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WD WD10EALS

Blue 1TB (2010)

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Release date: Q1 2010.

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Average Bench: 57% (226th of 1015)

more Based on 6,069 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD10EALS-00Z8A0, WDC WD10EALS-00Z, WDC WD10 EALS-00Z8A0, WDC WD10 EALS-002BA0, WDC WD10EALS-002, 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]

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Poor: 33%Average: 57% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The WD Blue 1TB (2010) averaged 43.0% 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 0.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.06MB/s

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 72.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 94MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,069 samples)
Rank 22657%
Min Avg Max
62.8 Read 104 136
37.4 Write 96 128
37.4 Mixed 72.2 97
37.9 SusWrite 94 129
67.6% 91.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.06 1.4
0.7 4K Write 1.96 2.5
0.5 4K Mixed 0.85 1
174% 1.29 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
417GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 80 77 79 75 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 128
Write 130
Mixed 97.4
SusWrite 78.3
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
181% 1.33 MB/s
353GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 107 108 108 109 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 77.3
Write 76
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 107
58% 79 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.17 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $63 @ launch in Feb '10
AmazonUS $1956 months
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Gaming 37%
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Desktop 59%
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Workstation 24%
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CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $352Bench 63%, 69,865 samples1,880x
Core i7-3770Intel  $340Bench 70%, 115,605 samples1,857x
Core i5-2400Intel  $138Bench 61%, 64,258 samples1,415x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $145Bench 38%, 376,790 samples1,613x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 65,023 samples1,429x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $208Bench 70%, 570,243 samples1,107x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $92Bench 104%, 410,120 samples928x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 112%, 318,788 samples600x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 53%, 176,655 samples569x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 21%, 220,486 samples1,716x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 104,221 samples1,228x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 74,780 samples549x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $589

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