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WD WD5000HHTZ

VelociRaptor 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 90.1% (25th of 1015)

more Based on 4,814 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: 67%Average: 90.1% Great: 112%

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Excellent average bench

The WD VelociRaptor 500GB averaged just 9.8% 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 1.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.13MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD VelociRaptor 500GB is 45.4%. 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 101MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 146MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,814 samples)
Rank 2590.1%
Min Avg Max
124 Read 168 209
114 Write 155 187
57.5 Mixed 101 133
80.4 SusWrite 146 185
105% 142 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.99 4K Read 1.63 1.9
0.8 4K Write 4.13 4.9
0.8 4K Mixed 1.55 1.8
316% 2.44 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
461GB free
Firmware: 04.06A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 180 181 182 181 181 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 209
Write 189
Mixed 119
SusWrite 181
128% 174 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 1.6
326% 2.5 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 04.06A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 189 190 191 191 192 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 197
Write 184
Mixed 91
SusWrite 183
120% 164 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.6
308% 2.17 MB/s
147GB free
Firmware: 04.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 161 161 162 162 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 180
Mixed 103
SusWrite 161
116% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.7
361% 2.87 MB/s
258GB free
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 139 138 139 139 139 MB/s
87.7% Excellent
Read 168
Write 162
Mixed 110
SusWrite 137
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 1.7
338% 2.63 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 23,065,927 HDDs tested.

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Typical VelociRaptor 500GB Builds (Compare 1,954 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 62%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

System: HP Z220 CMT Workstation

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $190Bench 64%, 152,961 samples894x
Xeon E3-1225 V2Intel  $165Bench 61%, 1,295 samples256x
Xeon E3-1245 V2Intel  $245Bench 63%, 879 samples183x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 460,733 samples138x
Quadro 600NvidiaBench 3%, 7,896 samples136x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples132x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 103%, 520,826 samples63x
C400 RealSSD 128GBMicronBench 55%, 5,701 samples39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 114%, 429,703 samples33x
RAM
M378B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 56%, 2,690 samples60x
16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 2x4GBMicronBench 54%, 2,208 samples58x
M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,327 samples56x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $405

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