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WD WD20EARX

Green 2TB (2011)

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Release date: Q2 2011.

Average Bench: 50.9% (289th of 1015)

more Based on 212,471 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0, WDC WD20EARS-42R6B0, WDC WD20 EARS-11J99B1, WDC WD20 EARS-11J2GB0, WDC WD20EARS-67S8B1, WDC WD20EARS-11J2GB0, WDC WD20EARX-00PASB, WDC WD20EARX-00Z, WDC WD20EARS-19MVWB0, WDC WD20EARS-42R6B5, WDC WD20EARX-60PASB0, WDC WD20 EARX-55PASB0, WDC WD20EARS-11J99B1, WDC WD20 EARS-19MVWB0, WDC WD20EARS-55M, WDC WD20EARX-55PASB0, WDC WD20EARS-55MVWB0, WDC WD20EARX-008FB0, WDC WD20EARS-00S0XB0, WDC WD20 EARS-42S0XB0, WDC WD20EARS-60M, WDC WD20EARS-22MVWB0, WDC WD20EARX-07PASB0, WDC WD20EARS-98MVWB0, WDC WD20 EARS-55MVWB0, WDC WD20 EARX-00P, WDC WD20EARX-55P, WDC WD20 EARX-328FB0, WDC WD20 EARX-19PASB0, WDC WD20 EARS-07MVWB0, WDC WD20 EARS-00U2B0, WDC WD20EARS-00J99B0, WDC WD20EARS-00J2GB0, WDC WD20 EARS-42R6B0, WDC WD20EARS-14M, WDC WD20EARX-32P, WDC WD20EARS-00CLWB0, WDC WD20EARX-328, WDC WD20EARS-00S8B1, WDC WD20 EARS-14MVWB0, WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB, WDC WD20EARS-42S, WDC WD20 EARX-00MMMB0, WD20EARX-00PASB0, WDC WD20 EARX-07PASB0, WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0, WDC WD20EARX-328FB0, WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB1, WDC WD20EARS-00U0AB0, WDC WD20 EARS-00M, WDC WD20EARS-07M, WDC WD20EARS-14MVWB0, WDC WD20EARS-19M, WD20EARX-00PASB, WDC WD20 EARS-60MVWB0, WDC WD20 EARX-32PASB0, WDC WD20EARX-22AVNB0, WDC WD20EARS-00R6B0, WDC WD20EARS-00J, WD20EARS-00MVWB0, WDC WD20 EARX-008FB0, WDC WD20EARX-22P, WDC WD20EARX-00ZUDB0, WDC WD20EARX-00MVWBO, WDC WD20 EARX-00PASB0, WDC WD20EARS-00S, WDC WD20EARX-00MMMB0, WDC WD20EARS-00U, WDC WD20 EARX-00AZ6B0, WD20EARS-00MVWB, WD20EARS-00S8B1, WDC WD20EARS-00U2B0, WDC WD20EARX-07P, WDC WD20EARX-19P, WDC WD20 EARS-00J99B0, WDC WD20 EARX-22PASB0, WDC WD20 EARX-00ZUDB0, WD20EARX-00D8PB0, WDC WD20EARX-22PASB0, WDC WD20 EARS-00J2GB0, WDC WD20 EARX-60PASB0, WDC WD20EARX-00M, WDC WD20EARX-32PASB0, WDC WD20EARS-07MVWB0, WDC WD20EARX-00P, WD WD20EARX-00PASB0, WDC WD20EARX-19PASB0, WDC WD20EARX-00PASBO, WDC WD20EARX-008, WDC WD20 EARS-22MVWB0, WDC WD20EARS-00S2B0, WDC WD20 EARS-00S0XB0, WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB1, WDC WD20EARS-42S0XB0, WDC WD20EARS-67MVWB0, WD20E-Niotis, WDC WD20EARX-00A, WDC WD20 EARS-67S8B1, WDC WD20EARX-00AZ6B0, WDC WD20EARS-22M

The Western Digital Green (EARX) was released approximately three years ago and proved to be an extremely popular hard drive. This drive has been benchmarked by our users far more than most, currently 118 samples, so we have a relatively large set of performance data from which we can infer robust performance characteristics. With sequential read/write Lab speeds hitting the 150 MB/s mark, and more importantly, average read/write UserBenchMark (UBM) figures of 125/117 MB/s the 2011 WD Green is no longer able to compete with the newer and in many cases larger platter (1TB) drives of today. Looking at a direct comparison between the EARX and, its direct successor, the EZRX shows that the newer 2012 EZRX outperforms by around 37% in real world tests and 18% in peak Lab tests. This additional performance comes at no extra cost and makes the newer EZRX a far better choice. [Jan '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 31%Average: 50.9% Great: 67%

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Average average bench

The WD Green 2TB (2011) averaged 49.1% 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 0.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.75MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 2TB (2011) is 36.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Green 2TB (2011) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 85MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 212,471 samples)
Rank 28950.9%
Min Avg Max
49.4 Read 90.5 123
42 Write 85 113
27.8 Mixed 66.7 98.7
47.9 SusWrite 86.6 116
60.7% 82.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.75 1
0.4 4K Write 1.63 2.4
0.3 4K Mixed 0.61 0.8
129% 1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 111 101 78 110 MB/s
67.6% Good
Read 132
Write 101
Mixed 69
SusWrite 104
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
151% 1.3 MB/s
633GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 122 122 123 122 MB/s
64.3% Good
Read 102
Write 102
Mixed 62.5
SusWrite 121
71% 97.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
159% 1.23 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 85 105 105 106 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 110
Write 104
Mixed 93.7
SusWrite 100
76% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
145% 1.2 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 50.0AB50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 99 105 110 95 100 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 81
Write 89.4
Mixed 65.9
SusWrite 100
62% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.83 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $98 @ launch in Apr '11
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,013x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,183x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,949x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,304x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples890x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples789x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples687x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,558x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $678

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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Official site www.wdc.com/...

Meeting technological challenges...

Added 10 years ago.
USA-User
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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

3 years ago.

DEU-User
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5,743

Good

4 years ago.

have an older Seagate, which still has its power. The WD donegend shaft barely 54 mb / s.

RUS-User
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4,780

Terrible

5 years ago.

two HDD green series dead, all my data lost

HDrivePro
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1,391

Terrible

10 years ago.

evander321
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50

Good

2 years ago.

Its not that fast compared to some of the newer drives, but i guess it's still usable. I guess it could be a backup or a gaming hdd if you dont mind the longer loading times. It's pretty quiet for being an hdd and cheap on the used market.

JetpackTurtle
Avatar level
30

Excellent

4 years ago.

60,000 power on hours, been in 4 computers, dropped, abused, and used and not even a single hiccup. Still gets 70+ MB/s and holds most of my games. Well done.

rschmidt
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16

Good

2 years ago.

Okay

PaulBags
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8

Average

7 years ago.

Getting old in the tooth, it still performs well as a storage drive.

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