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Elements 1TB
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Effective Speed -76%Effective Speed -76%Average Score -72%Read -23%, Write -20%, 4K Read -77%, 4K Write -158%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -175%, SusWrite -27%Peak Score -77%Read -22%, Write -27%, 4K Read -75%, 4K Write -215%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -176%, SusWrite -2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -170%DQ Read -128%, DQ Write -102%, DQ Mixed -204%, ADQ Read -136%, ADQ Write -114%, ADQ Mixed -635%, Age 62%, AS-SSD Total -105%

Average Bench: 55.8% (844^th of 1072)

Based on 56 user benchmarks. Model: WD Elements

Poor: 41%Average: 55.8% Great: 66%

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MSI MS-16J9 (1)

Average average bench

The WD Elements 1TB averaged 44.1% 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 Random Read Speed 19.4MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 338MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Elements 1TB is 24.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Elements 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 35.4MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 138MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 56 samples)

Rank 84455.8%

Min	Avg	Max
268	Read 371	414
47.3	Write 338	383
26.6	Mixed 287	350
120	SusWrite 233	378
69% 307 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11	4K Read 19.4	24.5
16.3	4K Write 33.9	38.8
0.49	4K Mixed 16.4	21.1
68.4% 23.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
86.9	DQ Read 138	161
23.5	DQ Write 135	177
0.5	DQ Mixed 35.4	109
54.4% 103 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PAK-User, 8 months ago.

404GB free

Firmware: 0209

SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 298 362 363 366 323 MB/s

72.4% Very good

Write 390

Mixed 362

SusWrite 348

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 36.4

4K Mixed 28.1

89% 29 MB/s

DQ Read 174

DQ Write 164

DQ Mixed 179

132% 172 MB/s

USA-User, 18 months ago.

380GB free

Firmware: 0209

SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 365 360 367 362 364 MB/s

65.9% Good

Write 197

Mixed 334

SusWrite 364

72% 320 MB/s

4K Read 19.9

4K Write 36.3

4K Mixed 17.4

72% 24.5 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 153

DQ Mixed 34.2

58% 112 MB/s

SAU-User, 3 months ago.

598GB free

Firmware: 8102

SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 305 296 296 295 294 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 353

Mixed 247

SusWrite 306

70% 313 MB/s

4K Read 19.8

4K Write 36

4K Mixed 24.5

80% 26.8 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 106

DQ Mixed 114

84% 110 MB/s

PAK-User, 8 months ago.

404GB free

Firmware: 0209

SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 285 336 307 297 271 MB/s

56.5% Above average

Write 351

Mixed 341

SusWrite 302

77% 340 MB/s

4K Read 18.5

4K Write 26.3

4K Mixed 17.2

64% 20.7 MB/s

DQ Read 98.3

DQ Write 72.3

DQ Mixed 94.5

68% 88.4 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16J9

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	2,446x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	1,293x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,229x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,010x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	499x

SSD
Elements 1TBWDBench 56%, 56 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	758x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	304x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	212x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Average Bench: 55.8% (844^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 55.8% (844th of 1072)

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