WD WD10EALS

Blue 1TB (2010)

▲ Blue 1TB (2010)
BENCHMARKS (9,095)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $134

Effective Speed -55%Effective Speed -55%Average Score -30%Read -53%, Write -50%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite -57%Peak Score -26%Read -48%, Write -51%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -50%Value & Sentiment -2,491%User Rating -52%, Market Share -9,359%, Price -60%, Value -493%Nice To Haves -81%Age -81%

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Average Bench: 57.8% (214^th of 1015)

Based on 9,095 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD10EALS-00Z8A0, WDC WD10EALS-00Z, WDC WD10 EALS-00Z8A0, WDC WD10 EALS-002BA0, WDC WD10EALS-002, WDC WD10 EALS-08Z8A0, WDC WD10EALS-00F6B0, WDC WD10EALS-08Z8A0, WDC WD10EALS-002BA0

This version (WD10EALS) of Western Digital's mid-range blue series drive is nearly four years old and as such not a good choice as a new purchase. This drive operates at 7200 RPM and has two 500GB platters which allow it to sustain reasonable sequential transfer rates of up to 180 MB/s read and 140 MB/s write. Average transfer rates are below this by nearly 50% and this version of the blue exhibits particularly weak throughputs of just 50 MB/s when faced with mixed IO (simultaneous reading and writing). Overall as a new purchase the newer single platter 1TB Blue 2012 Blue (WD10EZEX) is a far better choice and offers nearly 20% better average performance. ^{[Dec '13 HDrivePro]}

Poor: 34%Average: 57.8% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The WD Blue 1TB (2010) averaged 42.2% 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 0.86MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.06MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 1TB (2010) is 41.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 1TB (2010) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 96.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,095 samples)

Rank 21457.8%

Min	Avg	Max
59	Read 104	136
47.7	Write 97.7	126
39.3	Mixed 74	99.6
45.2	SusWrite 96.6	131
68.8% 93.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.6	4K Read 1.06	1.3
0.8	4K Write 1.99	2.5
0.6	4K Mixed 0.86	1
176% 1.3 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SRB-User, 4 hrs ago.

46GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 109 110 111 110 MB/s

63.5% Good

Write 97.5

Mixed 66.3

SusWrite 109

71% 96.2 MB/s

4K Read 1.2

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.9

189% 1.4 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

523GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 109 109 110 MB/s

62.3% Good

Write 109

Mixed 88.7

SusWrite 109

77% 104 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.9

174% 1.27 MB/s

RUS-User, 5 hrs ago.

64GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 85 79 80 77 MB/s

52.5% Above average

Write 99

Mixed 81.8

SusWrite 83.6

67% 90.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.9

168% 1.27 MB/s

RUS-User, 5 hrs ago.

632GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 96 16 25 19 63 MB/s

48.6% Average

Write 108

Mixed 76.5

SusWrite 51.4

66% 88.4 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 1

181% 1.13 MB/s

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $72

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Ryzen 5 2600AMD $148Bench 78%, 527,152 samples	9,150x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $200Bench 85%, 492,540 samples	6,829x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $166Bench 80%, 222,934 samples	2,922x

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RX 580AMD $170Bench 57%, 496,785 samples	4,417x
RX 570AMD $142Bench 49%, 245,460 samples	3,299x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $230Bench 70%, 126,623 samples	2,568x

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A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 65%, 213,979 samples	2,028x
A400 120GBKingston $20Bench 60%, 113,699 samples	997x
A400 480GBKingston $47Bench 74%, 96,295 samples	976x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $69Bench 86%, 339,895 samples	2,242x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $69Bench 83%, 405,551 samples	1,838x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 84%, 151,502 samples	1,232x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $487

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WD WD10EALS

Blue 1TB (2010)

Average Bench: 57.8% (214^th of 1015)

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WD WD10EALS

Blue 1TB (2010)

Average Bench: 57.8% (214th of 1015)

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