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WD WD15EARX

Green 1.5TB (2011)

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 47.5% (346th of 1014)

more Based on 6,566 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: 47.5% Great: 65%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 1.5TB (2011) averaged 52.4% 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 0.75MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 1.5TB (2011) is 38.2%. 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 68.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 79.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,566 samples)
Rank 34647.5%
Min Avg Max
46.7 Read 85.5 120
43.6 Write 80.8 109
32.8 Mixed 68.5 95.1
40.8 SusWrite 79.9 113
58.2% 78.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.75 1
0.5 4K Write 1.64 2.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.64 0.8
133% 1.01 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 114 114 114 115 MB/s
67% Good
Read 120
Write 118
Mixed 107
SusWrite 113
85% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.27 MB/s
795GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 80 59 72 91 89 MB/s
50% Above average
Read 101
Write 100
Mixed 50.1
SusWrite 72.9
59% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 91 92 92 91 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 79.9
Write 96.9
Mixed 83.2
SusWrite 91.9
65% 88 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 87 88 88 89 MB/s
47.8% Average
Read 79.3
Write 75
Mixed 66.8
SusWrite 87
57% 77 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
164% 1.2 MB/s
533GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 88 87 86 88 MB/s
47.3% Average
Read 78.6
Write 94.2
Mixed 40.7
SusWrite 86.5
55% 75 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
88% 0.53 MB/s
867GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 60 61 60 63 61 MB/s
33.7% Below average
Read 57.4
Write 61.9
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 60.2
40% 54.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.3
57% 0.37 MB/s
648GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 64 63 65 63 59 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 54.4
Write 52.6
Mixed 32.1
SusWrite 62.1
37% 50.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.3
68% 0.43 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Acer Aspire M3970

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples162x
Core i5-2320Intel  $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples99x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 64%, 19,722 samples54x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples64x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples27x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples19x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples20x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples17x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples14x
RAM
ACR512X64D3U13C9G 2x4GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,166 samples14x
HU564403EP0200 2x4GBUnifosaBench 49%, 909 samples10x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $235

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