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WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

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Average Bench: 42.6% (464th of 1015)

more Based on 888 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD15EVDS-73V9B1, WDC WD15 EVDS-73V9B1, WD15EVDS-63V9B1, WDC WD15EVDS-63V9B0, WDC WD15 EVDS-73V9B0, WDC WD15EVDS-63V9B1, WDC WD15EVDS-73V9B0, WDC WD15EVDS-68V9B0, WDC WD15EVDS-73V, WDC WD15 EVDS-68V9B0, WDC WD15 EVDS-63T3B0, WDC WD15 EVDS-63V9B0, WDC WD15 EVDS-63V9B1, WDC WD15EVDS-68V, WDC WD15EVDS-63T3B0, WDC WD15EVDS-63V, WD15EVDS-68V9B0
Poor: 23%Average: 42.6% Great: 54%

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Below average average bench

The WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB averaged 57.4% 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 0.54MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.44MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB is 31%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 53.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 70.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 888 samples)
Rank 46442.6%
Min Avg Max
41 Read 77.1 96.1
9.5 Write 70.8 93.8
17.3 Mixed 53.1 83.3
16.9 SusWrite 70.4 95.2
50.1% 67.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.5 0.7
0.7 4K Write 1.44 2.2
0.19 4K Mixed 0.54 0.8
107% 0.83 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
744GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 79 80 81 81 MB/s
45.7% Average
Read 79
Write 69
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 80.1
53% 72.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 1.07 MB/s
988GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 79 80 81 81 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 77.7
Write 70.8
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 79.9
52% 70.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
130% 0.8 MB/s
132GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 57 57 58 58 MB/s
44.4% Average
Read 96.8
Write 87.3
Mixed 47.8
SusWrite 57.8
53% 72.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 77 75 76 MB/s
42.6% Average
Read 73
Write 79.8
Mixed 55
SusWrite 75.4
52% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
93% 0.63 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 63 72 80 74 MB/s
41.6% Average
Read 76
Write 74.5
Mixed 52.3
SusWrite 68.5
50% 67.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.13 MB/s
729GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 78.2
Write 81.5
Mixed 48.8
SusWrite 59.6
49% 67 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
99% 0.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,187,067 HDDs tested.

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Gaming 103%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 65%
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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $592

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $310Bench 83%, 301,145 samples10,514x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $220Bench 75%, 99,555 samples2,410x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $269Bench 76%, 312,153 samples708x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 124%, 540,220 samples3,082x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 97%, 630,103 samples3,058x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $750Bench 154%, 381,219 samples2,767x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $86Bench 107%, 469,025 samples1,597x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 129,692 samples1,458x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $103Bench 113%, 390,898 samples1,261x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 85%, 212,561 samples1,628x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 89%, 114,725 samples1,011x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 89%, 82,315 samples557x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $1,590

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Intel Core i5-9400F $143Nvidia GTX 1660 $220Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
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