In other terms, it looks a lot less like an actual book now. To measure the performance of the wd my passport ultra drive against other models, i used crystal disk mark under a windows 10 desktop xeon, 32gb ram, 256gb ssd and the blackmagic speed test under a macos laptop macbook pro late 20, 2. The things that the my passport option has in favor is the portability and not having to use an extra wall socket to power it up it only uses its usb 3 cable. What ever drive you choose make sure it is not the only copy you have. Quick little speed test on my new wd my book usb 3. There are a lot of newer external hard drives on the market. Western digital has been selling these external storage devices with the highest storage capacity drives in their class for some time now the 3. Simply put, the my passport x is an essential device for pc and xbox one owners. Wd 2tb my passport x for xbox one portable external hard drive. Engadget summary no stranger to the portable hard drive space, western digital continues to impress with their my passport ultra, offering usb 3. The passport is a usb powered drive and my book essentials is externally powered. Jan 02, 2020 wd elements vs my passport speed test. Apr 16, 2015 simply put, the my passport x is an essential device for pc and xbox one owners. I went to best buy to purchase a my passport x drive and they were out of stock, instead they sold me a my passport ultra 2tb as i was informed it was exactly the same thing and just that i needed to format it to work with my.
In a raid 0 configuration, the my passport pro performed about twice as fast as a single 2. The my passport wireless pro performs well as a usb 3. Oct, 2016 to test the my passport formatted for mac, we used the blackmagic disk speed test on a current generation macbook pro. The 20gb file and folder write performance will increase significantly if you reformat the drive from exfat to ntfs. Wdc, today introduced modern and innovative redesigns of its my passport, my passport for mac, and my book hard drive lines, which have been highly recognized leading sellers for. Seagate backup plus slim is ranked 1st while wd my passport is ranked 4th. Wds new my book and my passport external drives are. Its speed gives great performance to help run virtual machines on your computer. The my book was also a bit slower than the innov8 on the macbased blackmagic disk speed test. Oct 11, 2016 now the my book here delivers up to 8tb and the my passport up to 4tb. This time around, western digital has opted for sort of a dr. I am concerned that the my passport option will be able to work properly in the long run since it only uses 1 cable to transfer the data and the power, sure, its designed to work with only 1 cable but i am concerned that. Those speeds arent anything to sneeze at, considering the portability and.
Im planning to buy a wd hdd but not able to decide between mypassport and mypassport ultra both 1 tb. Wd my passport for mac is a very popular and one of the more expensive options. Western digital my book 8tb and my passport 4tb external. Its likely the actual actual drives on these two are the sameif the passport x has the same drive as the passport ultra, the ultra has the same as the elements. Seagate expansion desktop 10tb external hard drive hdd usb 3. We also tested the my passport ultra using crystaldiskmark 3. I went to best buy to purchase a my passport x drive and they were out of stock, instead they sold me a my passport ultra 2tb as i was informed it was exactly the same thing and just that i needed to format it to work with my xbox one.
Wd elements vs my passport which is best for your mac. Explore your best upgrade options with a virtual pc build. Ive had good luck with both the passport and elements models. May 08, 2014 testing the readwrite speed of these 2 wd usb 3. Seagate backup plus slim 2tb portable hard disk drive design. 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. In terms of speed both elements and my passport ultra are very similar and the new my passport might have a slightly better edge, nevertheless if you are using. May 16, 20 we also tested the my passport ultra using crystaldiskmark 3. Feb 28, 2017 the my book was also a bit slower than the innov8 on the macbased blackmagic disk speed test. Personally if i was going to use a drive to run much video id want one with a fan for better cooling.
Poor average bench the wd my passport 2tb averaged 69. To test the my passport formatted for mac, we used the blackmagic disk speed test on a current generation macbook pro. The cool sleek design, nearly infinite amount of hard drive space and. Here youll find how the two drives compare on speed. I tested the 8tb version of the drive and via usb 3. Receive an email notification when this product becomes available. Oct 11, 2016 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. Oct 31, 2017 copying the file from our test computer to the my passport, we recorded a peak write speed of 97mb per second, with the transfer completing in 1 minute, 35 seconds. Idt benchmark bluray the same that we use in our robocopy tests for nas systems.
Wd 10tb my book desktop external hard drive, usb 3. Oct 17, 2017 testing the readwrite speed of these 2 hard drives 2017 edition usb 3. Hardware encryption store growing content on my passport ssd to alleviate limited internal storage space. This isnt a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on.
My passport ssd is the fastest my passport drive to date with read speeds up to 540mbs using the usb typec port to rapidly transfer data. The second interesting comparison is between the my passport and the lacie. In a nutshell, the wd my passport wireless ssd is an external hard drive that has a builtin sd card slot, wireless capability and an integrated battery in order to be able to back up attached media without needing constant external power, or a computer to connect. The my passport x claims it is tweaked for performance but i cannot find anything different between the two. When just copying very large files the speed difference is much more apparent. I transferred a game to it and found that the drives write speed was quite good. Its in the top 3 bestselling external hard drives and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as glyph blackbox pro or lacie 2tb rugged. Compare your components to the current market leaders. The speed test score and results are from an average of all tests. Now the my book is fast obviously, average some 170 megabytes per second. This is with the mixed folder of large and small files including some gigabyte plus iso image files. The my book model would be more reliable but its bulkier and i have to have an extra wall socket available to power it up. This isnt a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list. Which external hd should i buy, wd my passport ultra vs.
Testing the readwrite speed of these 2 hard drives 2017 edition usb 3. I need to buy a few new drives and was ready to buy a couple my book s from best buy when i noticed that all of a sudden they sell new wd drives under the easystore label. Western digital my book 8tb and my passport 4tb external hdds. The my passport products ship with six solid colors and most models cost a little less than the twotone my passport ultra models. I use a lot of western digital wd external usb 3 hard drives. Im going to use it for photosong backup, possibly moving it from place to place. To further test the performance of the new wd my passport, we tested with pcmark on the z640 workstation. Im no hd expert, so i was hoping to get some opinions about these two drives. So, what is the wd my passport wireless ssd, and how does it differ from its predecessors. Western digital gives my passport and my book drives a.
Dec 18, 2017 the my passport products ship with six solid colors and most models cost a little less than the twotone my passport ultra models. Based on 2,446 user benchmarks for the wd my book and the my passport, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 639 usbs. My bookpassport vs easystore external drives for pc. By clicking the notify me when available button below, i consent to the use of the information provided below by. One of the most important things to keep in mind when picking a hard drive, or any kind of storage hardware for that matter is reliability. My passport x from wd expands your xbox one, xbox 360 or pc gaming experience, adding capacity for around 75 titles on xbox one or 250 titles on xbox 360. Ive had less luck with seagate external usb 3 drives that sometimes were not recogniz. Data transfer very slow my external hard dive takes time to be discovered when plugged in and once discovered data is transferred extremely slow. Oct 11, 2016 western digital unveils new design language with redesigned lines of iconic my passport and my book hard drives. Now the my book here delivers up to 8tb and the my passport up to 4tb. The cool sleek design, nearly infinite amount of hard drive space and its ability to be transported to bring games.
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