WL1000GSA6472 1TB

WL1000GSA6472 1TB
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Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average Score -10%Read -17%, Write -14%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write 14%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite -25%Peak Score +3% Read -6%, Write -9%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 29%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite -12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +9% Age 9%

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

Blue 1TB (2012)

Barracuda 2TB (2016)

Barracuda 3TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 73.2% (115^th of 1014)

Based on 481 user benchmarks. Model: WL1000GSA6472

Poor: 40%Average: 73.2% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The WL1000GSA6472 1TB averaged 26.8% 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 0.89MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.45MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL1000GSA6472 1TB is 62.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WL1000GSA6472 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 81.7MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 121MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 481 samples)

Rank 11573.2%

Min	Avg	Max
63	Read 133	188
64.1	Write 126	173
45.7	Mixed 81.7	127
56.8	SusWrite 121	176
84.9% 115 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.48	4K Read 0.99	1.4
0.88	4K Write 2.45	3.16
0.2	4K Mixed 0.89	1.2
186% 1.44 MB/s

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

USA-User, 5 months ago.

843GB free

Firmware: MU2OA7L0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 144 137 149 149 MB/s

85.4% Excellent

Write 155

Mixed 58.2

SusWrite 145

93% 128 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.7

136% 1.03 MB/s

DOM-User, 6 months ago.

197GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 122 124 121 120 MB/s

72.3% Very good

Write 127

Mixed 80.5

SusWrite 122

84% 115 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 1.1

221% 1.6 MB/s

USA-User, 6 months ago.

860GB free

Firmware: 03.00C09

SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 107 106 105 MB/s

61.6% Good

Write 107

Mixed 80.1

SusWrite 106

74% 100 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 1

193% 1.47 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H370M-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	220x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	142x
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	113x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	69x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	69x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	40x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	20x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $323

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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

WL1000GSA6472 1TB

Average Bench: 73.2% (115^th of 1014)

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