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WD WD5001AALS

Black 500GB (2008)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 47.9% (337th of 1015)

more Based on 28,095 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B2, WDC WD50 01AALS-00F41, WDC WD50 01AALS-00E3A0, WDC WD5001AALS-32E3A0, WDC WD50 01AALS-00L3B, WDC WD50 01AALS-00LWTA0, WDC WD5001AALS-00LWT, WDC WD5001AALS-00LWTA0, WDC WD5001AALS-00E8B0, WDC WD5001AALS-00E3A, WDC WD5001AALS-00J7B, WDC WD5001AALS-00J7B1, WDC WD5001AALS-00J7B0, WD5001AALS-00LWTA0, WDC WD5001AALS-0, WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B, WDC WD50 01AALS-32E3A0, WDC WD5001AALS-00F41A0, WDC WD50 01AALS-00L3B2, WDC WD5001AALS-00F41, WDC WD5001AALS-00L3, WDC WD50 01AALS-00J7B1, WDC WD50 01AALS-00J7B0, WDC WD50 01AALS-00E3A, WD5001AALS-00L3B2, WDC WD50 01AALS-00J7B, WDC WD50 01AALS-00F41A0, WD5001AALS-00L3, WDC WD5001AALS-00E3A0, WDC WD50 01AALS-00LWT
Poor: 29%Average: 47.9% Great: 69%

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Below average average bench

The WD Black 500GB (2008) averaged 52.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.87MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.03MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 500GB (2008) is 39.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 500GB (2008) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 80.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28,095 samples)
Rank 33747.9%
Min Avg Max
47.1 Read 85.7 123
45.2 Write 81.7 118
38.9 Mixed 63.7 84.4
44.5 SusWrite 80.8 122
57.6% 78 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.59 4K Read 0.8 1.2
1.28 4K Write 2.03 2.5
0.6 4K Mixed 0.87 1
168% 1.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 130 133 133 133 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 143
Write 122
Mixed 85.5
SusWrite 132
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
79GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 116 117 117 118 MB/s
66.7% Good
Read 115
Write 100
Mixed 85
SusWrite 117
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
175% 1.4 MB/s
215GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 104 104 103 104 MB/s
60.3% Good
Read 108
Write 100
Mixed 80
SusWrite 102
72% 97.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.23 MB/s
215GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 102 100 101 100 MB/s
60% Good
Read 108
Write 96.8
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 101
71% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.23 MB/s
351GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 83 83 82 84 MB/s
49.2% Average
Read 88.1
Write 82.3
Mixed 72.7
SusWrite 83
60% 81.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.3 MB/s
182GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 91 91 90 90 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 75.8
Write 69.1
Mixed 58.3
SusWrite 90
54% 73.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.17 MB/s
184GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 83 85 86 86 MB/s
41.3% Average
Read 58.7
Write 63.3
Mixed 54.4
SusWrite 84.7
48% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
181% 1.3 MB/s
200GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 67 68 68 67 MB/s
39.8% Below average
Read 71.2
Write 74.2
Mixed 57
SusWrite 66.8
50% 67.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.37 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.00K05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 46 43 50 65 52 MB/s
37.4% Below average
Read 81.5
Write 80.9
Mixed 62.9
SusWrite 48.3
51% 68.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
187% 1.37 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,019x
Core i7-2600Intel  $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,564x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples931x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,039x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples820x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples455x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples424x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325

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