Potential Hard Drive failure

[Augustaeum]

So I have had my caviar blue for awhile now and it has done me well. However I fear it's end is fast approaching. I ran Western Digital's own diagnostic tool (extended test only) and that said everything was OK, but I know my hard drive has been feeling slow.

 

So I ran crystaldiskmark:

 

Like an idiot, I did not take a picture of my results, but I did record them.

 

I also found this video to compare my numbers too, so I grabbed a screen from it:

 

So the video says he tested a 1TB Western Digital Blue (assuming caviar?) 10EZEX with 1GB.

I tested my own 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue 10EALX with 1GB.

 

So with that information and my results, I created a table in excel comparing them:

 

 

Now, I know my numbers are low, very low in some cases, what I do not know is if they are low enough to warrant me replacing the drive.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Generally hard drives make some kind of noise if they're failing. It's always a good idea to make a backup right now, it may be failing...

[flibberdipper]

If you've been actively using the drive and there's shit on it, it's going to perform worse regardless. And even then, hard drives are generally like cars. They tend to lose ponies over time.