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WD2500BB-98DWA0 250GB

WD2500BB-98DWA0 250GB
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Effective Speed -273%Effective Speed -273%Average Score -194%Read -264%, Write -248%, 4K Read -177%, 4K Write -76%, Mixed -191%, 4K Mixed -70%, SusWrite -331%Peak Score -147%Read -240%, Write -225%, 4K Read -172%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -104%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -235%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -10%Age -10%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 23.6% (909^th of 1015)

Based on 325 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD2500BB-98DWA0, WDC WD2500BB-00FTA0, WDC WD2500BB-00RDA0, WDC WD2500BB-00GUA0, WDC WD2500BB-32RDA0, WDC WD2500BB-22GUA0, WDC WD25 00BB-55RDA0, WDC WD2500BB-14GUA0, WDC WD2500BB-55GUA0, WDC WD2500BB-22RDA0, WDC WD2500BB-14GUC0, WDC WD2500BB-55RDA0, WDC WD2500BB-98GUC0, WDC WD2500BB-55GUC0, WDC WD2500BB-98GUA0, WDC WD2500BB-98FTA0, WDC WD2500BB-14RDA0, WDC WD25 00BB-22GUA0, WDC WD25 00BB-00RDA0, WDC WD2500BB-22GUC0, WDC WD25 00BB-55GUC0, WDC WD2500BB-00DWA0, WDC WD2500BB-00R, WDC WD2500BB-00GUC0

Poor: 6%Average: 23.6% Great: 33%

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Very poor average bench

The WD WD2500BB-98DWA0 250GB averaged 76.3% 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 0.51MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.22MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD2500BB-98DWA0 250GB is 27%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD2500BB-98DWA0 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 28.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 35.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 325 samples)

Rank 90923.6%

Min	Avg	Max
10.2	Read 42.7	58.8
6.69	Write 41.4	57.9
7.09	Mixed 28.3	48.1
3.97	SusWrite 35.2	58.7
27.2% 36.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 0.47	0.63
0.17	4K Write 1.22	1.8
0.1	4K Mixed 0.51	0.9
99.1% 0.73 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ARG-User, 11 months ago.

121GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 15.05R15

SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 44 44 44 35 43 MB/s

26% Poor

Write 51.3

Mixed 24.7

SusWrite 39.2

30% 41.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.9

155% 1.03 MB/s

ARG-User, 20 months ago.

77GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 08.02D08

SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 16 13 13 13 15 MB/s

14.9% Very poor

Write 35.3

Mixed 21.9

SusWrite 16.1

20% 27.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.7

123% 0.83 MB/s

NLD-User, 14 months ago.

13GB free

Firmware: 08.02D08

SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 16 15 15 15 MB/s

8.52% Terrible

Write 15.4

Mixed 13.5

SusWrite 15.4

11% 14.5 MB/s

4K Read 2.1

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0

88% 0.7 MB/s

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Typical WD2500BB-98DWA0 250GB Builds (Compare 1,212 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 20%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P7P55D

CPU
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	397x
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	251x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	177x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	61x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	27x

RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	402x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	375x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	168x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $159

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WD2500BB-98DWA0 250GB