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WD WD1502FAEX

Black 1.5TB (2010)

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

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Average Bench: 63.5% (175th of 1015)

more Based on 3,032 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD1502FAEX-007BA0, WD1502FAEX-0078A0, WDC WD15 02FAEX-007BA, WDC WD1502FAEX-007BA, WDC WD15 02FAEX-007BA0, WDC WD1502FAEX-0, WD1502FA EX-0078A0, WD1502FAEX-007B
Poor: 43%Average: 63.5% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The WD Black 1.5TB (2010) averaged 36.5% 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 0.95MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.11MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 1.5TB (2010) is 39.3%. 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 104MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 90.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,032 samples)
Rank 17563.5%
Min Avg Max
73.2 Read 117 154
70.1 Write 108 139
50.9 Mixed 90.6 118
57.6 SusWrite 104 138
77.6% 105 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 1.11 1.4
1.8 4K Write 2.42 2.8
0.8 4K Mixed 0.95 1.1
197% 1.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 135 141 140 140 MB/s
87.1% Excellent
Read 164
Write 142
Mixed 124
SusWrite 139
105% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
197% 1.5 MB/s
388GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 135 136 136 136 MB/s
77.2% Very good
Read 133
Write 131
Mixed 122
SusWrite 135
97% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
231% 1.73 MB/s
205GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 135 135 135 134 131 MB/s
76.6% Very good
Read 134
Write 136
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 133
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.53 MB/s
811GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 120 122 123 123 MB/s
73.3% Very good
Read 133
Write 133
Mixed 90.6
SusWrite 122
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
222% 1.67 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 119 120 116 115 116 MB/s
73.2% Very good
Read 138
Write 129
Mixed 86.8
SusWrite 116
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
213% 1.63 MB/s
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Gaming 19%
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Desktop 53%
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Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z97 - $176

CPU
Core i3-4160Intel  $120Bench 54%, 20,705 samples417x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $365Bench 85%, 216,888 samples168x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $177Bench 81%, 109,392 samples46x
GPU
GTX 550 TiNvidia  $250Bench 12%, 29,210 samples126x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $195Bench 66%, 228,491 samples108x
GeForce GTX 470NvidiaBench 21%, 3,990 samples60x
SSD
Q300 Pro 256GBToshiba  $280Bench 81%, 774 samples126x
SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GBIntel  $75Bench 73%, 1,917 samples67x
Extreme Pro 240GBSanDisk  $79Bench 91%, 5,388 samples67x
RAM
99P5471-033.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 557 samples163x
DDR3 1866G 2OZ 2x4GBUnknownBench 54%, 161 samples72x
99P5471-025.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 141 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 36% - Below average Total price: $826

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