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WD WD10EALX

Blue 1TB (2010)

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Release date: Q4 2010.

Average Bench: 56.9% (224th of 1015)

more Based on 55,121 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD10EALX-009BA0, WDC WD10EALX-559BA0, WDC WD10 EALX-559BA0, WDC WD10EALX-008, WDC WD10EALX-089BA0, WDC WD10EALX-009, WDC WD10EALX-229, WDC WD10 EALX-089BA0, WDC WD10EALX-089, WDC WD10 EALX-089BA1, WD10EALX-009BA0, WDC WD10 EALX-609BA0, WDC WD10EALX-609BA0, WDC WD10 EALX-008EA0, WDC WD10EALX-229BA1, WDC WD10EALX-229BA0, WDC WD10EALX-089BA1, WDC WD10EALX-609, WDC WD10 EALX-079BA0, WDC WD10EALX-759, WDC WD10EALX-199BA0, WDC WD10EALX-559, WDC WD10 EALX-759BA1, WDC WD10 EALX-759BA0, WDC WD10EALX-079, WDC WD10 EALX-009BA0, WDC WD10EALX-008EA0, WDC WD10EALX-759BA0, WDC WD10EALX-079BA1, WDC WD10EALX-079BA0, WD10EALX-609BA0, WDC WD10EALX-759BA1, WDC WD10 EALX-229BA0, WDC WD10 EALX-229BA1

The WD Blue EALX (2010) is sold as an all round desktop drive. This model is nearly four years old now and can't compete against the newer competition. WD superseded this drive in 2012 with the EZEX. Comparing the EALX and EZEX reveals that the newer EZEX drive is approximately 30% faster yet both drives still retail for almost the same price. With average sequential read/write speeds of 109/97 MB/s the EALX lags the group leaders by 40%. Average small file 4K performance clocks in at 0.67/1.85 MB/s which is again around 40% slower than the top ten group leaders. With an effective speed of just 102 MB/s the 2010 WD Blue lags its peers by 34%. There are both cheaper and faster alternatives available elsewhere. [Mar '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 35%Average: 56.9% Great: 74%

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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 0.84MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 1TB (2010) is 38.8%. 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 95.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 55,121 samples)
Rank 22456.9%
Min Avg Max
61.4 Read 103 134
59 Write 98 126
45.1 Mixed 72.2 98.9
40.5 SusWrite 95.2 127
67.9% 92.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.79 1.3
0.99 4K Write 2 2.5
0.5 4K Mixed 0.84 1
163% 1.21 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
698GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 114 115 115 MB/s
67.8% Good
Read 121
Write 120
Mixed 86.5
SusWrite 115
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.33 MB/s
174GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 106 107 105 105 MB/s
61.5% Good
Read 108
Write 92.9
Mixed 96.7
SusWrite 106
75% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
186% 1.43 MB/s
251GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 68 68 67 68 68 MB/s
44.7% Average
Read 88.2
Write 99.6
Mixed 74.1
SusWrite 67.2
61% 82.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.17 MB/s
351GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 19.01H19
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 52 61 58 50 48 MB/s
20.5% Poor
Read 19.4
Write 20.6
Mixed 18.2
SusWrite 52.1
20% 27.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
31% 0.27 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $73 @ launch in Oct '10
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 20%
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Core i7-2600Intel  $129Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,335x
Core i5-2320Intel  $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples126x
Core i5-2400Intel  $38Bench 61%, 166,255 samples71x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples186x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples109x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples52x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples46x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples42x
RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples56x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples41x
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Recommended for use in desktop and All-in-One PCs...

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Very poor

10 years ago.

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Below average

8 years ago.

Does what it's supposed to (albeit a bit slowly, apparently) but has lasted 5 years of heavy usage without a hiccup.

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