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WD WD15EARX

Green 1.5TB (2011)

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 47.9% (340th of 1015)

more Based on 5,141 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: 31%Average: 47.9% Great: 66%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 1.5TB (2011) averaged 52.1% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.75MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 1.5TB (2011) is 35.4%. 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 67.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 79.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,141 samples)
Rank 34047.9%
Min Avg Max
52.1 Read 87.4 120
41 Write 81.1 112
28.2 Mixed 67.9 97.1
43.4 SusWrite 79.3 113
58.4% 78.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.75 1
0.4 4K Write 1.59 2.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.63 0.8
131% 0.99 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 90 91 91 91 MB/s
54.3% Above average
Read 99.3
Write 70.8
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 89.8
65% 86.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
131% 1.07 MB/s
200GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 84 84 84 84 82 MB/s
53.4% Above average
Read 102
Write 98.5
Mixed 85
SusWrite 83.2
68% 92.3 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.23 MB/s
884GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 88 89 89 89 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 93.7
Write 91.3
Mixed 86.7
SusWrite 87.7
67% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.07 MB/s
726GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 88 88 87 88 MB/s
50.9% Above average
Read 89.9
Write 85.5
Mixed 85.1
SusWrite 87.2
65% 86.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.07 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 76 77 77 76 77 MB/s
47% Average
Read 88.2
Write 85.2
Mixed 68.7
SusWrite 75.4
59% 79.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.87 MB/s
975GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 58 57 60 58 59 MB/s
34.6% Below average
Read 61.4
Write 58.6
Mixed 54
SusWrite 58.9
43% 58.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Acer Aspire M3970

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $213Bench 72%, 118,729 samples140x
Core i5-2320Intel  $83Bench 68%, 21,545 samples107x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 67%, 12,616 samples59x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 107,262 samples49x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $145Bench 31%, 603,361 samples25x
Radeon HD 6570AMDBench 4%, 15,343 samples23x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 108%, 404,342 samples14x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 59%, 99,987 samples14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 640,525 samples10x
RAM
ACR512X64D3U13C9G 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 887 samples29x
HU564403EP0200 2x4GBUnifosaBench 49%, 777 samples27x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 1,939 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $288

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