The fastest blue disk! Western Digital WD Blue 1TB SSD Reviews

[PConline Review] In fact, when the price of SSDs continues to drop, and capacity continues to increase, the impact on the sales of mechanical hard drives is certainly increasing, and when Western Digital and Sandisk go together, for the future In the case of Western Digital, the introduction of its own SSD solid-state drive is a matter of fact. The Western Digital did not disappoint consumers. In October, Western Digital launched the WD Blue and WD Green series solid-state drive products. The product we reviewed today is the WD Blue 1TB SSD. How does it perform? Here we PConline one by one for you.

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WD Blue 1TB SSD Overview: The fastest Western Digital blue disk so far


Packaging front

WD Blue 1TB SSD packaging is just like its name, using a combination of blue and white, slashes to split the two colors, simple, let users can see this is the Western Digital blue disk series. The positive logo indicates that the SSD has a capacity of 1TB and the warranty is 3 years.


The back of the package

On the back of the package is the hard drive's specifications and bar code, and of course, the following also describes the difference between the amount represented by each Western Digital color disk.

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Open the package and take out the hard disk. The WD Blue 1TB SSD that is consistent with the overall package is displayed in front of us. The overall appearance is a simple route, and there is no big surprise. A large sticker affixed to it clearly tells us this. Product information.



SSD front and back

As can be seen from the label on the back, the WD Blue 1TB SSD has a voltage of 5V, a current of 1.6A, and a maximum power of 8W, which is produced in Taiwan.


SSD interface

The SSD is a 2.5-inch hard disk with an SATA3 interface.

WD Blue 1TB SSD dismantling:

After the shell is removed, we can clearly see that the SSD's control chip uses the 88SS1074 chip from Marvell. This chip can support 15/16nm MLC or TLC flash memory particles and AES256 hardware encryption technology, and has 4 Channel transmission design. There are two Micron DDR3 cache memory particles next to the master chip. The detailed model is D9RVX.

After all, Western Digital and SanDisk are now a pro, so this Western Digital's 1TB blue disk carries a total of 8 SanDisk 15nm TLC flash models with the model numberG.

WD Blue 1TB SSD Software Driver Experience:

For this SSD product, Western Digital's WD SSD Dashboard software can also be used for status query and some settings.


SSD status interface

In the interface of viewing WD Blue 1TB SSD status, we can clearly see the capacity usage, partition status, remaining service life, actual temperature status, and interface speed of the hard disk. The overall style is simple and intuitive.


SSD performance interface

On the SSD performance interface, the user can view the write/read speed of the hard disk, transfer IOPS speed, and so on through a diagram. And you can open the TRIM function in this interface to release the space occupied by those files that have been deleted.



SSD tool interface

To the user interface of the tool, you can perform firmware update on the hard disk, view the product serial number, and diagnose the hard disk.

WD Blue 1TB SSD Performance Test:

testing platform
CPU Intel Core i7-6700K (Close all energy-saving features @ 4.5GHz) Motherboard ASUS ROG EXTREME Z170 Memory Zhiqi Trident Z DDR4-3000 16G (8G x 2) Hard Disk

1TB SSD (system disk) / Western Digital WD Blue 1TB SSD (test disk)

System Windows 10 Professional driver default driver

AS SSD Benchmark Test:

Test summary: In this test, WD Blue 1TB SSD scored a total score of 1208 points. In the continuous reading and writing test, WD Blue 1TB SSD reached a speed of 521.73MB/s and 459.81MB/s, which is important in SSD. IOPS random read and write performance indicators reached 97854 and 77636 IOPS respectively, reaching the speed level of mainstream 1TB SSD capacity.

PCMark8 Performance Test:

Test summary: In PCMark8, if the score exceeds 5,000 points, it can be said to be the flagship product of top performance, and this Western Digital WD Blue 1TB SSD score reaches 4984 points, compared with 1TB SSD of the same type. Not at a loss.

CrystalDiskMark test:

Test summary: On the CDM test, WD Blue 1TB SSD has a fastest read speed of 556.7MB/s and a write speed of 520MB/s. This performance is very impressive, and in the 4K random read/write performance, the SSD is also Can achieve 43.08MB / s, 150MB / s, performance is very good.

TxBench test

Test Summary: In the TxBench test, WD Blue 1TB SSD read and write speed performance of 547.6MB/s and 523.5MB/s, the performance of the test software is basically the same, and in the 4K test, read and write performance is 42.7MB /s and 133.3MB/s, for this performance, performance can be at the forefront of SSD.

ATTO Disk Benchmark Performance Test

Test Summary: Among the ATTO Disk Benchmark, WD Blue 1TB SSD has a transmission speed of 558MB/s and a write speed of 365MB/s. This speed is not much different from the results of several previous test softwares. satisfaction.

Anvil`s Storage Utilities test:

Test summary: In the final Anvil's Storage Utilities software test, the final score of WD Blue 1TB SSD was 4947.44 points. In terms of results, it is basically consistent with the previous test software. Overall, this SSD performance makes users satisfaction.

[PConline evaluation room summary]

Having seen the appearance and performance of the WD Blue 1TB SSD, it must be said that as the share of mechanical hard drives is declining, Western Digital, as a manufacturer of mechanical hard drives, has also had to seek change and launch its own SSD solid state drives. When we walked with SanDisk, PConline believes that this day will come sooner or later, and this time we also saw the charm of WD Blue 1TB SSD brought by Western Digital. We have to say that this is a powerful solid-state drive. Performance in all aspects is relatively good. Jingdong’s current price is RMB 2599. This price is not as much superior to other competitors. As for whether users will accept Western Digital's SSD products, they still have to wait. Go to test.

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testing platform
CPU Intel Core i7-6700K (Close All Energy-Saving Features @ 4.5GHz) Motherboard ASUS ROG EXTREME Z170 Memory Zhiqi Trident Z DDR4-3000 16G (8G x 2) Hard Drive

1TB SSD (system disk) / Western Digital WD Blue 1TB SSD (test disk)

System Windows 10 Professional driver default driver

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