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WD WD5000BPKX

Black 2.5" 500GB (2013)

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 49.5% (314th of 1015)

more Based on 4,631 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD5000BPKX-75HPJT0, WDC WD5000BPKX-00HPJT0, WDC WD5000BPKX-00HPJ, WDC WD50 00BPKX-60HPJ, WDC WD5000BPKX-22HPJT0, WDC WD50 00BPKX-00HPJT0, WDC WD5000BPKX-75HPJ, WDC WD50 00BPKX-75HPJT, WDC WD5000BPKX-60HPJ, WDC WD50 00BPKX-00HPJ, WDC WD50 00BPKX-75HPJT0, WDC WD50 00BPKX-22HPJT0, WDC WD50 00BPKX-80HPJ, WDC WD50 00BPKX-60HPJT0, WDC WD5000BPKX-66HPJT0, WDC WD5000BPKX-66HPJ, WDC WD5000BPKX-60HPJT0, WDC WD5000BPKX-22HPJ, WDC WD50 00BPKX-66HPJT0, WDC WD5000BPKX-8, WDC WD5000BPKX-7, WDC WD5000BPKX-6, WDC WD50 00BPKX-80HPJT0, WDC WD5000BPKX-0, WDC WD5000BPKX-2, WDC WD50 00BPKX-75HPJ, WDC WD50 00BPKX-22HPJ, WDC WD5000BPKX-80HPJT0, WDC WD50 00BPKX-66HPJ, WDC WD5000BPKX-80HPJ
Poor: 29%Average: 49.5% Great: 65%

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Below average average bench

The WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2013) averaged 50.5% 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 0.81MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.95MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2013) is 36.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2013) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 62.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 81.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,631 samples)
Rank 31449.5%
Min Avg Max
51 Read 90.8 116
40.8 Write 85.8 110
29.3 Mixed 62.3 80.2
38.2 SusWrite 81.3 112
59% 80 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.66 0.8
0.6 4K Write 1.95 2.5
0.3 4K Mixed 0.81 1
153% 1.14 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
280GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 95 94 93 94 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 99.1
Write 83.2
Mixed 70.7
SusWrite 93.8
64% 86.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.33 MB/s
320GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 104 103 105 103 MB/s
55.4% Above average
Read 90.5
Write 91.8
Mixed 59.2
SusWrite 102
63% 85.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.33 MB/s
406GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 89 73 94 97 97 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 101
Write 97
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 83.6
66% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.2
67% 0.67 MB/s
389GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 63 63 62 63 MB/s
46.5% Average
Read 99.5
Write 76.5
Mixed 70.5
SusWrite 62.3
57% 77.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
339GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 57 57 57 58 MB/s
34.7% Below average
Read 62.9
Write 53.8
Mixed 51.8
SusWrite 57.5
42% 56.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
147% 1.07 MB/s
339GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 58 56 56 57 MB/s
33.9% Below average
Read 61
Write 57.2
Mixed 52.5
SusWrite 56.9
42% 56.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
172% 1.1 MB/s
339GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 57 57 57 57 56 MB/s
32.5% Below average
Read 56.2
Write 59.2
Mixed 51.2
SusWrite 56.3
41% 55.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
158% 1.27 MB/s
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7010

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Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples3,911x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples3,530x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples1,606x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples2,185x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples983x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples933x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples466x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples184x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples176x
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2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples226x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples158x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples152x
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