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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 72.9% (117th of 1015)

Based on 438 user benchmarks.  Model: WL2000GSA6472
Poor: 42%Average: 72.9% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The WL2000GSA6472 2TB averaged 27.0% 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 0.77MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.39MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL2000GSA6472 2TB is 50.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WL2000GSA6472 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 69.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 438 samples)
Rank 11772.9%
Min Avg Max
72.9 Read 129 165
67.2 Write 126 167
22.3 Mixed 69.2 105
59.9 SusWrite 128 163
82.7% 113 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.84 1.2
1.17 4K Write 2.39 3.3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.77 1.1
165% 1.33 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: HPG3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 159 162 159 161 MB/s
89% Excellent
Read 150
Write 150
Mixed 76.7
SusWrite 161
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.3 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 155 149 152 155 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 153
Write 150
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 152
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
202% 1.6 MB/s
588GB free
Firmware: HPG3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 132 130 134 140 138 MB/s
72.4% Very good
Read 117
Write 131
Mixed 62.8
SusWrite 135
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.3 MB/s
666GB free
Firmware: MK7OHPG3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 112 110 113 109 114 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 126
Write 121
Mixed 73
SusWrite 112
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
178% 1.33 MB/s
605GB free
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 118 114 114 117 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 112
Write 144
Mixed 55.4
SusWrite 115
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
202% 1.47 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 133 136 134 139 MB/s
61.4% Good
Read 79.1
Write 88.8
Mixed 45.7
SusWrite 134
64% 87 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
188% 1.5 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,327,297 HDDs tested

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Typical WL2000GSA6472 2TB Builds (Compare 5,311 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 178%
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Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 177%
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System: HP OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-0xxx

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples1,574x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples1,301x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples746x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,698x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,375Bench 210%, 158,856 samples805x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples571x
SSD
WD BLACK SDBPNTY-1T00-1106 1TBWDCBench 236%, 4,202 samples919x
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-1T00-1006 1TBWDCBench 191%, 10,094 samples806x
WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GBWDCBench 210%, 3,022 samples555x
RAM
HP32D4U8D8HC-16X 2x16GBKingstonBench 97%, 1,949 samples844x
HP32D4U8S8HC-8XR 2x8GBKingstonBench 84%, 3,401 samples600x
HP32D4U8D8HC-16XR 2x16GBKingstonBench 98%, 1,304 samples497x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $861

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