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WD5000ABPS-01ZZB0 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 34.9% (591st of 1015)

Based on 276 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD5000ABPS-01ZZB0, WDC WD50 00ABPS-01ZZB0, WDC WD50 00ABPS-01ZZB, WDC WD5000ABPS-01ZZB
Poor: 24%Average: 34.9% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD5000ABPS-01ZZB0 500GB averaged 65.0% 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 0.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.08MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000ABPS-01ZZB0 500GB is just 18.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD5000ABPS-01ZZB0 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 47.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 58.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 276 samples)
Rank 59134.9%
Min Avg Max
39.8 Read 62.1 76.8
40.6 Write 60.1 74.1
24.2 Mixed 47.5 71.3
38.8 SusWrite 58.2 75
42.1% 57 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 0.53 0.6
1.55 4K Write 2.08 2.5
0.25 4K Mixed 0.61 0.9
129% 1.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 02.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 74 74 73 74 MB/s
43% Average
Read 75.4
Write 75.6
Mixed 54.8
SusWrite 73.8
52% 69.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
147% 1.23 MB/s
432GB free
Firmware: 02.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 71 71 71 MB/s
40.3% Average
Read 69.2
Write 67.1
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 70.8
47% 63.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.2 MB/s
445GB free
Firmware: 02.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 71 71 72 71 72 MB/s
39.9% Below average
Read 68.5
Write 71
Mixed 53.1
SusWrite 69.9
48% 65.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.2 MB/s
382GB free
Firmware: 02.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 71 70 71 MB/s
38.7% Below average
Read 64
Write 67
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 70.4
46% 62.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.17 MB/s
240GB free
Firmware: 02.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 60 61 61 61 MB/s
37.4% Below average
Read 69.7
Write 49.5
Mixed 44.4
SusWrite 60
41% 55.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
158% 1.27 MB/s
404GB free
Firmware: 02.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 62 62 62 62 61 MB/s
35.3% Below average
Read 61.3
Write 61.4
Mixed 48.9
SusWrite 61.1
43% 58.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.17 MB/s
432GB free
Firmware: 02.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 56 56 55 MB/s
33.3% Below average
Read 60.2
Write 52.1
Mixed 49.4
SusWrite 55.4
40% 54.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.27 MB/s
174GB free
Firmware: 02.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 49 49 50 48 MB/s
32.5% Below average
Read 63.7
Write 69.5
Mixed 48.9
SusWrite 49.2
43% 57.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
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Gaming 67%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 57%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170-P - $119

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples1,134x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples919x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples522x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples548x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples535x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples289x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples194x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples161x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung  $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples86x
RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples123x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples123x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $531

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