Here, the new wd my book recorded a pcmark score of 2552 with a bandwidth of 10. These scores were smoked by the drivestations 320 mbps random read and 389. Oct 11, 2016 here, the new wd my book recorded a pcmark score of 2552 with a bandwidth of 10. Your content is automatically displayed and organized so you can easily locate and enjoy your photos, videos and music. Its the cornerstone of wds strategy to help consumers organize their content and access it anywhere from the new wd 2go mobile apps to the wd tv live media streamers connected to a tv. Slow write speed on my book essential 3tb wd community. Jul 09, 2011 theres not much to say about the new western digital my book studio 3tb hard drive. In open air, spin and seek noise seems to be better than a nowneighbouring seagate drive, appearing to be very similar to some of my older wd green drives which i think these newer blue drives have largely. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Just plug it in and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies. Western digital 6tb my book desktop external hard drive. Other than the new design, the drive doesnt have much to elevate it.
The wd 4 tb my book desktop external hard drive is easy to use. The next choice is between 1tb, 2tb or 3tb of storage capacity. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you. Wd has configured the drives in raid 0 and lets you reconfigure them in raid 1 or jbod, using the. The western digital my book series is one of the longest running product brand.
I copied 150gb of files from a seagate goflex 2tb usb3. The first segment gives the write speed, while the second one gives the read speed for the storage device. Theres not much to say about the new western digital my book studio 3tb hard drive. The new wd my book is both smaller and uses very different design than the older model, as it now sports angled corners compared to the rounded front panel used before. From a 5400 rpm laptop hdd to this wd my book real world transfer speed is averaging 4080 mbs under windows 10 and the same goes up to 5 mbs proof can be seen attached screenshot if this 7200 rpm desktop hdd using usb 3. The new wd my book is both smaller and uses very different design than the.
This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the wd my book 1tb performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions. This isnt a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the wd my book 1140 3tb performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions. Western digital 6tb my book desktop external hard driveusb 3. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the wd my book 1230 4tb performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions. This drive eliminates that concern about backup space and the 3. Oct 19, 2010 western digital velociraptor wd6000hlhx 600gb 0 rpm sata 6. Hey guys, i lucked out recently and bought cheaply a western digital my book 3tb external hard drive. With average sequential readwrite speeds of 150 mbs this version outperforms its predecessor by a. Western digital my book 8tb and my passport 4tb external. The 8tb version of the western digital my book is a deep well of affordable storage for your photos, music, videos, and more.
The 8 tb version of the western digital my book offers reliability, fast transfer speeds, and more storage than our other picks. The wd windows 8 app makes it easy to discover the digital media stored on your my book drive with your windows 8 computer. Oct 11, 2016 wd unveiled today its latest desktop external hard drive the wd my book. Oct 10, 20 wd my book live direct connected to mac with ethernet cable no routter tag. My book essential edition user manual getting started 1 getting started thank you for purchasing this wd product. Experience the convenience of alexa, now on your pc. Western digital my book 8tb and my passport 4tb external hdds. Designed to meet wds demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun intended.
I just got a my book essential 3tb and my laptop is dell precision m6500 which has usb 3. Wd unveiled today its latest desktop external hard drive the wd my book. This is about 40 mbs faster than a 5tb seagate backup plus drive that. Wd quality inside and out we know your data is important to you. Equipped with social media and cloud storage import, password protection and perfectly paired with wd backup or time machine, my book desktop storage helps keep your. Wd offers the my book series in 3tb, 4tb, 6tb, 8tb, 12tb and 16tb configurations. Western digital my book 3tb what are the rps speeds.
Store and protect your creative life with my book for mac desktop storage. May 08, 2018 wd is a popular name when it comes to storage devices like flash drives to hard drives. Wd series my book model wdbbgb0030hbknesn performance interface usb 3. To put it into context, on both of those connections, im now getting 10x the speed i got when i had this same drive connected using usb 2. The latter two options are dualdrives, sporting larger cases with two drives inside. The my book reported a random read speed in 512k blocks of 52 mbps and an 88 mbps random write speed. The range of scores 95th 5th percentile for the wd my book 1tb is just 9. It looks quite nice and would go nicely with a mac pro or any aluminum mac. Other than the new design, the drive doesnt have much to elevate it above others. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Dec 01, 2019 with the huge 4 tb capacity, you can make your drive a partner of your social life. Western digital has long been in the personal cloud storage space with the wd my book live. The wd 6tb my book desktop contains a wd60ezrz drive a western digital blue, 3.
