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WD WD3200LPVT

Blue 2.5" 320GB (2012)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 39.7% (510th of 1015)

more Based on 601 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD3200LPVT-22G33T0, WDC WD3200LPVT-75G33T0, WDC WD32 00LPVT-08G33T1, WDC WD32 00LPVT-75G33T0, WDC WD32 00LPVT-00G33, WDC WD3200LPVT-08G33T1, WDC WD3200LPVT-22V0TT0, WDC WD3200LPVT-16G33T0, WDC WD32 00LPVT-22G33T0, WDC WD3200LPVT-26G33, WDC WD32 00LPVT-00G33T0, WD3200LPVT-75G33T0, WDC WD3200LPVT-22G33, WDC WD3200LPVT-00G33T0, WDC WD3200LPVT-0, WDC WD3200LPVT-00FMCT0, WDC WD32 00LPVT-26G33T0, WDC WD32 00LPVT-00FMCT0, WDC WD3200LPVT-7, WDC WD3200LPVT-26G33T0, WDC WD3200LPVT-08G33, WDC WD3200LPVT-24G33T1, WDC WD3200LPVT-00G33, WDC WD32 00LPVT-08G33, WDC WD3200LPVT-75G33, WDC WD32 00LPVT-00FMC
Poor: 21%Average: 39.7% Great: 55%

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Poor average bench

The WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2012) averaged 60.3% 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 0.52MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.63MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2012) is 34%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2012) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 45.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 62.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 601 samples)
Rank 51039.7%
Min Avg Max
37.5 Read 72.4 96.8
24.4 Write 69.2 96.6
20.5 Mixed 45.6 85.1
29.4 SusWrite 62.7 95.1
46% 62.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.41 0.51
0.5 4K Write 1.63 2.2
0.1 4K Mixed 0.52 0.8
105% 0.85 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
259GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 88 73 85 88 87 MB/s
50.8% Above average
Read 95.5
Write 97.3
Mixed 55.9
SusWrite 81.3
61% 82.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 1.1 MB/s
187GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 49 52 59 45 55 MB/s
40.6% Average
Read 91.8
Write 74.7
Mixed 42.7
SusWrite 49.5
48% 64.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.97 MB/s
176GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s
38.5% Below average
Read 65.2
Write 56.2
Mixed 34.5
SusWrite 68.8
41% 56.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
243GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 56 69 67 39 66 MB/s
35% Below average
Read 65.8
Write 48.2
Mixed 31.9
SusWrite 56.1
37% 50.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 MB/s
81GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 60 57 59 58 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 61.6
Write 53.4
Mixed 33.9
SusWrite 58.4
38% 51.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.93 MB/s
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 55 50 46 58 MB/s
30.8% Below average
Read 54.3
Write 72.2
Mixed 42
SusWrite 52.7
41% 55.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.9 MB/s
224GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 49 48 57 60 61 MB/s
29.5% Poor
Read 47.7
Write 55.6
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 54.9
33% 45.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.8 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 38 34 25 26 36 MB/s
26.3% Poor
Read 60.2
Write 39.5
Mixed 34.8
SusWrite 31.6
31% 41.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.3
56% 0.43 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 66 53 57 67 59 MB/s
23.9% Poor
Read 25.8
Write 57.3
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 57.3
32% 43.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
90% 0.67 MB/s
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Pentium 2020MIntelBench 47%, 9,778 samples73x
Celeron 1005MIntelBench 44%, 3,385 samples58x
Pentium B960IntelBench 44%, 13,355 samples33x
GPU
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples153x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples55x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples11x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples10x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples7x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples5x
RAM
M471B5173BH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 26%, 3,473 samples14x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples10x
HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 3,567 samples5x
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