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WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0 497GB

WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0 497GB
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Effective Speed -80%Effective Speed -80%Average Score -68%Read -73%, Write -61%, 4K Read -136%, 4K Write -43%, Mixed -42%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -95%Peak Score -52%Read -62%, Write -58%, 4K Read -144%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -64%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -0%Age -0%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 48.9% (320^th of 1015)

Based on 55 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0, WDC WD50 00AAKX-22ERMA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-2, WDC WD5000AAKX-22ERM, WDC WD5000AAKX-221CA1

Poor: 13%Average: 48.9% Great: 67%

Popular builds with this HDD

HP Compaq 6200 Pro MT PC (1)

Below average average bench

The WD WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0 497GB averaged 51.0% 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 0.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.5MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0 497GB is 53.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0 497GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.8MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 77.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 55 samples)

Rank 32048.9%

Min	Avg	Max
13	Read 89.7	123
22.5	Write 89.8	119
17.3	Mixed 57.8	85
16.3	SusWrite 77.9	120
58% 78.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 0.55	0.7
0.36	4K Write 1.5	2.1
0.1	4K Mixed 0.7	1
129% 0.92 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 9 months ago.

446GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 116 115 117 118 118 MB/s

66% Good

Write 111

Mixed 70.5

SusWrite 115

76% 103 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1

176% 1.2 MB/s

GBR-User, 9 months ago.

446GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 116 115 118 117 MB/s

65.6% Good

Write 114

Mixed 68.8

SusWrite 116

75% 103 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.9

161% 1.1 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 months ago.

223GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 102 101 102 102 MB/s

58.6% Above average

Write 101

Mixed 65.1

SusWrite 101

68% 92.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.8

144% 1 MB/s

MNG-User, 3 months ago.

368GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 80 56 77 102 101 MB/s

51.8% Above average

Write 93.4

Mixed 56.9

SusWrite 80.7

61% 82.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.9

158% 1.1 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

77GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 64 68 72 MB/s

42.3% Average

Write 76.4

Mixed 57.2

SusWrite 69.9

52% 70.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.7

135% 0.97 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

29GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 69 68 69 68 68 MB/s

42.1% Average

Write 79.7

Mixed 53.6

SusWrite 67.6

52% 70 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.7

129% 0.9 MB/s

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 3%

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System: HP Compaq 6200 Pro MT PC

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	484x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	203x
Core i7-2600Intel $190Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	141x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	392x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	98x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	58x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	23x
Ultra II 240GBSanDisk $40Bench 82%, 53,931 samples	22x

RAM
M378B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 4,605 samples	19x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	15x
9905471-052.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 27%, 203 samples	12x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $278

Popular WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0 497GB systems:

HP Compaq 6200 Pro MT PC (1)

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WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0 497GB