WD WDS100T1B0A

Blue 1TB

Blue 1TB
BENCHMARKS (3,596)
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Effective Speed -13%Effective Speed -13%Average User Bench -15%Read -2%, Write -5%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -27%, SusWrite -7%Peak Lab Bench -8%Read -0%, Write -1%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -13%, SusWrite -13%Value & Sentiment -1,569%User Rating -41%, Market Share -6,289%, Price -8%, Value 63%Nice To Haves -6%DQ Read 3%, DQ Write -20%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write -10%, ADQ Mixed -23%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total -5%

Average Bench: 88% (293^rd of 1011)

Based on 3,596 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS100T1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS100T1B0A-00H9

Poor: 62%Average: 88% Great: 107%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 1TB averaged just 12.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 207MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 1TB is 45.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 278MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 283MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,596 samples)

Rank 29388%

Min	Avg	Max
359	Read 448	500
297	Write 395	479
200	Mixed 283	349
139	SusWrite 278	345
78.6% 351 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.7	4K Read 28.6	38.4
29.7	4K Write 75.9	119
17.7	4K Mixed 35.9	50.4
129% 46.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
214	DQ Read 329	378
142	DQ Write 266	299
79.1	DQ Mixed 207	245
180% 267 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

RUS-User, 1 day ago.

930GB free

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 462 394 307 303 302 MB/s

95.4% Outstanding

Write 463

Mixed 331

SusWrite 372

92% 411 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 63

4K Mixed 36.9

127% 43.5 MB/s

DQ Read 346

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 245

203% 293 MB/s

SWE-User, 2 hrs ago.

564GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 284 254 237 218 206 MB/s

89.8% Excellent

Write 312

Mixed 246

SusWrite 249

69% 309 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 38.1

146% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 319

DQ Write 253

DQ Mixed 201

174% 257 MB/s

DEU-User, 21 hrs ago.

43GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 179 180 133 121 57 MB/s

89.1% Excellent

Write 350

Mixed 263

SusWrite 147

69% 310 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 37.8

153% 57.9 MB/s

DQ Read 366

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 200

184% 283 MB/s

DEU-User, 11 hrs ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 137 95 72 81 32 MB/s

86.5% Excellent

Write 393

Mixed 232

SusWrite 101

66% 297 MB/s

4K Read 33

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 37.5

162% 63.9 MB/s

DQ Read 346

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 186

166% 253 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

322GB free

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 301 300 301 298 300 MB/s

82.9% Excellent

Write 399

Mixed 269

SusWrite 305

81% 364 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 51.7

4K Mixed 27.2

101% 34.9 MB/s

DQ Read 336

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 215

188% 280 MB/s

USA-User, 18 hrs ago.

241GB free

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 164 210 216 165 109 MB/s

69.9% Good

Write 346

Mixed 274

SusWrite 190

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 44.7

4K Mixed 29.6

97% 32.6 MB/s

DQ Read 337

DQ Write 199

DQ Mixed 194

164% 243 MB/s

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $119

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $340Bench 92%, 380,080 samples	9,076x
Core i5-8600KIntel $245Bench 90%, 142,192 samples	6,138x
Core i5-8400Intel $194Bench 79%, 134,689 samples	4,111x

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GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 768,624 samples	4,313x
GTX 1070Nvidia $409Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	3,022x
GTX 1080Nvidia $412Bench 103%, 554,017 samples	3,003x

SSD
Blue 1TBWD $149Bench 88%, 3,596 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples	2,026x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 11,136 samples	743x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 87%, 90,333 samples	702x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $946

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $54

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

WD WDS100T1B0A

Blue 1TB

Average Bench: 88% (293^rd of 1011)

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Blue 1TB

Average Bench: 88% (293rd of 1011)

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Average Bench: 88% (293^rd of 1011)