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Elements 1042 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 41% (486th of 1015)

Based on 31 user benchmarks.  Model: WD Elements 1042
Poor: 26%Average: 41% Great: 55%

Below average average bench

The WD Elements 1042 1TB averaged 59.0% 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 Write Speed 1.47MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.2MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Elements 1042 1TB is 29.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Elements 1042 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 57.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)
Rank 48641%
Min Avg Max
39.3 Read 71.7 109
25.6 Write 72 105
23.4 Mixed 66.8 104
44.6 SusWrite 57.5 70.3
49.8% 67 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.24 4K Read 0.4 0.53
0.31 4K Write 1.47 2.27
0.11 4K Mixed 0.2 0.9
66.5% 0.69 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
765GB free
Firmware: 1019 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 94.2
Write 101
Mixed 95.6
73% 97.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.41
4K Mixed 0.23
54% 0.38 MB/s
765GB free
Firmware: 1019 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 91.7
Write 101
Mixed 92.7
72% 95.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 0.41
4K Mixed 0.23
54% 0.38 MB/s
212GB free
Firmware: 1025
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 70 71 70 MB/s
50.1% Above average
Read 104
Write 104
Mixed 61.3
SusWrite 70.3
62% 85 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.97 MB/s
397GB free
Firmware: 1025
48.9% Average
Read 84.5
Write 85.7
Mixed 77.3
62% 82.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 2.27
4K Mixed 0.17
81% 0.97 MB/s
127GB free
Firmware: 1019 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
47.3% Average
Read 80
Write 84.5
Mixed 83.2
62% 82.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.42
4K Write 2.01
4K Mixed 0.19
76% 0.87 MB/s
757GB free
Firmware: 1007 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
34.9% Below average
Read 71.9
Write 49.6
Mixed 49
42% 56.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.26
4K Write 1.21
4K Mixed 0.11
46% 0.53 MB/s
256GB free
Firmware: 1019
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 44 45 46 46 46 MB/s
25.8% Poor
Read 44.7
Write 45.2
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 44.6
32% 42.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1.17 MB/s
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