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WD3200AAJS-22L7A0 318GB

WD3200AAJS-22L7A0 318GB
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Effective Speed -106%Effective Speed -106%Average Score -65%Read -100%, Write -96%, 4K Read -76%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -60%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -96%Peak Score -42%Read -94%, Write -89%, 4K Read 62%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -64%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -91%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +8% Age 8%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 42.9% (443^rd of 1015)

Based on 13 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD3200AAJS-22L7A0, WDC WD3200AAJS-56M0A0, WDC WD3200AAJS-00L7A, WDC WD3200AAJS-00L7A0

Poor: 19%Average: 42.9% Great: 54%

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Below average average bench

The WD WD3200AAJS-22L7A0 318GB averaged 57.0% 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 0.85MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.76MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD3200AAJS-22L7A0 318GB is 34.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD3200AAJS-22L7A0 318GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 51.3MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 73.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)

Rank 44342.9%

Min	Avg	Max
20.7	Read 77.5	103
2.95	Write 73.7	99.3
8.12	Mixed 51.3	60
12.5	SusWrite 77.4	103
51.5% 70 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.3	4K Read 0.74	2.78
1.36	4K Write 1.76	2.1
0.6	4K Mixed 0.85	1
158% 1.12 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 9 months ago.

251GB free

Firmware: 01.03E01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 86 87 86 86 87 MB/s

49.8% Average

Write 85.3

Mixed 55.5

SusWrite 85

58% 78.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.9

156% 1.07 MB/s

USA-User, 9 months ago.

251GB free

Firmware: 01.03E01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 85 85 86 87 86 MB/s

48.7% Average

Write 84.4

Mixed 59.4

SusWrite 83.4

58% 78.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.9

160% 1.13 MB/s

USA-User, 9 months ago.

211GB free

Firmware: 01.03E01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 81 81 81 81 MB/s

48.6% Average

Write 88.4

Mixed 58.3

SusWrite 81.2

58% 79 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.9

164% 1.2 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

139GB free

Firmware: 01.03E01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 76 77 78 78 77 MB/s

43.6% Average

Write 76.3

Mixed 51.9

SusWrite 77.5

52% 69.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.8

149% 1.1 MB/s

KNA-User, 6 months ago.

63GB free

Firmware: 01.03E01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 70 68 69 69 MB/s

40.4% Average

Write 68.7

Mixed 49.3

SusWrite 69.1

48% 64.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.6

127% 1.03 MB/s

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Typical WD3200AAJS-22L7A0 318GB Builds (Compare 4,138 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,058x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	724x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	424x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	274x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	185x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	138x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	176x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	126x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $927

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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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WD3200AAJS-22L7A0 318GB