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WD WD15EARX

Green 1.5TB (2011)

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 47.1% (362nd of 1015)

more Based on 5,958 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: 28%Average: 47.1% Great: 66%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 1.5TB (2011) averaged 52.8% 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 0.63MB/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 38.3%. 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 67.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 79MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,958 samples)
Rank 36247.1%
Min Avg Max
44.8 Read 84.9 121
41.9 Write 79.6 112
27.9 Mixed 67.4 96.9
39.3 SusWrite 79 112
57.5% 77.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.74 1
0.4 4K Write 1.58 2.2
0.3 4K Mixed 0.63 0.8
130% 0.98 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: 104 112 111 112 115 113 MB/s
63.8% Good
Read 111
Write 96
Mixed 93
SusWrite 111
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 101 101 101 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 100
Write 96.8
Mixed 89.8
SusWrite 101
72% 96.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
136% 1.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 86 88 87 86 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 109
Write 100
Mixed 72.6
SusWrite 86.6
68% 92.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
152% 1.2 MB/s
455GB free
Firmware: 80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 91 92 92 92 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 101
Write 101
Mixed 64.1
SusWrite 90.7
66% 89.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
313GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 87 85 88 88 88 MB/s
52.3% Above average
Read 95.5
Write 89.3
Mixed 82.9
SusWrite 86.5
66% 88.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
807GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 81 82 82 85 MB/s
49.9% Average
Read 92.4
Write 87.8
Mixed 58.8
SusWrite 81.4
59% 80.1 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.07 MB/s
652GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 92 93 93 MB/s
49.8% Average
Read 82
Write 90
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 91.3
64% 86.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.13 MB/s
734GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 60 60 60 60 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 56.3
Write 40.1
Mixed 52.1
SusWrite 59.7
39% 52 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.8 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Acer Aspire M3970

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $211Bench 71%, 128,710 samples198x
Core i5-2320Intel  $83Bench 68%, 28,559 samples146x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 66%, 13,363 samples88x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 110,571 samples76x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 632,842 samples34x
Radeon HD 6570AMDBench 5%, 15,919 samples30x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $51Bench 106%, 481,221 samples21x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 67%, 249,173 samples18x
A400 120GBKingston  $24Bench 59%, 117,779 samples17x
RAM
ACR512X64D3U13C9G 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 973 samples42x
HU564403EP0200 2x4GBUnifosaBench 49%, 818 samples36x
NT4GC64B8HB0NF-CG 2x4GBNanyaBench 48%, 612 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $262

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