WD WD5000HHTZ

VelociRaptor 500GB

VelociRaptor 500GB
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Effective Speed +1% Effective Speed 1%Average Score +33% Read 6%, Write 5%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 96%, Mixed 22%, 4K Mixed 80%, SusWrite -5%Peak Score +31% Read 5%, Write -1%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 98%, Mixed 33%, 4K Mixed 76%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment -2,750%User Rating -19%, Market Share -10,730%, Price 33%, Value -285%Nice To Haves -10%Age -10%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 89.4% (26^th of 1015)

Based on 8,133 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD5000HHTZ-04N21V0, WDC WD5000HHTZ-04N21, WDC WD50 00HHTZ-75N21V0, WDC WD50 00HHTZ-75N21, WDC WD50 00HHTZ-04N21, WDC WD5000HHTZ-6, WDC WD5000HHTZ-75N21, WDC WD5000HHTZ-7, WDC WD5000HHTZ-75N21V0, WDC WD50 00HHTZ-60N21V0, WDC WD5000HHTZ-04N21V1, WDC WD50 00HHTZ-60N21, WDC WD5000HHTZ-60N21V0, WDC WD5000HHTZ-0, WDC WD50 00HHTZ-04N21V1, WDC WD50 00HHTZ-04N21V0, WDC WD5000HHTZ-60N21

Poor: 61%Average: 89.4% Great: 113%

Popular builds with this HDD

Very good average bench

The WD VelociRaptor 500GB averaged just 10.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD VelociRaptor 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.56MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.22MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD VelociRaptor 500GB is 51.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD VelociRaptor 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 100MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 145MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,133 samples)

Rank 2689.4%

Min	Avg	Max
118	Read 165	209
101	Write 151	187
58.6	Mixed 100	131
81.4	SusWrite 145	188
103% 141 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.1	4K Read 1.61	1.9
1.61	4K Write 4.22	4.97
0.9	4K Mixed 1.56	1.8
318% 2.46 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ESP-User, 8 days ago.

432GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 04.06A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 160 159 183 118 160 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 190

Mixed 103

SusWrite 156

121% 166 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 4.5

4K Mixed 1.7

339% 2.6 MB/s

ESP-User, 8 days ago.

16GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 04.06A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 142 157 173 166 169 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 173

Mixed 114

SusWrite 159

119% 162 MB/s

4K Read 1.7

4K Write 4.6

4K Mixed 1.8

356% 2.7 MB/s

ALB-User, 3 days ago.

104GB free

Firmware: 04.06A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 148 162 168 152 MB/s

91.1% Outstanding

Write 156

Mixed 114

SusWrite 155

108% 146 MB/s

4K Read 1.7

4K Write 4.9

4K Mixed 1.6

339% 2.73 MB/s

USA-User, 7 days ago.

370GB free

Firmware: 04.06A00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 134 132 134 134 MB/s

84.4% Excellent

Write 149

Mixed 94.5

SusWrite 134

99% 134 MB/s

4K Read 1.8

4K Write 4.5

4K Mixed 1.7

347% 2.67 MB/s

ESP-User, 8 days ago.

265GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 04.06A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 148 126 139 134 125 MB/s

83.4% Excellent

Write 166

Mixed 92.3

SusWrite 131

100% 137 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 4.3

4K Mixed 1.5

309% 2.43 MB/s

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Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,499x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	686x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	495x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	183x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	56x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WD5000HHTZ

VelociRaptor 500GB

Average Bench: 89.4% (26^th of 1015)

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WD WD5000HHTZ

VelociRaptor 500GB

Average Bench: 89.4% (26th of 1015)

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