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WD WD1502FAEX

Black 1.5TB (2010)

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 64.7% (164th of 1015)

more Based on 6,983 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD1502FAEX-007BA0, WD1502FAEX-0078A0, WDC WD15 02FAEX-007BA, WDC WD1502FAEX-007BA, WDC WD15 02FAEX-007BA0, WD1502FAEX-007BA0, WDC WD1502FAEX-0, WD1502FA EX-0078A0, WD1502FAEX-007B
Poor: 44%Average: 64.7% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The WD Black 1.5TB (2010) averaged 35.2% 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 0.92MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.12MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 1.5TB (2010) is 40.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 1.5TB (2010) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 107MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 93.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,983 samples)
Rank 16464.7%
Min Avg Max
75.8 Read 118 157
70.7 Write 109 138
56.2 Mixed 93.4 122
66.1 SusWrite 107 141
79.2% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.12 1.4
1.4 4K Write 2.39 2.9
0.7 4K Mixed 0.92 1.1
193% 1.48 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 132 132 133 132 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 137
Write 128
Mixed 116
SusWrite 132
95% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.9
195% 1.6 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 125 125 125 125 MB/s
72.2% Very good
Read 126
Write 122
Mixed 97.7
SusWrite 124
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
221% 1.73 MB/s
413GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 99 98 99 99 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 96.1
Write 97.7
Mixed 102
SusWrite 98.4
73% 98.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
218% 1.67 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 88 89 88 88 MB/s
52.6% Above average
Read 94.5
Write 85.6
Mixed 91.4
SusWrite 88.1
67% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.53 MB/s
48GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 93 94 94 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 88.7
Write 82
Mixed 88.5
SusWrite 93.5
66% 88.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
167% 1.33 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 88 88 88 87 MB/s
50.1% Above average
Read 85.9
Write 89.5
Mixed 91.7
SusWrite 87.9
66% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
213% 1.63 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,731,655 HDDs tested

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Gaming 54%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H370-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel  $161Bench 87%, 349,567 samples159x
Core i5-8400Intel  $85Bench 82%, 312,220 samples131x
Core i5-9400FIntel  $119Bench 85%, 299,482 samples51x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples61x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples46x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples40x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples40x
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples26x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 251%, 262,559 samples19x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $69Bench 82%, 134,977 samples49x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $38Bench 77%, 131,007 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $427

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