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WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB

WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB
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Effective Speed -107%Effective Speed -107%Average Score -85%Read -108%, Write -98%, 4K Read -149%, 4K Write -36%, Mixed -56%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite -106%Peak Score -84%Read -109%, Write -101%, 4K Read -187%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed -50%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite -106%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -28,256%Nice To Haves -9%Age -9%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 42.8% (452^nd of 1015)

Based on 1,662 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: 21%Average: 42.8% Great: 55%

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Below average average bench

The WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB averaged 57.2% 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 0.61MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.58MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB is 34%. 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 52.2MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 72.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,662 samples)

Rank 45242.8%

Min	Avg	Max
26.5	Read 75.6	96
21.2	Write 72.8	93.7
22.3	Mixed 52.2	65.7
29.8	SusWrite 73.2	94.9
50.5% 68.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.3	4K Read 0.52	0.6
0.7	4K Write 1.58	2.3
0.2	4K Mixed 0.61	0.8
118% 0.9 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 01.00A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 96 96 96 96 MB/s

55.1% Above average

Write 90.5

Mixed 43.6

SusWrite 95.2

60% 81.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 0.7

144% 1.17 MB/s

ARE-User, 1 day ago.

675GB free

Firmware: 01.00A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 84 84 87 87 87 MB/s

46.8% Average

Write 86.7

Mixed 52.2

SusWrite 84.9

55% 75.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.6

115% 0.87 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 days ago.

581GB free

Firmware: 01.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 75 76 76 75 MB/s

45.1% Average

Write 74.4

Mixed 46.6

SusWrite 74.5

51% 69.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.7

132% 0.97 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 days ago.

613GB free

Firmware: 01.00A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s

43.7% Average

Write 77.4

Mixed 58.1

SusWrite 73.5

53% 71.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.6

118% 0.87 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 days ago.

603GB free

Firmware: 01.00A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 74 75 74 74 MB/s

43.2% Average

Write 73

Mixed 50.2

SusWrite 73.9

50% 68.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.7

136% 1.07 MB/s

DNK-User, 5 days ago.

17GB free

Firmware: 01.00A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 53 57 62 52 59 MB/s

34.2% Below average

Write 61.6

Mixed 37.5

SusWrite 56.6

40% 54.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1

4K Mixed 0.6

110% 0.73 MB/s

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Typical WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB Builds (Compare 1,551 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 57%

Gunboat

Desktop 93%

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Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 92%, 633,193 samples	479x
Core i5-8600KIntel $220Bench 92%, 222,161 samples	364x
Core i7-8700Intel $290Bench 89%, 263,985 samples	198x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,201,235 samples	176x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 916,461 samples	171x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,173,275 samples	166x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 106%, 605,938 samples	55x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $99Bench 227%, 134,318 samples	53x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 798,238 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $94Bench 81%, 510,924 samples	99x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $83Bench 83%, 137,763 samples	44x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 167,543 samples	39x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $759

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $94	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB