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WD5000AAKS-75YGA 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 38.2% (535th of 1015)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD5000AAKS-75YGA
Poor: 35%Average: 38.2% Great: 46%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD5000AAKS-75YGA 500GB averaged 61.7% 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 0.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.04MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AAKS-75YGA 500GB is just 11%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD5000AAKS-75YGA 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 52.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 63.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 53538.2%
Min Avg Max
57.5 Read 67.3 82
55.8 Write 63.5 76.7
40.3 Mixed 52.5 68.9
67.5 SusWrite 68.9 70.9
46.6% 63 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.28 4K Read 0.49 0.7
1.78 4K Write 2.04 2.3
0.22 4K Mixed 0.5 0.9
113% 1.01 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
218GB free
Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
45.7% Average
Read 82
Write 76.7
Mixed 68.9
57% 75.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.68
4K Write 2.26
4K Mixed 0.32
106% 1.09 MB/s
347GB free
Firmware: 12.01C02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 73 72 72 70 MB/s
39.8% Below average
Read 67.3
Write 65.7
Mixed 54
SusWrite 70.9
48% 64.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
145% 1.2 MB/s
366GB free
Firmware: 12.01C02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 69 70 69 69 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 69.3
Write 67.5
Mixed 50.5
SusWrite 68.4
47% 63.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.17 MB/s
311GB free
Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
36.4% Below average
Read 70.6
Write 55.8
Mixed 40.3
41% 55.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.29
4K Write 1.78
4K Mixed 0.22
70% 0.77 MB/s
212GB free
Firmware: 12.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 68 68 68 68 MB/s
36% Below average
Read 57.5
Write 59
Mixed 46
SusWrite 67.5
42% 57.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
259GB free
Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
35.6% Below average
Read 60.8
Write 62.9
Mixed 56.6
45% 60.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.28
4K Write 1.89
4K Mixed 0.28
78% 0.82 MB/s
329GB free
Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
34.6% Below average
Read 63.4
Write 56.9
Mixed 50.9
43% 57.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.29
4K Write 1.91
4K Mixed 0.25
75% 0.82 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,375,146 HDDs tested

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Typical WD5000AAKS-75YGA 500GB Builds (Compare 13,980 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples6,660x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples1,050x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,255x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples323x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples816x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples561x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $752

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