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Game Drive 1TB

Game Drive 1TB
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Effective Speed -40%Effective Speed -40%Average Score -40%Read -34%, Write -12%, 4K Read -45%, 4K Write -128%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -57%, SusWrite 7%Peak Score -20%Read 4%, Write 13%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write -103%, Mixed 13%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite 2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -30%DQ Read -29%, DQ Write -47%, DQ Mixed -31%, ADQ Read -77%, ADQ Write -59%, ADQ Mixed -47%, Age 85%, AS-SSD Total -33%

Average Bench: 70.1% (668^th of 1072)

Based on 212 user benchmarks. Model: WD Game Drive

Poor: 57%Average: 70.1% Great: 88%

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Good average bench

The WD Game Drive 1TB averaged 29.9% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 177MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 28.6MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Game Drive 1TB is 31.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Game Drive 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 38.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 184MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 212 samples)

Rank 66870.1%

Min	Avg	Max
259	Read 341	527
266	Write 361	548
254	Mixed 333	478
233	SusWrite 316	394
76.3% 338 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.1	4K Read 23.7	33.6
22.9	4K Write 38.5	60.2
17.3	4K Mixed 28.6	40.9
92.9% 30.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
96.5	DQ Read 184	285
99	DQ Write 182	244
35.8	DQ Mixed 177	252
134% 181 MB/s

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Firmware: 3083

SusWrite @10s intervals: 597 598 223 216 218 221 MB/s

92.7% Outstanding

Write 604

Mixed 575

SusWrite 345

119% 530 MB/s

4K Read 35.7

4K Write 35.6

4K Mixed 34.6

117% 35.3 MB/s

DQ Read 412

DQ Write 101

DQ Mixed 189

157% 234 MB/s

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Gaming 177%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 175%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING - $383

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,380x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,481x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,072x

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RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,756x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,083x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	892x

SSD
Game Drive 1TBWDBench 70%, 212 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	609x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	372x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,630

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 70.1% (668th of 1072)

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