WD WD10EALS

Blue 1TB (2010)

▲ Blue 1TB (2010)
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Effective Speed -57%Effective Speed -57%Average Score -31%Read -53%, Write -52%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite -62%Peak Score -27%Read -47%, Write -47%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -54%Value & Sentiment -2,475%User Rating -51%, Market Share -9,344%, Price -52%, Value -452%Nice To Haves -84%Age -84%

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Average Bench: 56.9% (226^th of 1015)

Based on 7,594 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]}

Poor: 33%Average: 56.9% 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 0.86MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.03MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 1TB (2010) is 41.9%. 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 72.9MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 93.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,594 samples)

Rank 22656.9%

Min	Avg	Max
59	Read 104	137
39	Write 96.4	128
37.3	Mixed 72.9	96
40.1	SusWrite 93.7	127
67.8% 91.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.6	4K Read 1.03	1.3
0.73	4K Write 1.98	2.5
0.6	4K Mixed 0.86	1
175% 1.29 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

EST-User, 7 hrs ago.

908GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 126 127 124 127 MB/s

72.1% Very good

Write 115

Mixed 84.7

SusWrite 126

83% 113 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 1.1

215% 1.5 MB/s

USA-User, 40 mins ago.

445GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 115 115 113 117 MB/s

68.1% Good

Write 109

Mixed 94.5

SusWrite 115

82% 110 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 0.8

171% 1.37 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

55GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 113 113 112 110 MB/s

61.5% Good

Write 71.7

Mixed 65.8

SusWrite 110

65% 87.9 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.8

170% 1.27 MB/s

HRV-User, 1 day ago.

6GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 79 76 82 79 75 MB/s

46.4% Average

Write 79.8

Mixed 75

SusWrite 76.8

59% 79 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.7

137% 1 MB/s

USA-User, 18 hrs ago.

931GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 27 0.2 0.1 1.2 35 MB/s

45.2% Average

Write 133

Mixed 87.5

SusWrite 27.1

70% 94.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.6

129% 1.07 MB/s

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Gaming 33%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 28%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $184Bench 75%, 162,416 samples	3,736x
Core i7-2600Intel $206Bench 72%, 116,183 samples	3,608x
Core i5-2400Intel $98Bench 70%, 110,253 samples	2,533x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 594,888 samples	2,950x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 106,898 samples	2,791x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $267Bench 57%, 853,453 samples	2,014x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $85Bench 104%, 662,956 samples	1,430x
A400 240GBKingston $32Bench 64%, 157,412 samples	1,345x
A400 120GBKingston $25Bench 59%, 108,390 samples	1,155x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 319,784 samples	2,983x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 134,791 samples	2,023x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,871 samples	1,004x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $424

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Average Bench: 56.9% (226^th of 1015)

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