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WD2500BB-98DWA0 250GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 23.6% (909th of 1015)

more 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

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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.05R15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 44 44 44 35 43 MB/s
26% Poor
Read 51.1
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
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 08.02D08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 16 13 13 13 15 MB/s
14.9% Very poor
Read 35.4
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
13GB free
Firmware: 08.02D08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 16 15 15 15 MB/s
8.52% Terrible
Read 13.7
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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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,914,458 HDDs tested

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Gaming 20%
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Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
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Motherboard: Asus P7P55D

CPU
Core i5-750Intel  $60Bench 62%, 43,796 samples405x
Core i7 860Intel  $199Bench 64%, 51,451 samples257x
Core i5 760Intel  $90Bench 64%, 34,495 samples185x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples65x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples59x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples48x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples61x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples29x
RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples407x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples395x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples174x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $144

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