WD Caviar Black 1TB Slow?  


  1. 321
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7
       #1

    WD Caviar Black 1TB Slow?


    Hello!

    I've just installed a new computer and I don't know if my Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB SATA Hard Drive ( WD1001FALS) is slow or not. Are there any drivers or updates for the disk?
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  2. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #2

    Looks pretty normal to me.
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  3. Posts : 4,517
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #3

    Normal for a 1Tb Black.

    Mine shows about the same.
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  4. Posts : 535
    Windows 7 Pro 64bit
       #4

    much better then my drive XD
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  5. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #5

    Here's 2 500GB WD caviar blacks in RAID0, give you an idea running with that. Still a 5.9 W.E.I

    You won't get higher than a 5.9 with a mechanical hard drive. Want to go higher, have to go with Solid State Drives -SSD's.

    WD Caviar Black 1TB Slow?-hdraid.jpg
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  6. Posts : 328
    windows 7 home premium 64, and Windows 10 64 bit
       #6

    There is nothing wrong with the drive! I have the exact same drive.
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  7. 321
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Airbot said:
    Here's 2 500GB WD caviar blacks in RAID0, give you an idea running with that. Still a 5.9 W.E.I

    You won't get higher than a 5.9 with a mechanical hard drive. Want to go higher, have to go with Solid State Drives -SSD's.

    WD Caviar Black 1TB Slow?-hdraid.jpg
    How does RAID 0 optimize your speed with the drives? I'd love to get another one in the near future.
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  8. Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #8

    That looks spot on to me, I have a 1TB WD Caviar Black that I use for storage and this is how mine checked out.

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  9. Posts : 2,164
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
       #9

    321 said:
    Airbot said:
    Here's 2 500GB WD caviar blacks in RAID0, give you an idea running with that. Still a 5.9 W.E.I

    You won't get higher than a 5.9 with a mechanical hard drive. Want to go higher, have to go with Solid State Drives -SSD's.

    WD Caviar Black 1TB Slow?-hdraid.jpg
    How does RAID 0 optimize your speed with the drives? I'd love to get another one in the near future.
    When it writes data to the drive, it will write parts of files to both drives.

    The main drawback to raid 0 is that when 1 drive fails, you will lose all of the data that is on both.
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  10. Posts : 450
    Windows 7
       #10

    Drivers will rarely make disc I/O "faster". You're limited by mechanical delays and not "access strategy". More cache is better. Having Write Caching on helps.
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