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WD WD5000LPVX

Blue 2.5" 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 42.9% (442nd of 1015)

more Based on 80,932 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD5000LPVX-22V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-75V0TT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-22V0TT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-28V0TT1, WDC WD50 00LPVX-75V0TT0, WD5000LPVX-22V0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-60V0T, WDC WD50 00LPVX-28V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-00V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-80V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-75V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-60G33T0, WDC WD5000LPVX-00G33T0, WDC WD5000LPVX-22VTT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-00V0T, WDC WD50 00LPVX-22V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-28C0TT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-55V0T, WD5000LPVX-75V0, WDC WD5000LPVX-16V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-08V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-32V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-22V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-60V0T, WDC WD50 00LPVX-16V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-00LUFT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-32V0T, WDC WD50 00LPVX-80V0TT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-75V0T, WD5000LPVX-75V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-24C6HT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-75V0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-08V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-11V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-11V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-80V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-0, WDC WD5000LPVX-08V0TT6, WDC WD5000LPVX-08V0TT5, WDC WD5000LPVX-16V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-08V0TT2, WDC WD5000LPVX-16V0TT3, WDC WD5000LPVX-28V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-1, WDC WD5000LPVX-2, WD5000LPVX-26VAT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-55V0TT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-16V0TT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-16V0TT3, WDC WD50 00LPVX-08V0TT6, WD5000LPVX-75V0T, WDC WD50 00LPVX-08V0TT5, WDC WD50 00LPVX-08V0TT2, WDC WD50 00LPVX-22V0TT, WDC WD50 00LPVX-80V0T, WDC WD50 00LPVX-28V0T, WD5000LP VX-26VAT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-11V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-80VOTTO, WDC WD50 00LPVX-60V0TT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-55V0TT3, WDC WD5000LPVX-7, WDC WD5000LPVX-55V0TT3, WDC WD5000LPVX-8, WDC WD5000LPVX-5, WDC WD5000LPVX-6, WDC WD5000LPVX-60V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-55V0TT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-00V0T, WDC WD5000LPVX-28V0TT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-00V0TT0, WDC WD50 00LPVX-11V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-28V0TT1, WD5000LPVX-22V0TT0, WDC WD5000LPVX-55V0T
Poor: 17%Average: 42.9% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The WD Blue 2.5" 500GB averaged 57.0% 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 0.64MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.67MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 2.5" 500GB is 44%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 2.5" 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 45.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 72.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 80,932 samples)
Rank 44242.9%
Min Avg Max
25 Read 76.8 107
22.8 Write 75.7 108
18.6 Mixed 45.3 58.6
30.7 SusWrite 72.6 109
49.7% 67.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.44 0.6
0.6 4K Write 1.67 2.2
0.1 4K Mixed 0.64 0.8
121% 0.92 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 105 105 104 105 MB/s
60.7% Good
Read 107
Write 99.9
Mixed 59.1
SusWrite 105
68% 92.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 96 96 98 96 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 98.7
Write 100
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 96.2
64% 87.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1.13 MB/s
209GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 89 88 89 88 MB/s
55.4% Above average
Read 104
Write 101
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 88.6
64% 87.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
110GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 87 87 87 88 MB/s
52.3% Above average
Read 95.1
Write 94
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 87
60% 82.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
50GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 65 65 65 65 MB/s
37.8% Below average
Read 67.1
Write 48.1
Mixed 39.4
SusWrite 64.4
40% 54.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.83 MB/s
343GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 67 78 64 70 67 MB/s
33.1% Below average
Read 47.1
Write 82.7
Mixed 31.3
SusWrite 68
42% 57.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.3
79% 0.8 MB/s
145GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 41 56 44 58 58 MB/s
31.6% Below average
Read 62.2
Write 58
Mixed 39.1
SusWrite 47.4
38% 51.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
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HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples178x
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HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples352x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples247x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples190x
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Average

5 years ago.

Found this drive from a dead laptop in 2018, turns out its relatively new (about 900 hours of operation) and works pretty good for today's standard (100MB/s seq read, 87MB/s seq write). Its 500GB, so I turned it into my personal 'travelling' HDD to transfer movies and stuffs I get from work or library, and leave my other externals as backups.

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