WD WDS100T1B0A

Blue 1TB

Blue 1TB
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

250GB 500GB 1TB

Effective Speed -19%Effective Speed -19%Average User Bench -20%Read -5%, Write -7%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -26%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite -13%Peak Lab Bench -13%Read -3%, Write -2%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite -21%Value & Sentiment -856%User Rating -72%, Market Share -3,356%, Price -30%, Value 32%Nice To Haves -10%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write -22%, DQ Mixed -37%, ADQ Read -6%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -35%, Age 48%, AS-SSD Total -9%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 88.2% (277^th of 1003)

Based on 3,080 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS100T1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS100T1B0A-00H9

Poor: 66%Average: 88.2% Great: 110%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 1TB averaged just 11.8% 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 204MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 1TB is 43.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 280MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 282MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,080 samples)

Rank 27788.2%

Min	Avg	Max
355	Read 446	498
318	Write 393	477
208	Mixed 280	347
147	SusWrite 282	346
78.4% 350 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.7	4K Read 29	39
36.4	4K Write 75.2	119
22.1	4K Mixed 36.3	50.4
130% 46.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
66.2	DQ Read 317	374
102	DQ Write 262	297
40.2	DQ Mixed 204	246
176% 261 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SWE-User, 1 day ago.

172GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 418 290 313 277 238 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 339

SusWrite 329

91% 403 MB/s

4K Read 38.2

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 47

180% 67.4 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 239

203% 298 MB/s

USA-User, 21 hrs ago.

931GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 385 427 354 300 300 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 357

SusWrite 372

94% 419 MB/s

4K Read 33.1

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 41.8

170% 66.7 MB/s

DQ Read 371

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 248

210% 307 MB/s

SWE-User, 13 hrs ago.

172GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 431 294 315 299 272 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 468

Mixed 344

SusWrite 343

92% 410 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 45.5

175% 64.5 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 241

205% 301 MB/s

SWE-User, 1 day ago.

172GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 406 294 312 269 296 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 472

Mixed 337

SusWrite 337

91% 407 MB/s

4K Read 37.7

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 46.2

175% 64.7 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 238

202% 297 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 day ago.

684GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 293 286 280 291 292 MB/s

77.7% Very good

Write 322

Mixed 272

SusWrite 292

74% 332 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 45.7

4K Mixed 26

90% 31 MB/s

DQ Read 363

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 202

184% 282 MB/s

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $120

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $350Bench 107%, 328,671 samples	7,524x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 102%, 113,173 samples	5,196x
Core i5-8400Intel $197Bench 89%, 94,832 samples	3,474x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 70%, 635,304 samples	3,688x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 637,429 samples	2,516x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 120%, 529,146 samples	2,494x

SSD
Blue 1TBWD $170Bench 88%, 3,080 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 208,591 samples	1,689x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 8,277 samples	618x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 89%, 62,870 samples	580x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $958

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

WD WDS100T1B0A

Blue 1TB

Average Bench: 88.2% (277^th of 1003)

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Blue 1TB

Average Bench: 88.2% (277th of 1003)

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