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WD800BEKT-66F3T2 80GB

WD800BEKT-66F3T2 80GB
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Effective Speed -146%Effective Speed -146%Average Score -81%Read -130%, Write -114%, 4K Read -45%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed -59%, 4K Mixed -25%, SusWrite -173%Peak Score -66%Read -141%, Write -114%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed 0%, SusWrite -130%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +37% Age 37%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

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Average Bench: 35.6% (575^th of 1015)

Based on 17 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD800BEKT-66F3T2, WDC WD800BEKT-11A03T0, WDC WD800BEKT-66

Poor: 30%Average: 35.6% Great: 45%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD800BEKT-66F3T2 80GB averaged 64.3% 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 0.67MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.64MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD800BEKT-66F3T2 80GB is just 15.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD800BEKT-66F3T2 80GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 55.2MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 49.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)

Rank 57535.6%

Min	Avg	Max
53.7	Read 67.5	82.5
43.2	Write 63.8	84.2
29.6	Mixed 49.7	78.7
40.3	SusWrite 55.2	84.6
43.7% 59.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.34	4K Read 0.59	0.7
0.36	4K Write 1.64	2.2
0.11	4K Mixed 0.67	1
129% 0.96 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 3 years ago.

22GB free

Firmware: 11.01A11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 84 85 85 MB/s

44.7% Average

Write 68.7

Mixed 51.9

SusWrite 84.6

51% 69 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1

177% 1.23 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

50GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 13.01A13

SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 70 73 69 68 67 MB/s

42.2% Average

Write 78.2

Mixed 55.9

SusWrite 68.7

52% 70.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.9

160% 1.13 MB/s

MYS-User, 2 years ago.

42GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 13.01A13

SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 52 48 49 47 45 MB/s

36.2% Below average

Write 75.3

Mixed 52

SusWrite 48.6

47% 63.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.8

153% 1.13 MB/s

UKR-User, 3 years ago.

12GB free

Firmware: 13.01A13

SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 55 54 54 53 MB/s

32.7% Below average

Write 57.3

Mixed 46.1

SusWrite 54.5

40% 54.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1

177% 1.23 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 years ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 13.01A13

SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 43 46 47 46 45 MB/s

29.6% Poor

Write 45.9

Mixed 42.2

SusWrite 44.1

35% 47.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 0.7

4K Mixed 0.3

76% 0.57 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 years ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 13.01A13

SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 32 30 41 40 MB/s

29.6% Poor

Write 64.2

Mixed 49.4

SusWrite 40.3

40% 54.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.9

154% 1.07 MB/s

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: Asrock 760GM-HDV

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	124x
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	68x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	48x

GPU
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	38x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	34x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
MZ7LN256HAJQ-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 82%, 2,092 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	52x
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 3,584 samples	15x
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples	14x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $115

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