Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Hard Disk

Name: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Brand: Western Digital
SKU: WD10EZEX
Rating: 4.6 (111 reviews)

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3 7200RPM 64MB Cache WD10EZEX

★★★★★

(111 reviews)

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Options (8)

	1TB 2.5" Mobile Drive HDD - 5400 RPM Class $99.99
	1TB 3.5" Desktop HDD - 5400 RPM Class $99.99
	2TB 2.5" Mobile Drive HDD - 5400 RPM Class $173.50
	2TB 3.5" Desktop HDD - 5400 RPM Class $32.49
	3TB 3.5" Desktop HDD - 5400 RPM Class $189.99
	4TB 3.5" Desktop HDD - 5400 RPM Class $238.00
	6TB 3.5" Desktop HDD - 5400 RPM Class $324.45
	500GB 3.5" Desktop HDD - 5400 RPM Class $34.99

WD Blue hard drives have a multitude of features including third generation SATA interface with 6 GB/s transfer rate, plus rock solid performance and ultra-cool and quiet operation. SATA cable isn't included with the item
WhisperDrive technology minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing
SoftSeek technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms, resulting in more efficient operation
1 TB capacity holds up to 200,000 digital photos, 250,000 MP3 files, and 120 hours of HD video
2 year limited warranty

Specifications Overview

Model	WD10EZEX
Release Date	August 2012 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Capacity	1000 GB
Cache	64MB
RPM	7200
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor	3.5"

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

(Higher is better)

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Toshiba X300 4TB hdwe140ezsta (36th)		102%
WD Gold 1TB Enterprise (36th)		102%
Seagate 1TB Enterprise ST1000NM0033 (36th)		102%
Toshiba 1TB HDWD110XZSTA (40th)		101%
Toshiba P300 1TB (40th)		101%
Seagate BarraCuda 4TB ST4000DM005 (42nd)		~
Seagate SSHD 2TB STCL2000400 (42nd)		~
Seagate IronWolf 2TB NAS ST2000VN004 (42nd)		~
Toshiba 4TB PH3400U-1I72 (42nd)		~
Seagate IronWolf 3TB NAS ST3000VN007 (42nd)		~
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB (42nd)		100%
Seagate BarraCuda 500GB ST500DM009 (48th)		98%
WD Black 1TB WD1003FZEX (48th)		98%
WD RE 3TB WD3000FYYZ (48th)		98%
WD Purple 6TB WD60PURZ (48th)		98%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB ST2000VX008 (52nd)		97%
Toshiba 3TB PH3300U-1I72 (52nd)		97%
Western Digital Black 4TB (52nd)		97%
Western Digital Blue 4TB WD40EZRZ (52nd)		97%
Seagate IronWolf 1TB NAS ST1000VN002 (56th)		96%
Toshiba P300 500GB (57th)		95%

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Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Price/Performance Analysis

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Excellent value: 60.3% better price-to-performance ratio than average.
1 products offer better price-to-performance in this analysis.
Best alternative: Seagate Barracuda 1TB offers 62.7% better value priced at $56.