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WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 56.6% (229th of 1015)

more Based on 11,642 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD1001FAES-60Z2A0, WDC WD10 01FAES-60Z2A, WDC WD10 01FAES-55W7A, WDC WD1001FAES-60Z2A, WDC WD1001FAES-40Y6A0, WDC WD1001FAES-75W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-55W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-19W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-75W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-22W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-19W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-22W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-60W7A, WDC WD1001FAES-75W7A, WDC WD1001FAES-00W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-00W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-00W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-60Z2A0, WDC WD10 01FAES-75W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-55W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-60W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-19W7A, WDC WD1001FAES-7, WDC WD10 01FAES-00W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-5, WDC WD1001FAES-6, WDC WD1001FAES-19W7A0, WDC WD10 01FAES-22W7A, WDC WD10 01FAES-22W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-55W7A0, WDC WD1001FAES-0, WDC WD1001FAES-1, WDC WD1001FAES-2
Poor: 29%Average: 56.6% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB averaged 43.3% 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 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.04MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB is 45.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 93.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,642 samples)
Rank 22956.6%
Min Avg Max
48.5 Read 103 136
37.9 Write 97.1 126
37 Mixed 73.3 100
38.5 SusWrite 93.6 128
67.8% 91.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.04 1.4
0.9 4K Write 1.96 2.5
0.3 4K Mixed 0.83 1
172% 1.28 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 132 130 127 128 MB/s
76.2% Very good
Read 136
Write 129
Mixed 84.9
SusWrite 130
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
210% 1.57 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 115 121 119 120 123 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 137
Write 112
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 120
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
217% 1.53 MB/s
270GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 104 116 115 117 114 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 122
Write 117
Mixed 84.5
SusWrite 114
81% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.3 MB/s
320GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 114 113 112 113 MB/s
64.2% Good
Read 110
Write 97.2
Mixed 85.3
SusWrite 113
75% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
202% 1.47 MB/s
580GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 80 81 81 81 MB/s
63.1% Good
Read 139
Write 126
Mixed 100
SusWrite 80.5
83% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
173% 1.37 MB/s
414GB free
Firmware: 06.01D06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 101 100 101 100 100 MB/s
61% Good
Read 113
Write 113
Mixed 100
SusWrite 99.2
79% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
189% 1.37 MB/s
769GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 122 117 119 122 MB/s
46.1% Average
Read 40.2
Write 72.5
Mixed 51.4
SusWrite 120
52% 71 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
124% 1.03 MB/s
277GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 87 84 87 66 50 MB/s
45.9% Average
Read 85.1
Write 83.7
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 74.8
60% 80.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 22%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 8100

CPU
Core i7 860Intel  $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples242x
Core i7 870Intel  $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples168x
Core i5 650Intel  $100Bench 46%, 42,063 samples105x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $100Bench 29%, 946,701 samples43x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples30x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples30x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples14x
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples13x
RAM
NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 938 samples38x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples31x
KP223C-ELD 4x2GBKingstonBench 43%, 613 samples17x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $599

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