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WD WD5001AALS

Black 500GB (2008)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 47.9% (337th of 1015)

more Based on 28,095 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B2, WDC WD50 01AALS-00F41, WDC WD50 01AALS-00E3A0, WDC WD5001AALS-32E3A0, WDC WD50 01AALS-00L3B, WDC WD50 01AALS-00LWTA0, WDC WD5001AALS-00LWT, WDC WD5001AALS-00LWTA0, WDC WD5001AALS-00E8B0, WDC WD5001AALS-00E3A, WDC WD5001AALS-00J7B, WDC WD5001AALS-00J7B1, WDC WD5001AALS-00J7B0, WD5001AALS-00LWTA0, WDC WD5001AALS-0, WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B, WDC WD50 01AALS-32E3A0, WDC WD5001AALS-00F41A0, WDC WD50 01AALS-00L3B2, WDC WD5001AALS-00F41, WDC WD5001AALS-00L3, WDC WD50 01AALS-00J7B1, WDC WD50 01AALS-00J7B0, WDC WD50 01AALS-00E3A, WD5001AALS-00L3B2, WDC WD50 01AALS-00J7B, WDC WD50 01AALS-00F41A0, WD5001AALS-00L3, WDC WD5001AALS-00E3A0, WDC WD50 01AALS-00LWT
Poor: 29%Average: 47.9% Great: 69%

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Below average average bench

The WD Black 500GB (2008) averaged 52.1% 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. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.87MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.03MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 500GB (2008) is 39.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black 500GB (2008) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 80.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28,095 samples)
Rank 33747.9%
Min Avg Max
47.1 Read 85.7 123
45.2 Write 81.7 118
38.9 Mixed 63.7 84.4
44.5 SusWrite 80.8 122
57.6% 78 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.59 4K Read 0.8 1.2
1.28 4K Write 2.03 2.5
0.6 4K Mixed 0.87 1
168% 1.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
419GB free
Firmware: 05.00K05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 162 165 164 166 166 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 198
Write 168
Mixed 97.1
SusWrite 165
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 1.5
286% 2.23 MB/s
304GB free
Firmware: 05.00K05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 73 73 74 73 MB/s
46.6% Average
Read 88.3
Write 76.8
Mixed 56.9
SusWrite 73.4
54% 73.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
178% 1.37 MB/s
175GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 76 77 78 77 MB/s
45.8% Average
Read 82
Write 76
Mixed 61.3
SusWrite 77.1
55% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
178% 1.33 MB/s
47GB free
Firmware: 3B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 59 60 59 59 MB/s
42.9% Average
Read 89.8
Write 86.2
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 59.1
54% 73.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.37 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 62 66 66 63 67 MB/s
42.7% Average
Read 85.4
Write 81.7
Mixed 61.2
SusWrite 62.9
54% 72.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.13 MB/s
7GB free
Firmware: 01.01S01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 53 57 55 50 MB/s
41.4% Average
Read 91.5
Write 83.3
Mixed 65.8
SusWrite 52.4
54% 73.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
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Core i5-3470Intel  $99Bench 63%, 223,595 samples950x
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HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,149x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,066x
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A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples832x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples458x
A400 480GBKingston  $34Bench 74%, 237,487 samples436x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples521x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples381x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples301x
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