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WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 42.8% (450th of 1015)

more Based on 1,788 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: 24%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 1.59MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB is 30.7%. 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 52.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 72.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,788 samples)
Rank 45042.8%
Min Avg Max
33.5 Read 75.7 96.1
36.3 Write 72.9 94.1
22.6 Mixed 52.5 65.9
33.1 SusWrite 73.2 94.9
50.5% 68.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.52 0.6
0.7 4K Write 1.59 2.3
0.27 4K Mixed 0.61 0.8
119% 0.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
567GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 96 96 96 96 MB/s
52.2% Above average
Read 87
Write 90.4
Mixed 60.9
SusWrite 94.8
61% 83.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1.13 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 92 93 91 91 MB/s
51.6% Above average
Read 88.3
Write 89.9
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 91.4
61% 83 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 89 89 90 90 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 86.8
Write 89.7
Mixed 61.3
SusWrite 89.3
60% 81.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
554GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 71 71 72 72 71 MB/s
41.6% Average
Read 74
Write 77
Mixed 58.7
SusWrite 70.4
52% 70 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
130% 1.13 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 52 45 69 72 61 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 62.3
Write 39
Mixed 39.7
SusWrite 57.6
37% 49.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.8 MB/s
51GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 49 49 53 58 49 MB/s
26.7% Poor
Read 42.5
Write 43.9
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 50.3
32% 43.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.4
79% 0.67 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.7 54 58 MB/s
17.9% Very poor
Read 43.3
Write 61.2
Mixed 38.2
SusWrite 18.7
30% 40.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.87 MB/s
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Gaming 58%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 53%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $295Bench 92%, 630,213 samples515x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $235Bench 92%, 224,293 samples397x
Core i7-8700Intel  $312Bench 89%, 290,244 samples220x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,283,412 samples192x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 105%, 878,504 samples183x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 80%, 1,236,286 samples183x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 609,576 samples61x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $109Bench 229%, 134,686 samples56x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 827,550 samples55x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $77Bench 84%, 507,810 samples104x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $65Bench 83%, 145,806 samples46x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 87%, 187,165 samples42x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $742

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