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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 94.2% (284th of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC
Poor: 66%Average: 94.2% Great: 113%

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Excellent average bench

The WDC 1TB averaged just 5.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 182MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC 1TB is 47.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 316MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 370MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 28494.2%
Min Avg Max
272 Read 426 511
235 Write 390 482
175 Mixed 316 392
183 SusWrite 370 437
84.4% 375 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.1 4K Read 29.5 43.7
35.7 4K Write 86.5 142
15.8 4K Mixed 36.8 60
138% 50.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.6 DQ Read 293 387
61.6 DQ Write 260 329
21.8 DQ Mixed 182 258
162% 245 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
728GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 401000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 406 377 470 476 476 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 434
Write 393
Mixed 346
SusWrite 423
90% 399 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 79
4K Mixed 45.8
155% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 198
188% 296 MB/s
851GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4150
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 375 369 372 374 364 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 487
Write 401
Mixed 331
SusWrite 373
89% 398 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 96
4K Mixed 46.8
164% 59.3 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 261
DQ Mixed 230
184% 257 MB/s
720GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 401000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 388 433 466 454 438 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 447
Write 468
Mixed 384
SusWrite 426
97% 431 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 78
4K Mixed 35.1
133% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 222
202% 308 MB/s
397GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4150
SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 270 263 240 227 360 MB/s
98.5% Outstanding
Read 313
Write 470
Mixed 283
SusWrite 274
76% 335 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 44.2
177% 71.1 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 250
212% 310 MB/s
851GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4150
SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 366 367 366 351 359 MB/s
93.8% Outstanding
Read 456
Write 414
Mixed 322
SusWrite 364
87% 389 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 81.3
4K Mixed 41.9
131% 48.6 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 265
DQ Mixed 21.8
85% 189 MB/s
388GB free
Firmware: 401020WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 415 408 383 357 398 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 351
Write 347
Mixed 315
SusWrite 386
79% 350 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 55.6
4K Mixed 29.9
105% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 238
204% 301 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 415000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 136 182 178 147 195 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 272
Write 348
Mixed 194
SusWrite 183
56% 249 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 50.7
4K Mixed 28.9
98% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 160
157% 250 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,754,703 SSDs tested

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Typical WDC 1TB Builds (Compare 860 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
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Workstation 6%
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System: Acer Aspire A715-71G

CPU
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples456x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples404x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples502x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples230x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples128x
SSD
WDC 1TBBench 94%, 25 samples1x
RAM
AO1P21FC8T1-BSKS 1x8GBAdataBench 34%, 7,945 samples123x
4ATF51264HZ-2G3B1 2x4GBMicronBench 55%, 14,447 samples66x
AO1P21FC8T1-BSKS 2x8GBAdataBench 66%, 1,738 samples63x
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