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Elements 25A3 10TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 102% (2nd of 1015)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: WD Elements 25A3
Poor: 77%Average: 102% Great: 118%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Elements 25A3 10TB averaged 2.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Elements 25A3 10TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.12MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 112MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 170MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 2102%
Min Avg Max
170 Read 185 210
86 Write 177 221
94.7 Mixed 112 122
87.5 SusWrite 170 203
118% 161 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.4 4K Read 1.84 2.1
4.7 4K Write 5.12 5.6
1.1 4K Mixed 1.3 1.6
316% 2.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7.5TB free
Firmware: 1021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 180 194 185 188 196 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 199
Mixed 122
SusWrite 190
128% 175 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 1.2
303% 2.67 MB/s
6TB free
Firmware: 1031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 202 203 195 202 210 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 194
Mixed 120
SusWrite 203
126% 172 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 1.6
369% 3.1 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 1021
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 170 172 171 169 160 MB/s
99.7% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 185
Mixed 106
SusWrite 168
117% 159 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 1.3
302% 2.57 MB/s
6TB free
Firmware: 1031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 181
Write 86
Mixed 94.7
SusWrite 87.5
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 1.3
306% 2.77 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,440,141 HDDs tested

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Typical Elements 25A3 10TB Builds (Compare 1,402 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 77%
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Motherboard: Asus X99-A II - $294

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel  $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples706x
Core i7-6850KIntel  $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples197x
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples193x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples217x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples182x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples111x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples64x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples41x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples29x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $686

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Intel Core i5-12600K $159Nvidia RTX 4060 $280Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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