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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 48.6% (325th of 1014)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: WL1000GSA872
Poor: 29%Average: 48.6% Great: 59%

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Below average average bench

The WL1000GSA872 1TB averaged 51.3% 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 0.81MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.26MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL1000GSA872 1TB is 30%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WL1000GSA872 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 81.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 32548.6%
Min Avg Max
30.4 Read 83.9 144
36.3 Write 81.9 108
37.4 Mixed 60.3 80.8
34 SusWrite 85.6 146
57.4% 77.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.66 0.9
1.4 4K Write 2.26 3.1
0.28 4K Mixed 0.81 0.9
159% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
437GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 101 103 100 MB/s
58.9% Above average
Read 103
Write 100
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 102
71% 96.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
179% 1.43 MB/s
449GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 101 102 101 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 102
Write 100
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 101
70% 95.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.2 MB/s
367GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 99 101 101 101 MB/s
57.1% Above average
Read 98.5
Write 95.8
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 99.9
69% 93.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.4 MB/s
449GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 102 101 102 100 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 90.8
Write 102
Mixed 80.4
SusWrite 101
69% 93.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
184% 1.43 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 76 73 72 72 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 50.4
Write 72.5
Mixed 46.4
SusWrite 71.5
44% 60.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 70 74 73 72 72 MB/s
29.1% Poor
Read 30.4
Write 60.3
Mixed 41.1
SusWrite 70.8
37% 50.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,311,118 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 104%
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Desktop
Desktop 105%
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Workstation
Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: MSI Z590-A PRO (MS-7D09) - $189

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel  $250Bench 101%, 65,651 samples1,931x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples1,501x
Core i9-11900KIntel  $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples668x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples942x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples921x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples774x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples441x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples410x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples397x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples340x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples213x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $844

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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