600BEVT-80A23, WDC WD16 00BEVT-00A23, WDC WD16 00BEVT-22ZCT, WDC WD1600BEVT-75A23T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-26ZCT, WDC WD1600BEVT-60ZCT, WDC WD16 00BEVT-75A23T0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-22ZCT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-35ZCT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-80A23T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-88ZCT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-60A23T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-35ZCT, WDC WD16 00BEVT-24A23, WDC WD16 00BEVT-88ZCT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-35ZCT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-35ZCT1, WDC WD1600BEVT-00A23T0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-00ZCT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-35ZCT, WDC WD1600BEVT-11A23T0, WD1600BEVT-22A23T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-24A23, WDC WD1600BEVT-63ZCT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-00M9YT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-00A23T0, WD1600BEVT-00AHT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-75ZCT2, WDC WD1600BEVT-08A23, WDC WD1600BEVT-75ZCT1, WDC WD1600BEVT-75ZCT0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-80A23, WDC WD16 00BEVT-75ZCT1, WDC WD1600BEVT-80A23T0, WDC WD16 00BEVT-75ZCT2, WDC WD16 00BEVT-26ZCT, WDC WD16 00BEVT-75ZCT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-00A1T, WDC WD1600BEVT-00A23, WDC WD1600BEVT-75ZCT, WDC WD1600BEVT-16A23T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-00M9Y, WDC WD1600BEVT-75A23, WDC WD1600BEVT-00ZCT, WDC WD16 00BEVT-60ZCT, WDC WD1600BEVT-35VW9T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-26ZCT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-11ZCT, WDC WD16 00BEVT-60A23, WDC WD1600BEVT-00ZCT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-60ZCT1, WDC WD1600BEVT-22ZCTO, WDC WD1600BEVT-22A23, WDC WD1600BEVT-11ZCT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-60ZCT0, WDC WD1600BEVT-8, WDC WD1600BEVT-35VW9, WDC WD1600BEVT-22ZCT, WDC WD1600BEVT-6, WDC WD1600BEVT-7, WDC WD1600BEVT-0, WDC WD1600BEVT-1, WDC WD1600BEVT-26A23T0, WDC WD1600BEVT-2
Poor: 14%Average: 26.5% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009) averaged 73.5% 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 0.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.54MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009) is 22.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 33.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 43.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,176 samples)
Rank 82926.5%
Min Avg Max
22.2 Read 48.3 63.9
18.2 Write 45.9 63.1
17.1 Mixed 33.8 43.8
18 SusWrite 43.6 64
31.6% 42.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.42 0.5
0.5 4K Write 1.54 2
0.2 4K Mixed 0.61 0.8
113% 0.86 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
141GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 45 43 51 50 52 MB/s
37.6% Below average
Read 82.8
Write 40.6
Mixed 39.9
SusWrite 48.2
39% 52.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
126GB free
Firmware: 11.01A11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 62 62 63 62 62 MB/s
36.4% Below average
Read 64.8
Write 64.6
Mixed 44.3
SusWrite 61.6
43% 58.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: 7101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 57 55 57 58 55 MB/s
32.3% Below average
Read 56.4
Write 50.6
Mixed 39.3
SusWrite 55.8
37% 50.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 1 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: 11.01A11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 51 51 51 52 MB/s
29.2% Poor
Read 49.9
Write 50.1
Mixed 34.8
SusWrite 51.4
34% 46.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 1.03 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11.01A11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 33 26 33 34 MB/s
24% Poor
Read 53.4
Write 39.1
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 29.8
28% 38.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.87 MB/s
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System: Dell Latitude E6410

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Core i5 M 520Intel  $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples101x
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples86x
Core i5 M 560Intel  $65Bench 41%, 10,722 samples81x
GPU
NVS 3100MNvidiaBench 1%, 9,073 samples396x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples16x
GTX 770Nvidia  $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples24x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples14x
CS900 120GBPNY  $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples8x
RAM
HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 2x2GBHynixBench 33%, 8,194 samples32x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples20x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 8,570 samples20x
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reliable and silent but not suitable for Windows 7, under load the system hangs and bottlenecks the cpu and ram

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