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WD5000AURX-63UY4Y0 500GB

WD5000AURX-63UY4Y0 500GB
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Effective Speed -57%Effective Speed -57%Average Score -41%Read -54%, Write -47%, 4K Read -86%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed -39%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite -62%Peak Score -30%Read -36%, Write -32%, 4K Read -90%, 4K Write 12%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -37%Value & Sentiment -4,130%User Rating -19%, Market Share -8,242%Nice To Haves +26% Age 26%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 56.1% (237^th of 1015)

Based on 1,080 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD5000AURX-63UY4Y0, WDC WD5000AURX-63UY4, WD5000AURX-63Y4Y0, WD5000AURX-63UY4Y0, WDC WD50 00AURX-63UY4, WDC WD5000AURX-6, WDC WD50 00AURX-63UY4Y0

Poor: 33%Average: 56.1% Great: 81%

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Average average bench

The WD WD5000AURX-63UY4Y0 500GB averaged 43.9% 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 0.84MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.25MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AURX-63UY4Y0 500GB is 47.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD5000AURX-63UY4Y0 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 59MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 93.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,080 samples)

Rank 23756.1%

Min	Avg	Max
60.9	Read 101	147
53.5	Write 98.1	142
27.6	Mixed 59	79.2
46.9	SusWrite 93.7	143
64.7% 88.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.2	4K Read 0.7	0.9
0.5	4K Write 2.25	2.8
0.4	4K Mixed 0.84	1
164% 1.26 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IRN-User, 10 days ago.

190GB free

Firmware: 1A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 130 131 128 129 MB/s

75.7% Very good

Write 121

Mixed 71.2

SusWrite 130

83% 114 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1

196% 1.53 MB/s

IND-User, 2 days ago.

406GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 158 160 159 160 MB/s

72.9% Very good

Write 81.6

Mixed 60.8

SusWrite 159

73% 99.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 0.7

147% 1.23 MB/s

CZE-User, 19 days ago.

463GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 115 115 117 116 MB/s

65% Good

Write 107

Mixed 69.4

SusWrite 116

74% 100 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 0.9

179% 1.43 MB/s

BRA-User, 7 days ago.

203GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 95 96 96 MB/s

62.8% Good

Write 121

Mixed 75.4

SusWrite 95.3

76% 104 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 0.8

170% 1.43 MB/s

BRA-User, 23 days ago.

187GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 102 103 103 103 MB/s

57.9% Above average

Write 104

Mixed 58.6

SusWrite 102

67% 91.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 1

190% 1.47 MB/s

PHL-User, 21 days ago.

292GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 100 100 102 MB/s

57.5% Above average

Write 108

Mixed 63.5

SusWrite 101

68% 92.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 0.9

182% 1.43 MB/s

SRB-User, 6 days ago.

171GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 103 103 103 104 MB/s

52.5% Above average

Write 84.9

Mixed 55.1

SusWrite 101

59% 80.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 0.8

160% 1.3 MB/s

EGY-User, 5 days ago.

62GB free

Firmware: 1R.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 103 102 103 102 MB/s

51.5% Above average

Write 78.8

Mixed 72.8

SusWrite 102

61% 82.6 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.9

185% 1.37 MB/s

IDN-User, 24 days ago.

16GB free

Firmware: 01.01A01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 90 75 84 72 68 MB/s

43.8% Average

Write 73.9

Mixed 27.9

SusWrite 77.6

46% 63.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 0.4

4K Mixed 0.3

57% 0.37 MB/s

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Desktop 72%

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,018x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	956x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	906x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	486x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	458x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	331x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	171x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	150x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,365x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	488x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	354x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $87

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