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WD3200YS-01PGB0 320GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 29.2% (758th of 1014)

Based on 1,147 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD3200YS-01PGB0, WDC WD32 00YS-01PGB0, WDC WD3200YS-01P
Poor: 17%Average: 29.2% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The WD WD3200YS-01PGB0 320GB averaged 70.7% 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 0.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.93MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD3200YS-01PGB0 320GB is just 19.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD3200YS-01PGB0 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 48.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,147 samples)
Rank 75829.2%
Min Avg Max
23.2 Read 52.4 63.2
23.5 Write 51.6 63.4
21.1 Mixed 40.9 49
22.2 SusWrite 48.9 62.9
35.8% 48.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.6 0.7
0.7 4K Write 1.93 2.4
0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 1.1
161% 1.14 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
113GB free
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 27 22 18 18 MB/s
50% Average
Read 154
Write 24.1
Mixed 25.6
SusWrite 19.9
41% 56 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 1.3
232% 1.13 MB/s
295GB free
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 65 65 65 64 MB/s
37.4% Below average
Read 65.5
Write 66
Mixed 50
SusWrite 64.4
45% 61.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
179% 1.27 MB/s
39GB free
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s
35.6% Below average
Read 62.6
Write 60.1
Mixed 49.3
SusWrite 60.9
43% 58.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
183% 1.33 MB/s
184GB free
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 52 51 52 52 50 MB/s
31.7% Below average
Read 59.1
Write 54.6
Mixed 43.7
SusWrite 50.9
38% 52.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
149% 0.97 MB/s
78GB free
Firmware: 0M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 59 59 60 MB/s
31.5% Below average
Read 50.2
Write 35.5
Mixed 26.2
SusWrite 59.1
31% 42.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1
179% 1.1 MB/s
75GB free
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 50 51 50 52 50 MB/s
29.8% Poor
Read 53.1
Write 51.8
Mixed 41.9
SusWrite 50.4
36% 49.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
154% 1.07 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 38 MB/s
26.4% Poor
Read 52.7
Write 55.5
Mixed 44.3
SusWrite 38.9
36% 47.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
173% 1.2 MB/s
3GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21.00M21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 19 13 20 23 31 MB/s
8.37% Terrible
Read 6.7
Write 26.1
Mixed 10.5
SusWrite 22.3
12% 16.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
86% 0.47 MB/s
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Typical WD3200YS-01PGB0 320GB Builds (Compare 312 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING M7 AC (MS-7B77)

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples174x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples12x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples12x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples25x
RTX 2080Nvidia  $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples23x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples21x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples27x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 235%, 154,949 samples11x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples10x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples10x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $865

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