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WD WD15EARX

Green 1.5TB (2011)

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 46.7% (364th of 1015)

more Based on 4,757 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD15EARX-22PASB0, WDC WD15EARX-22P, WDC WD15EARX-00P, WDC WD15EARX-00D8PB0, WDC WD15 EARX-00ZUDB0, WDC WD15EARX-32PASB0, WDC WD15EARX-008FB0, WDC WD15EARX-00PASB0, WDC WD15EARX-00Z, WDC WD15EARX-60PASB0, WDC WD15 EARX-32PASB0, WDC WD15 EARX-00PASB0, WDC WD15EARX-00ZUDB0, WDC WD15 EARX-22PASB0
Poor: 27%Average: 46.7% Great: 64%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 1.5TB (2011) averaged 53.2% 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 0.64MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.74MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 1.5TB (2011) is 37.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Green 1.5TB (2011) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 78.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,757 samples)
Rank 36446.7%
Min Avg Max
47.2 Read 84.5 119
42.2 Write 80.4 112
25.7 Mixed 66.4 94.6
37.3 SusWrite 78.1 112
57.2% 77.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.74 1
0.4 4K Write 1.61 2.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.64 0.8
132% 1 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 95 90 99 113 113 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 104
Write 100
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 99.4
68% 92.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
163% 1.23 MB/s
752GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 91 92 93 94 MB/s
51.2% Above average
Read 85.8
Write 80
Mixed 85.3
SusWrite 92.3
64% 85.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
165% 1.3 MB/s
120GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 68 70 65 66 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 105
Write 94.7
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 67.9
60% 82 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.17 MB/s
588GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 77 78 78 77 MB/s
42.6% Average
Read 71
Write 75.8
Mixed 64.5
SusWrite 77.2
53% 72.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
554GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 67 73 72 71 MB/s
39% Below average
Read 70.9
Write 76.3
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 65.2
46% 63.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.4
82% 0.47 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 27,216,616 HDDs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 43%
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System: Acer Aspire M3970

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $223Bench 73%, 108,045 samples503x
Core i5-2320Intel  $83Bench 69%, 24,201 samples399x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 67%, 12,677 samples218x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 96,502 samples208x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 31%, 555,858 samples133x
Radeon HD 6570AMDBench 4%, 14,427 samples113x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 104%, 662,032 samples40x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 110%, 469,351 samples30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 106%, 343,789 samples29x
RAM
ACR512X64D3U13C9G 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 824 samples151x
HU564403EP0200 2x4GBUnifosaBench 49%, 719 samples101x
ACR256X64D3U1333C9 3x2GBKingstonBench 34%, 269 samples37x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $298

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