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WD5000AZLX-07K2T 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 76.7% (94th of 1015)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD5000AZLX-07K2T
Poor: 32%Average: 76.7% Great: 101%

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Good average bench

The WD WD5000AZLX-07K2T 500GB averaged 23.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD WD5000AZLX-07K2T 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.42MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 138MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AZLX-07K2T 500GB is 69.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD WD5000AZLX-07K2T 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 79.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.54MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 9476.7%
Min Avg Max
54 Read 137 172
77.8 Write 138 180
34 Mixed 115 172
56.5 SusWrite 79.7 124
87.4% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.54 0.8
0.6 4K Write 1.73 2.8
0.21 4K Mixed 0.42 0.9
102% 0.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
426GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
95.8% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 170
Mixed 146
120% 160 MB/s
4K Read 0.57
4K Write 2.04
4K Mixed 0.35
101% 0.99 MB/s
362GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 116 134 133 139 131 MB/s
79.4% Very good
Read 152
Write 130
Mixed 66.2
SusWrite 124
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
185% 1.5 MB/s
295GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
76.5% Very good
Read 134
Write 133
Mixed 133
101% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.36
4K Mixed 0.32
80% 0.72 MB/s
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
62% Good
Read 95.2
Write 121
Mixed 115
83% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.63
4K Write 2.16
4K Mixed 0.28
97% 1.02 MB/s
341GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 54 64 55 57 71 MB/s
59.3% Above average
Read 148
Write 106
Mixed 69.7
SusWrite 58.3
70% 95.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
318GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 58 59 56 45 MB/s
31.7% Below average
Read 54
Write 77.8
Mixed 34
SusWrite 56.5
41% 55.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.3
53% 0.37 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,384,687 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Fujitsu ESPRIMO_P556

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel  $77Bench 61%, 171,457 samples154x
Core i3-6100Intel  $66Bench 55%, 110,166 samples127x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples93x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples182x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples35x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples27x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples37x
MZ7TY256HDHP-00000 256GBSamsungBench 89%, 796 samples25x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK256TBN 256GBBench 78%, 6,868 samples25x
RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 16,202 samples50x
M378A1G43EB1-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 3,078 samples35x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 6,175 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $105

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