WD WDS100T1B0A

Blue 1TB

Blue 1TB
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

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Effective Speed -17%Effective Speed -17%Average User Bench -19%Read -5%, Write -7%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -33%, SusWrite -13%Peak Lab Bench -12%Read -2%, Write -2%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -20%, SusWrite -21%Value & Sentiment -1,124%User Rating -68%, Market Share -4,472%, Price -7%, Value 50%Nice To Haves -8%DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -20%, DQ Mixed -37%, ADQ Read 1%, ADQ Write -11%, ADQ Mixed -29%, Age 44%, AS-SSD Total -7%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 89.1% (279^th of 1011)

Based on 3,815 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS100T1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS100T1B0A-00H9

Poor: 65%Average: 89.1% Great: 109%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 1TB averaged just 10.9% 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 210MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.4MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 1TB is 44.1%. 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 283MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 284MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,815 samples)

Rank 27989.1%

Min	Avg	Max
361	Read 448	500
303	Write 395	479
209	Mixed 284	349
141	SusWrite 283	344
79% 352 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.8	4K Read 28.9	38.7
32.1	4K Write 77.4	120
20.9	4K Mixed 36.4	50.7
131% 47.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
223	DQ Read 333	380
168	DQ Write 269	299
98.7	DQ Mixed 210	245
182% 271 MB/s

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

CAN-User, 10 hrs ago.

787GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 308 294 296 283 292 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 436

Mixed 317

SusWrite 309

87% 390 MB/s

4K Read 39.4

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 50.4

185% 68.2 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 293

DQ Mixed 225

196% 292 MB/s

ESP-User, 9 hrs ago.

551GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 65 69 65 67 64 MB/s

38.5% Below average

Write 70.9

Mixed 112

SusWrite 66.1

38% 177 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 5.8

4K Mixed 10.5

55% 13.9 MB/s

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 68%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $110

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 92%, 340,510 samples	8,488x
Core i5-8600KIntel $265Bench 90%, 123,165 samples	5,800x
Core i5-8400Intel $182Bench 79%, 111,666 samples	3,902x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 56%, 658,138 samples	4,103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $300Bench 78%, 627,011 samples	2,836x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 101%, 505,650 samples	2,803x

SSD
Blue 1TBWD $150Bench 89%, 3,815 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $76Bench 84%, 235,874 samples	1,919x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 9,470 samples	691x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 90%, 74,982 samples	663x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $941

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $55
Intel Core i5-9600K $225	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $275	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $107
Intel Core i7-9700K $288	Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super) $430	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $603	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $83	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

WD WDS100T1B0A

Blue 1TB

Average Bench: 89.1% (279^th of 1011)

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Blue 1TB

Average Bench: 89.1% (279th of 1011)

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