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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 53.6% (271st of 1015)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: WD My Passport 25E1
Poor: 45%Average: 53.6% Great: 67%

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Average average bench

The WD My Passport 25E1 1TB averaged 46.4% 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 Write Speed 2.93MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.48MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD My Passport 25E1 1TB is 23%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD My Passport 25E1 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 74.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 27153.6%
Min Avg Max
43 Read 102 148
43 Write 93.5 120
31 Mixed 74.9 101
43.4 SusWrite 74.8 94.7
63.9% 86.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 1.03 2
1.8 4K Write 2.93 4.8
0.21 4K Mixed 0.48 1
150% 1.48 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
477GB free
Firmware: 1021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 84 86 87 87 MB/s
67.5% Good
Read 148
Write 120
Mixed 89.5
SusWrite 85.7
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.7
250% 2.5 MB/s
352GB free
Firmware: 1021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 92 91 92 92 92 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 97.4
Write 97.3
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 92.6
64% 87.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.3
165% 1.97 MB/s
496GB free
Firmware: 1015
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 74 77 78 78 79 MB/s
50% Above average
Read 96.7
Write 91
Mixed 57
SusWrite 77.3
59% 80.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1.17 MB/s
6GB free
Firmware: 1021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 64 72 69 57 54 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 91.3
Write 65.5
Mixed 56
SusWrite 64.8
51% 69.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
242% 1.93 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Asus H81M-C - $70

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $132Bench 70%, 201,184 samples552x
Core i3-4160Intel  $120Bench 62%, 23,800 samples230x
Core i7-4790Intel  $213Bench 77%, 207,546 samples227x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 193,100 samples241x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 47,676 samples217x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 743,604 samples196x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $66Bench 54%, 290,857 samples81x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 66%, 270,305 samples77x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 141,629 samples62x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 67,072 samples71x
2x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 182,341 samples50x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 31,943 samples41x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $283

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