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WDC WD15EARS

Price and performance details for the WDC WD15EARS can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

WDC WD15EARS

Drive Size:  1.4 TB

Other names:  WDC WD15EARS-00MVWB0, WDC WD15EARS-00J2GB0, WDC WD15EARS-00S8B1, WDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1, WDC WD15EARS-22MVWB0, WDC WD15EARS-60MVWB0, WDC WD15EARS-55MVWB0

Drive First Benchmarked: 2010-12-25

Drive Rating/$Price: 25.85

Overall Rank:  14820

Last Price Change:  $49.89 USD (2024-05-19)

Average Drive Rating
1290
Samples: 39

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WDC WD15EARS

Sequential Read154 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write168 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)50 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD12 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 HDDs Common Drives
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,394
WDC WD15EARS
1,290
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,265
WDC WD10EZEX
1,227
Seagate ST2000DM001
1,196
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,176
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,072
WDC WD10SPZX
913
HGST HTS721010A9E630
810
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
782
Last 5 Baselines for WDC WD15EARS
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3094410 - Nov 30 2025
570
BL2925838 - Sep 22 2025
587
BL2890276 - Sep 06 2025
26309
BL2123249 - Jun 14 2024
584
BL2077338 - Apr 13 2024
517