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WD WD5000AADS

Green 500GB (2009)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 40.5% (494th of 1015)

more Based on 63,281 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD5000AADS-00S9B0, WDC WD5000AADS-22S9B, WD5000AADS-56S9B0, WDC WD5000AADS-00M2B, WDC WD5000AADS-00S9BO, WD5000AADS-56S9B1, WDC WD50 00AADS-56S9B0, WDC WD50 00AADS-57S9B, WDC WD50 00AADS-56S9B1, WDC WD5000AADS-00S888, WDC WD5000AADS-32M2B0, WDC WD50 00AADS-22S9B0, WD5000AADS-57S9B1, WDC WD50 00AADS-14S9B1, WDC WD5000AADS-11P8B2, WDC WD50 00AADS-67S9B, WDC WD50 00AADS-57S9B1, WDC WD5000AADS-00L4B, WDC WD5000AADS-22S9B0, WDC WD5000AADS-00S9B, WDC WD5000AADS-98S9B, WDC WD5000AADS-67S9B, WDC WD5000AADS-19S9B0, WDC WD5000AADS-00M2B0, WDC WD50 00AADS-114BB1, WDC WD50 00AADS-00L4B1, WDC WD5000AADS-56S9B, WDC WD5000AADS-00L5B1, WDC WD5000AADS-67S9B1, WDC WD5000AADS-11M2B3, WDC WD5000AADS-98S9B0, WDC WD5000AADS-63U7B1, WDC WD5000AADS-11M2B1, WDC WD5000AADS-11M2B2, WDC WD5000AADS-67S9B0, WDC WD50 00AADS-22S9B, WDC WD5000AADS-001CA0, WDC WD5000AADS-98S9B1, WDC WD50 00AADS-114BB, WDC WD50 00AADS-00M2B0, WDC WD5000AADS-14S9B, WDC WD5000AADS-11M2B, WDC WD50 00AADS-98S9B, WDC WD5000AADS-57S9B, WDC WD50 00AADS-00S9B0, WDC WD5000AADS-56S9B1, WDC WD50 00AADS-00S9B, WDC WD5000AADS-56S9B0, WDC WD50 00AADS-11P8B2, WDC WD50 00AADS-14S9B, WDC WD50 00AADS-11M2B, WDC WD5000AADS-114BB1, WDC WD5000AADS-57S9B1, WDC WD50 00AADS-56S9B, WDC WD50 00AADS-67S9B1, WDC WD50 00AADS-67S9B0, WDC WD5000AADS-14S9B0, WDC WD5000AADS-14S9B1, WD5000AA DS-57S9B1, WDC WD50 00AADS-00L4B, WDC WD5000AADS-00L4B1, WDC WD5000AADS-1, WDC WD50 00AADS-11M2B1, WDC WD5000AADS-0, WDC WD50 00AADS-11M2B2, WDC WD50 00AADS-00M2B, WDC WD5000AADS-CDSL0A, WDC WD50 00AADS-98S9B1, WDC WD5000AADS-5, WDC WD5000AADS-6, WDC WD5000AADS-9
Poor: 20%Average: 40.5% Great: 54%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 500GB (2009) averaged 59.4% 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 0.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.72MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 500GB (2009) is 34.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Green 500GB (2009) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 50.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 69MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 63,281 samples)
Rank 49440.5%
Min Avg Max
37.8 Read 71.8 94.7
26.9 Write 70 94.1
26.7 Mixed 50.1 65.6
25.8 SusWrite 69 95.8
48.1% 65.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.53 0.7
0.61 4K Write 1.72 2.4
0.3 4K Mixed 0.62 0.8
123% 0.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
375GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 89 86 92 91 93 MB/s
51.6% Above average
Read 90.3
Write 89
Mixed 58.9
SusWrite 89.3
60% 81.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
434GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 84 82 82 83 83 MB/s
50.3% Above average
Read 92.6
Write 80.8
Mixed 62.9
SusWrite 82.5
59% 79.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 89 87 85 88 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 83.4
Write 75.5
Mixed 52.1
SusWrite 88.3
55% 74.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.27 MB/s
92GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 82 80 81 69 53 MB/s
47% Average
Read 90
Write 80.7
Mixed 55
SusWrite 73.3
55% 74.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.17 MB/s
324GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 67 77 80 76 83 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 83
Write 64.7
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 74.2
50% 68.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
135% 0.93 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,735x
Core i7-2600Intel  $128Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,381x
Core i5-3470Intel  $149Bench 63%, 223,595 samples828x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,237x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,073x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $100Bench 29%, 946,701 samples891x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples752x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples442x
A400 480GBKingston  $33Bench 74%, 237,487 samples371x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples499x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples353x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples267x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $319

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