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WD15EARS-00Z5B1 1.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 38.9% (527th of 1015)

Based on 31 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD15EARS-00Z5B1
Poor: 25%Average: 38.9% Great: 52%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD15EARS-00Z5B1 1.5TB averaged 61.1% 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 Write Speed 1.37MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.22MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD15EARS-00Z5B1 1.5TB is 26.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD15EARS-00Z5B1 1.5TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 65.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 68.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)
Rank 52738.9%
Min Avg Max
9.54 Read 68.9 104
14.7 Write 65.8 94.3
1.57 Mixed 64.7 95.8
56.7 SusWrite 72.1 90.1
50.4% 67.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.002 4K Read 0.49 1
0.008 4K Write 1.37 2.05
0.002 4K Mixed 0.22 0.7
70% 0.69 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 90 90 90 MB/s
51.9% Above average
Read 90.4
Write 87.7
Mixed 75.9
SusWrite 90.1
64% 86 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.23 MB/s
245GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 79 79 79 78 MB/s
45% Average
Read 78.5
Write 74
Mixed 74.2
SusWrite 77.9
57% 76.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.3
103% 0.93 MB/s
803GB free
Firmware: 80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 68 71 71 71 MB/s
44.7% Average
Read 84.8
Write 82.3
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 70.4
60% 80.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
144% 1.17 MB/s
400GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 64 66 64 65 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 81.9
Write 89.6
Mixed 87.4
SusWrite 64.3
60% 80.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
135% 1.1 MB/s
558GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 71 75 74 73 MB/s
40.2% Average
Read 66.5
Write 54.7
Mixed 61.7
SusWrite 73.3
48% 64.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.13 MB/s
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Typical WD15EARS-00Z5B1 1.5TB Builds (Compare 8,688 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples635x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples808x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples737x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples228x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples374x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples299x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $655

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Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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