WD WD5000HHTZ

VelociRaptor 500GB

VelociRaptor 500GB
BENCHMARKS (8,510)
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Effective Speed +3% Effective Speed 3%Average Score +34% Read 8%, Write 8%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 96%, Mixed 25%, 4K Mixed 80%, SusWrite -2%Peak Score +31% Read 6%, Write -1%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 96%, Mixed 35%, 4K Mixed 78%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment -2,437%User Rating -19%, Market Share -9,493%, Price 29%, Value -266%Nice To Haves -14%Age -14%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Black 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 91.2% (18^th of 1015)

Based on 8,510 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: 65%Average: 91.2% Great: 112%

Popular builds with this HDD

Excellent average bench

The WD VelociRaptor 500GB averaged just 8.8% 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 4.21MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD VelociRaptor 500GB is 47.7%. 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 102MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 148MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,510 samples)

Rank 1891.2%

Min	Avg	Max
124	Read 168	211
107	Write 155	186
67.9	Mixed 102	132
79.6	SusWrite 148	187
106% 144 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.2	4K Read 1.63	1.9
2.6	4K Write 4.21	4.9
1	4K Mixed 1.56	1.8
319% 2.47 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

466GB free

Firmware: 04.06A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 189 190 190 190 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 179

Mixed 120

SusWrite 190

129% 176 MB/s

4K Read 1.8

4K Write 4.2

4K Mixed 1.6

330% 2.53 MB/s

DEU-User, 7 hrs ago.

465GB free

Firmware: 04.06A00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 170 182 188 172 179 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 168

Mixed 109

SusWrite 178

120% 164 MB/s

4K Read 1.8

4K Write 5

4K Mixed 1.7

356% 2.83 MB/s

RUS-User, 4 days ago.

216GB free

Firmware: 04.06A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 171 174 175 172 173 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 162

Mixed 118

SusWrite 168

116% 158 MB/s

4K Read 1.9

4K Write 4

4K Mixed 1.6

331% 2.5 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

234GB free

Firmware: 04.06A00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 157 158 159 159 MB/s

92.1% Outstanding

Write 156

Mixed 113

SusWrite 157

108% 147 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 4.7

4K Mixed 1.6

327% 2.6 MB/s

RUS-User, 10 hrs ago.

100GB free

Firmware: 04.06A00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 161 162 163 163 MB/s

90.5% Outstanding

Write 142

Mixed 81.6

SusWrite 162

99% 135 MB/s

4K Read 1.7

4K Write 4.7

4K Mixed 1.6

336% 2.67 MB/s

ROU-User, 4 days ago.

86GB free

Firmware: 04.06A00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 161 161 163 159 MB/s

90.5% Outstanding

Write 151

Mixed 92.3

SusWrite 161

102% 139 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 4.4

4K Mixed 1.6

322% 2.5 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

136GB free

Firmware: 04.06A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 146 147 146 145 MB/s

83.8% Excellent

Write 140

Mixed 93.2

SusWrite 146

96% 131 MB/s

4K Read 1.8

4K Write 4.2

4K Mixed 1.5

319% 2.5 MB/s

HUN-User, 4 days ago.

391GB free

Firmware: 04.06A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 81 93 96 92 98 MB/s

72.2% Very good

Write 145

Mixed 70.3

SusWrite 92.5

85% 116 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 4

4K Mixed 1.6

318% 2.4 MB/s

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 71%, 14,507 samples	2,087x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 73%, 8,412 samples	1,029x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 78%, 10,182 samples	898x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 54%, 782,613 samples	726x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 8%, 10,672 samples	556x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 8,979 samples	346x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $29Bench 65%, 343,970 samples	236x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 106%, 609,576 samples	194x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 54%, 10,298 samples	187x

RAM
M393B5170FH0-YH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 78%, 397 samples	254x
36KDYS1G72PZ-1G4M 2x8GBMicronBench 44%, 212 samples	175x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 73%, 599 samples	76x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $594

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183
Intel Core i7-11700K $346	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WD5000HHTZ

VelociRaptor 500GB

Average Bench: 91.2% (18^th of 1015)

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VelociRaptor 500GB

Average Bench: 91.2% (18th of 1015)

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