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My Book 1140 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 29.9% (102nd of 639)

Based on 1,745 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 1058 PID 1140 Model: WD My Book 1140
Poor: 12%Average: 29.9% Great: 48%

Very poor average bench

The WD My Book 1140 1TB averaged 70.1% 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 Write Speed 1.61MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 67.2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD My Book 1140 1TB is 35.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD My Book 1140 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.81MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 70.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,745 samples)
Rank 10229.9%
Min Avg Max
26.3 Read 70.2 118
21.1 Write 67.2 116
20.5 Mixed 52.7 88.8
19.1 SusWrite 66.8 115
86.7% 64.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.81 1
0.91 4K Write 1.61 2.2
0.5 4K Mixed 0.66 0.8
80.3% 1.03 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
854GB free, PID 1140
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 117 118 119 118 119 MB/s
50.4% Above average
Read 117
Write 121
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 118
144% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
109% 1.33 MB/s
775GB free, PID 1140
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 111 112 111 112 MB/s
48.5% Average
Read 116
Write 114
Mixed 91.2
SusWrite 112
147% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
109% 1.37 MB/s
621GB free, PID 1140
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 111 110 109 110 MB/s
46% Average
Read 108
Write 109
Mixed 79.7
SusWrite 110
138% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
95% 1.2 MB/s
355GB free, PID 1140
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 110 114 115 114 MB/s
42.4% Average
Read 114
Write 113
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 112
125% 94.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
34% 0.57 MB/s
581GB free, PID 1140
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 103 102 104 MB/s
37.5% Below average
Read 73.3
Write 75.3
Mixed 61.1
SusWrite 102
108% 78 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
71% 0.97 MB/s
771GB free, PID 1140
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 39 39 42 42 42 MB/s
19.7% Very poor
Read 51
Write 39.5
Mixed 34.9
SusWrite 41.1
55% 41.6 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
62% 0.9 MB/s
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