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WD2500AAJB-00J3A0 250GB

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Effective Speed -183%Effective Speed -183%Average Score -115%Read -171%, Write -154%, 4K Read -61%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -124%, 4K Mixed -37%, SusWrite -237%Peak Score -74%Read -159%, Write -121%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -36%, 4K Mixed 0%, SusWrite -146%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -4%Age -4%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 31% (695^th of 1015)

Based on 659 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD2500AAJB-00J3A0, WDC WD25 00AAJB-00J3A0, WDC WD25 00AAJB-00WGA0, WDC WD2500AAJB-57R1A0, WDC WD2500AAJB-22TYA0, WDC WD25 00AAJB-57WGA0, WDC WD2500AAJB-00TYA, WDC WD25 00AAJB-00TYA0, WDC WD2500AAJB-00TYA0, WDC WD2500AAJB-57WGA0, WDC WD2500AAJB-00WGA, WDC WD25 00AAJB-00J3A, WDC WD2500AAJB-00L7A0, WDC WD2500AAJB-22WGA0, WDC WD25 00AAJB-00WGA, WDC WD2500AAJB-00J3A, WDC WD2500AAJB-00WGA0

Poor: 6%Average: 31% Great: 45%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD2500AAJB-00J3A0 250GB averaged 68.9% 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 1.66MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD2500AAJB-00J3A0 250GB is 38.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD2500AAJB-00J3A0 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 35.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 44.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 659 samples)

Rank 69531%

Min	Avg	Max
9.5	Read 57.4	76.7
6.36	Write 53.8	81.7
9.36	Mixed 35.3	68.8
3.9	SusWrite 44.7	79.2
35.2% 47.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.14	4K Read 0.53	0.7
0.5	4K Write 1.66	2.3
0.18	4K Mixed 0.61	1
121% 0.93 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ROU-User, 15 months ago.

48GB free

Firmware: 00.02C01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 54 54 54 54 MB/s

34.1% Below average

Write 65.6

Mixed 39.5

SusWrite 53.8

41% 55.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 1

177% 1.27 MB/s

UKR-User, 21 months ago.

37GB free

Firmware: 01.03E01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 36 36 MB/s

25.2% Poor

Write 55.3

Mixed 35.6

SusWrite 36.6

33% 44.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.5

100% 0.77 MB/s

DEU-User, 20 months ago.

50GB free

Firmware: 01.03E01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 37 38 36 37 MB/s

21.9% Poor

Write 46

Mixed 30.8

SusWrite 37.8

28% 38.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.6

107% 0.77 MB/s

LVA-User, 18 months ago.

3GB free

Firmware: 00.02C01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 13 14 14 14 MB/s

7.97% Terrible

Write 13.5

Mixed 12.7

SusWrite 13.6

10% 13.3 MB/s

4K Read 2.9

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0

121% 0.97 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,936,015 HDDs tested

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Desktop 38%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Asus P5KPL-AM EPU

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $50Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	21x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	19x
Pentium E5300Intel $59Bench 36%, 18,604 samples	13x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	13x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	12x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	10x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x
SSD 120GBGigabyte $40Bench 70%, 13,685 samples	6x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	156x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	12x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	7x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $75

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