Our latest edition features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. Nov 14, 2011 western digitals my book essential 3tb drive, was the first 3tb external drive when it launched. The range of scores 95th 5th percentile for the wd my book 1230 4tb is 45. Feb 28, 2017 the 8tb version of the western digital my book is a deep well of affordable storage for your photos, music, videos, and more. It houses the wd30ezrs which is the 3tb internal wd caviar green drive having a 64mb of cache. Western digitals my book essential 3tb drive, was the first 3tb external drive when it launched. The wd 4 tb my book desktop external hard drive is. Speed going from an internal sata drive to the wd 3tb had a sustained speed of 80 mbs. The range of scores 95th 5th percentile for the wd my book 1140 3tb is 44. Western digital velociraptor wd6000hlhx 600gb 0 rpm sata 6.
My book essential edition is a small, elegant, and easytouse usb external hard drive. With seemingly more connected devices in the household now than people. The my book drive is trusted desktop storage designed to complement your personal style with a massive amount of space to store your photos, videos, music and documents. Wd my book live direct connected to mac with ethernet cable no routter tag. Unsafe ejection of the drive during any read or write operation can also result in the corruption of the drives partition.
Sequential readwrite performance is very close to the older 7200rpm 1tb caviar black. May 08, 2014 testing the read write speed of these 2 wd usb 3. Ultrafast transfer rates my book desktop storage is optimized for the fastest possible data transfer. This is the most recent version 20 fzex of western digitals best performing consumer storage drive, its predecessor was the wd1002faex which is now four years old. Quick little speed test on my new wd my book usb 3. I checked the official website i read the product overview and user. Jan 20, 2020 wd my passport 1tb external hard drive is suddenly very slow i have a three years old wd my passport 1tb external hard drive which has been used as a backup drive. Wd my passport 1tb external hard drive is suddenly very slow i have a three years old wd my passport 1tb external hard drive which has been used as a backup drive. Millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage. Wd drive utilities register your drive, set drive timer, run diagnostics and more using wd drive utilities. With the huge 4 tb capacity, you can make your drive a partner of your social life. Its compatible with apple time machine for quick and easy backups. The two included hard drives are wd red drives designed for highperformance and reliability. It is an external hard drive and comes in five storage capacity options 3tb, 4tb, 6tb, 8tb, and 10tb.
Wd security wd security software allows you to set password protection and hardware encryption for your drive to protect your files from unauthorized use or access. Performance benchmarks western digital my book 8tb and. The my cloud range is a line of external 2tb, 3tb and 4tb hard drives determined to pick a fight with both traditional nas and cloud. When i test the hard drive, i find the write speed only goes up 55 ms. The drive became extremely slow, especially when i was trying to transfer data from my computer or open files on the drive.
Western digital my book live 3tb slow speed wd community. Effective speed 5%effective speed 5%peak score 248%read 23%, write 40 %. Oct 21, 2011 when it comes to performance, the wd my book live is no slouch in terms of read or write speed. Write 10gb file read 10gb file write 10gb folder read 10gb folder aja write aja read.
The my book live can achieve up to 100mb read speed with an optimal gigabit network. Oct 15, 2015 the my book live can achieve up to 100mb read speed with an optimal gigabit network. Oct 21, 20 the my book reported a random read speed in 512k blocks of 52 mbps and an 88 mbps random write speed. The unit makes use of most of the gigabit lan connection, serving up files with an average read speed of 61. My book essential user manual about your wd drive 1 about your wd drive welcome to your my book essential external hard drive, an elegant, highcapacity storage solution for all the chapters of your di gital life. If youre still on a 10100 the most you will see for write is 1015mb. Read speeds up to 2000mbs to decrease load times and get you into the game faster. Equipped with social media and cloud storage import, password protection and perfectly paired with wd backup or time machine, my book desktop storage helps keep your files safe. With average sequential read write speeds of 150 mbs this version outperforms its predecessor by a whopping 50%.
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