WD WD10EALS

Blue 1TB (2010)

▲ Blue 1TB (2010)
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Effective Speed -54%Effective Speed -54%Average Score -29%Read -49%, Write -49%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -61%Peak Score -24%Read -47%, Write -49%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -52%Value & Sentiment -2,548%User Rating -17%, Market Share -9,622%, Price -55%, Value -498%Nice To Haves -62%Age -62%

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Average Bench: 57% (222^nd of 1015)

Based on 10,969 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: 35%Average: 57% Great: 74%

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Average average bench

The WD Blue 1TB (2010) averaged 42.9% 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

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 1TB (2010) is 39.2%. 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 74.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 94.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,969 samples)

Rank 22257%

Min	Avg	Max
63.5	Read 104	136
41.2	Write 97	126
38.3	Mixed 74.3	101
39.2	SusWrite 94.1	129
68.2% 92.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 1.06	1.4
0.8	4K Write 2	2.5
0.5	4K Mixed 0.85	1
175% 1.3 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

RUS-User, 9 hrs ago.

332GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 117 117 116 117 118 MB/s

68.2% Good

Write 114

Mixed 84.2

SusWrite 116

80% 109 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.7

158% 1.3 MB/s

GRC-User, 10 hrs ago.

666GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 107 108 107 MB/s

60.7% Good

Write 98.8

Mixed 62.5

SusWrite 108

68% 93.1 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 1

200% 1.47 MB/s

AUT-User, 11 hrs ago.

568GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 89 97 96 87 105 MB/s

51.5% Above average

Write 101

Mixed 68

SusWrite 92.7

64% 86.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.8

163% 1.23 MB/s

MYS-User, 3 hrs ago.

214GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 82 83 83 82 MB/s

47.4% Average

Write 81.4

Mixed 63.4

SusWrite 82.2

57% 77.3 MB/s

4K Read 1.2

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.8

182% 1.43 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

628GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 33 63 65 57 125 MB/s

23.8% Poor

Write 118

Mixed 28.2

SusWrite 63.6

42% 57.2 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.4

125% 1.17 MB/s

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 84%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $105

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD $133Bench 81%, 1,068,225 samples	47,136x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $286Bench 84%, 779,952 samples	15,556x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $265Bench 82%, 300,058 samples	11,371x

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RX 5700-XTAMD $410Bench 105%, 344,461 samples	10,348x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $500Bench 118%, 623,566 samples	9,959x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $222Bench 71%, 373,044 samples	7,123x

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860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 106%, 751,699 samples	4,136x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $59Bench 287%, 375,956 samples	3,445x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $90Bench 269%, 436,255 samples	3,344x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 86%, 616,718 samples	12,177x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 85%, 338,612 samples	5,989x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 305,714 samples	5,009x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $786

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WD WD10EALS

Blue 1TB (2010)

Average Bench: 57% (222^nd of 1015)

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Blue 1TB (2010)

Average Bench: 57% (222nd of 1015)

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