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WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB

WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB
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Effective Speed -196%Effective Speed -196%Average Score -114%Read -191%, Write -183%, 4K Read -117%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -99%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite -203%Peak Score -124%Read -215%, Write -198%, 4K Read -144%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -100%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -212%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -10%Age -10%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 29.8% (737^th of 1014)

Based on 3,103 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD3200KS-00PFB0, WDC WD3200KS-00PFX0, WDC WD32 00KS-75PFB0, WDC WD3200KS-75PFB0, WDC WD3200KS-22PFB0, WDC WD3200KS-75P, WDC WD32 00KS-00PFX0, WDC WD3200KS-00P, WDC WD32 00KS-00PFB0

Poor: 17%Average: 29.8% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB averaged 70.2% 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 0.89MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.97MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB is just 18.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41.4MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 50MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,103 samples)

Rank 73729.8%

Min	Avg	Max
32.5	Read 53.3	63.5
23	Write 51	63.1
24.4	Mixed 41.4	49.1
18.9	SusWrite 50	62.9
36.2% 48.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.4	4K Read 0.6	0.7
0.8	4K Write 1.97	2.4
0.5	4K Mixed 0.89	1.1
161% 1.16 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CZE-User, 26 days ago.

296GB free

Firmware: 21.00M21

SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 63 62 63 MB/s

36.2% Below average

Write 62.4

Mixed 47.9

SusWrite 62.3

44% 59 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.9

164% 1.2 MB/s

CAN-User, 20 days ago.

279GB free

Firmware: 21.00M21

SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 55 56 62 62 62 MB/s

35.5% Below average

Write 62

Mixed 47.8

SusWrite 60

43% 58.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 1

181% 1.3 MB/s

USA-User, 29 days ago.

155GB free

Firmware: 21.00M21

SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 53 46 46 42 30 MB/s

29.1% Poor

Write 28.1

Mixed 43.2

SusWrite 41.2

32% 43 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.8

156% 1.1 MB/s

USA-User, 19 days ago.

182GB free

Firmware: 21.00M21

SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 36 37 37 37 MB/s

25.3% Poor

Write 50.6

Mixed 38.4

SusWrite 36.9

33% 44.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.9

160% 1.13 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 day ago.

87GB free

Firmware: 21.00M21

SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 45 45 44 45 MB/s

24.9% Poor

Write 44.7

Mixed 37.8

SusWrite 44.6

31% 42.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 1

169% 1.13 MB/s

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Typical WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB Builds (Compare 16,448 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

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Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $79

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	3,587x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,690x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	1,081x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,285x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	980x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	979x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	668x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	419x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	345x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	424x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $402

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WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB