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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 24% (177th of 639)

more Based on 10,869 user benchmarks.  Devices: VID 1058 PID 10a8, VID 1058 PID 1023, VID 1058 PID 10a2, VID 1058 PID 1078, VID 1058 PID 1048, VID 1058 PID 1042 Models: WD Elements 10A8, WD Elements 1042, WD Elements 1078, WD Elements 1023, WD Elements 10A2, WD Elements 1048
Poor: 10%Average: 24% Great: 41%

Very poor average bench

The WD Elements 500GB averaged 76.0% 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 1.56MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 51.8MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Elements 500GB is 30.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Elements 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.46MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 53.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,869 samples)
Rank 17724%
Min Avg Max
23.2 Read 53.6 96.1
17.2 Write 51.3 97.7
16.9 Mixed 35 58
16.6 SusWrite 51.8 96.4
64.4% 47.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.46 0.6
0.4 4K Write 1.56 2.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.65 0.9
76.8% 0.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
253GB free, PID 10a2
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 81 81 81 MB/s
32.4% Below average
Read 70.5
Write 27.2
Mixed 37.7
SusWrite 81.3
70% 54.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
78% 1 MB/s
267GB free, PID 1042
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 60 61 60 MB/s
28.4% Poor
Read 69.1
Write 72
Mixed 43.7
SusWrite 59.8
82% 61.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
80% 0.93 MB/s
70GB free, PID 1042
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 58 57 57 57 MB/s
25.9% Poor
Read 58.2
Write 60.1
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 57.1
73% 54 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
80% 0.9 MB/s
346GB free, PID 1042
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 60 61 61 61 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 54.5
Write 56.1
Mixed 42.4
SusWrite 60.8
73% 53.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
66% 0.77 MB/s
364GB free, PID 10a2
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 39 MB/s
18.4% Very poor
Read 36.8
Write 37.7
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 38.1
47% 34.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
81% 1.03 MB/s
409GB free, PID 10a8
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 24 25 24 10 19 MB/s
14.1% Very poor
Read 35.4
Write 35.5
Mixed 25.7
SusWrite 21.9
39% 29.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
78% 1 MB/s
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