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WD5000AAKS-00A7B2 1TB

WD5000AAKS-00A7B2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (45)
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Effective Speed -21%Effective Speed -21%Average Score -42%Read -20%, Write -15%, 4K Read -88%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 29%, 4K Mixed -179%, SusWrite -3%Peak Score +10% Read 2%, Write -0%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write 21%, Mixed 65%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite -19%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +8% Age 8%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 72.8% (117^th of 1015)

Based on 45 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-00E4A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-65V0A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00C8A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00UU3A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00V1A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00V0A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-07A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-60Z1A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00WWPA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00YGA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-402AA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00M9A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-22TMA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00UU3, WDC WD5000AAKS-00D2B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-00H2B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-22A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-007AA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00TMA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-65A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-65TMA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00V2B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-07YGA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-75V0A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-08WWPA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-65A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-22A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-08V0A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-65YGA0, WDC WD50 00AAKS-22V1A, WDC WD5000AAKS-07A7B2, WDC WD50 00AAKS-75V0A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-75YGA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-22V1A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-60A7B2

Poor: 37%Average: 72.8% Great: 104%

Good average bench

The WD WD5000AAKS-00A7B2 1TB averaged 27.1% 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. Sustained Write Speed 147MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.31MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AAKS-00A7B2 1TB is 66.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD WD5000AAKS-00A7B2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.69MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 106MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 45 samples)

Rank 11772.8%

Min	Avg	Max
8.4	Read 129	203
50.3	Write 125	188
23.6	Mixed 106	162
127	SusWrite 147	165
93.7% 127 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.13	4K Read 0.69	1.5
0.55	4K Write 1.84	3.03
0.15	4K Mixed 0.31	1.2
97% 0.94 MB/s

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