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WD1200JS-00MHB0 120GB

WD1200JS-00MHB0 120GB
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Effective Speed -227%Effective Speed -227%Average Score -133%Read -220%, Write -204%, 4K Read -128%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -127%, 4K Mixed 1%, SusWrite -238%Peak Score -133%Read -227%, Write -209%, 4K Read -144%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -122%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -225%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -7%Age -7%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 27% (816^th of 1015)

Based on 1,032 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD1200JS-00MHB0, WDC WD12 00JS-00NCB1, WDC WD12 00JS-22MHB0, WDC WD1200JS-00N, WDC WD1200JS-00M, WDC WD1200JS-00NCB1, WDC WD1200JS-00MHB1, WDC WD12 00JS-22NCB1, WDC WD1200JS-22NCB1, WDC WD1200JS-00MHB5, WDC WD12 00JS-55MHB0, WDC WD1200JS-22MHB0, WDC WD12 00JS-55NCB1, WDC WD1200JS-55NCB1, WDC WD1200JS-55MHB0, WDC WD12 00JS-00MVB1, WDC WD1200JS-00MVB1, WDC WD12 00JS-00MHB1, WDC WD1200JS-00SGB0, WDC WD12 00JS-00SGB0

Poor: 11%Average: 27% Great: 35%

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Very poor average bench

The WD WD1200JS-00MHB0 120GB averaged 73.0% 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 0.87MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.87MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD1200JS-00MHB0 120GB is 23.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD1200JS-00MHB0 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 36.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 44.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,032 samples)

Rank 81627%

Min	Avg	Max
17	Read 48.6	61.1
11.2	Write 47.5	60.8
15.3	Mixed 36.3	44.2
13.9	SusWrite 44.9	60.4
32.8% 44.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.2	4K Read 0.57	0.7
0.4	4K Write 1.87	2.3
0.3	4K Mixed 0.87	1.1
155% 1.1 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

87GB free

Firmware: 02.01C03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 56 55 56 57 MB/s

32% Below average

Write 53

Mixed 41.8

SusWrite 55.2

38% 51.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.8

153% 1.17 MB/s

TUR-User, 3 months ago.

112GB free

Firmware: 02.01C03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 57 57 57 MB/s

31.6% Below average

Write 51.8

Mixed 41

SusWrite 56.5

37% 50.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.9

160% 1.17 MB/s

ZAF-User, 5 months ago.

71GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10.02E01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 50 53 37 54 54 MB/s

29.9% Poor

Write 52

Mixed 41.5

SusWrite 47.4

36% 49.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.7

138% 1.07 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

105GB free

Firmware: 10.02E02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 40 40 39 39 MB/s

26.7% Poor

Write 37.5

Mixed 33.2

SusWrite 39.2

30% 40.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 1

170% 1.07 MB/s

CYP-User, 4 months ago.

112GB free

Firmware: 02.01C03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 60 60 61 MB/s

26.5% Poor

Write 32.9

Mixed 28.9

SusWrite 60

28% 38.4 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 1.2

4K Mixed 1

175% 1.07 MB/s

FRA-User, 10 days ago.

9GB free

Firmware: 10.02E02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 37 37 37 MB/s

21.3% Poor

Write 39.4

Mixed 32.9

SusWrite 37

27% 36.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.2

4K Mixed 0.9

151% 0.93 MB/s

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Typical WD1200JS-00MHB0 120GB Builds (Compare 24,202 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,019x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,563x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	930x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,138x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,037x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	820x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	455x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	424x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

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WD1200JS-00MHB0 120GB