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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 53% (269th of 1015)

Based on 87 user benchmarks.  Model: WL1000GSA3272B
Poor: 35%Average: 53% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The WL1000GSA3272B 1TB averaged 46.9% 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 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.03MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL1000GSA3272B 1TB is 38.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WL1000GSA3272B 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 86.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 87 samples)
Rank 26953%
Min Avg Max
52.6 Read 94.7 131
40.7 Write 90.5 130
27.4 Mixed 71.4 111
23.7 SusWrite 86.7 135
63.4% 85.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.34 4K Read 0.68 1.16
0.46 4K Write 2.03 2.68
0.2 4K Mixed 0.63 1
136% 1.11 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
808GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 132 131 135 132 134 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 141
Write 151
Mixed 79
SusWrite 130
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
221% 1.6 MB/s
618GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 116 118 121 115 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 119
Write 115
Mixed 98.3
SusWrite 116
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.53 MB/s
615GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 120 118 117 116 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 110
Write 116
Mixed 80.4
SusWrite 117
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
184% 1.4 MB/s
613GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 107 102 107 102 MB/s
61% Good
Read 106
Write 92.5
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 106
70% 94.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.23 MB/s
727GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 36 64 45 88 82 MB/s
46.2% Average
Read 99.9
Write 113
Mixed 64.8
SusWrite 60.8
62% 84.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1.03 MB/s
476GB free
Firmware: 05.00K05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 70 71 70 70 69 MB/s
42.9% Average
Read 80.5
Write 77.6
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 69
53% 71.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.8 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,336,176 HDDs tested

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Typical WL1000GSA3272B 1TB Builds (Compare 633 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus P8H61-M LE/USB3

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples78x
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples69x
Core i3-2100Intel  $49Bench 51%, 63,701 samples66x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples71x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples46x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples39x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples28x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples16x
RAM
99U5471-020.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,112 samples8x
99U5471-012.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,159 samples8x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $278

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