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WD WD20EZRX

Green 2TB (2012)

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Release date: Q3 2012.

Average Bench: 63.6% (173rd of 1015)

more Based on 170,877 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD20EZRX-00DC0B0, WDC WD20 EZRX-22D8PB0, WDC WD20 EZRX-55DC0B0, WDC WD20EZRX-60D, WD20EZRX-00D8PB, WDC WD20 EZRX-19DC0B0, WDC WD20EZRX-32SPEB0, WDC WD20 EZRX-00SPEB0, WDC WD20EZRX-00, WDC WD20 EZRX-00DCOB0, WDC WD20EZRX-00D, WDC WD20EZRX-22D, WDC WD20EZRX-00EWTB0, WDC WD20EZRX-00DC0B, WDC WD20 EZRX-00D8PB0, WDC WD20EZRX-19D, WD20EZRX-00D8PB0, WDC WD20 EZRX-19D8PB0, WDC WD20EZRX-22W12B0, WDC WD20EZRX-32D8PB0, WDC WD20EZRX-07D8PB0, WDC WD20EZRX-00S, WDC WD20EZRX-19DC0B0, WDC WD20EZRX-00DC0BO, WDC WD20 EZRX-07D8PB0, WDC WD20EZRX-19D8PB0, WDC WD20EZRX-00SPEB0, WDC WD20EZRX-00D8PB, WDC WD20EZRX-00DCOB0, WDC WD20 EZRX-00DC0B0, WDC WD20EZRX-55DC0B0, WDC WD20 EZRX-32D8PB0, WDC WD20EZRX-00W12B0, WDC WD20EZRX-07D, WDC WD20EZRX-00D8PB0, WDC WD20EZRX-60D8PB0, WDC WD20EZRX-22D8PB0, WDC WD20 EZRX-60D8PB0

The (WD20EZRX) is Western Digital's latest green drive. I don't see what's green about it considering that it draws 5.5 watts even when idle, which is about average nowadays. With peak sequential lab read/write speeds of 150 MB/s the performance profile is approximately 20% below average for recent Hard drive. It's not all bad news as the WD Green is priced aggressively so despite its relatively weak performance it still represents reasonable value for money, at least within the 2TB category. Due to economies of scale, larger capacity drives nearly always yield better value for money. Compared to the 3GB 7200.14 Barracuda, performance is very similar but the barracuda offers 50% more capacity for 36% more money. [Dec '13 HDrivePro]

Poor: 40%Average: 63.6% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The WD Green 2TB (2012) averaged 36.4% 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 0.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.22MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 2TB (2012) is 44.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Green 2TB (2012) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 107MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 170,877 samples)
Rank 17363.6%
Min Avg Max
67.2 Read 114 153
63.3 Write 107 144
42.3 Mixed 71.7 93.8
62.7 SusWrite 107 146
73.6% 100 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.85 1
0.6 4K Write 2.22 2.7
0.5 4K Mixed 0.89 1
175% 1.32 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 138 136 137 137 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 137
Write 131
Mixed 75.1
SusWrite 137
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
195% 1.47 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 130 130 129 129 130 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 136
Write 88
Mixed 96.7
SusWrite 128
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
197% 1.47 MB/s
444GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 73 78 70 79 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 138
Write 111
Mixed 78.2
SusWrite 76.2
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.53 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 133 133 135 135 MB/s
59% Above average
Read 71.6
Write 79.2
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 134
64% 87.1 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
177% 1.27 MB/s
49GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 125 122 125 126 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 75.2
Write 69.9
Mixed 66.5
SusWrite 124
62% 83.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.3 MB/s
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RTX 2060Nvidia  $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,535x
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860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples906x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples799x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples698x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,578x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples966x
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Poor

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Excellent

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