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WD20EARS-00MVWB0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB

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Effective Speed -69%Effective Speed -69%Average Score -95%Read -58%, Write -66%, 4K Read -58%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed -364%Peak Score -84%Read -68%, Write -49%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 8%, 4K Mixed -355%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +9% Age 9%

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Average Bench: 51.9% (281^st of 1015)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 (TurboPC EX)

Poor: 43%Average: 51.9% Great: 61%

Popular builds with this HDD

Asrock Z77 Pro4-M (11)

Average average bench

The WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB averaged 48.1% 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 1.56MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 98.6MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB is just 17.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 82.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.18MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 28151.9%

Min	Avg	Max
78.4	Read 98.6	118
57.3	Write 82.1	121
64.8	Mixed 81.1	101
65.6% 87.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.27	4K Read 0.54	0.86
1.05	4K Write 1.56	2.11
0.12	4K Mixed 0.18	0.22
71.2% 0.76 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

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

PRT-User, 9 years ago.

401GB free

Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s

50.6% Above average

Write 71

Mixed 66.6

60% 80.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.86

4K Write 1.74

4K Mixed 0.22

93% 0.94 MB/s

LTU-User, 9 years ago.

401GB free

Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s

44.7% Average

Write 57.3

Mixed 71

57% 75.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.85

4K Write 1.23

4K Mixed 0.19

80% 0.76 MB/s

UKR-User, 9 years ago.

401GB free

Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s

44.5% Average

Write 61

Mixed 64.8

55% 73.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.27

4K Write 1.81

4K Mixed 0.14

60% 0.74 MB/s

HKG-User, 8 years ago.

856GB free

Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s

43.2% Average

Write 64.4

Mixed 73.2

56% 74.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.29

4K Write 1.35

4K Mixed 0.16

55% 0.6 MB/s

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Typical WD20EARS-00MVWB0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB Builds (Compare 342 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Pro4-M

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $80Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	91x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	77x
Core i7-3770KIntel $150Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	11x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	9x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	8x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $458

Popular WD20EARS-00MVWB0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB compatible motherboards:

Asrock Z77 Pro4-M (11)

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $296	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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