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WD5000AAA 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 46.6% (361st of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: WD5000AAA
Poor: 33%Average: 46.6% Great: 64%

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Below average average bench

The WD5000AAA 500GB averaged 53.3% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.75MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 77.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 36146.6%
Min Avg Max
53.8 Read 77.2 110
62.3 Write 79.5 108
48 Mixed 60.1 72.1
61.9 SusWrite 85 114
55.7% 75.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.75 1.2
0.8 4K Write 1.45 2.2
0.5 4K Mixed 0.65 0.8
130% 0.95 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
140GB free
Firmware: 05.0AG.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 113 113 113 114 MB/s
64.4% Good
Read 110
Write 108
Mixed 72.1
SusWrite 114
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.13 MB/s
245GB free
Firmware: 65.00E.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 94 94 95 93 MB/s
49.8% Average
Read 79
Write 79.2
Mixed 69.3
SusWrite 93.9
60% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
180% 1.4 MB/s
107GB free
Firmware: 78.06E.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 70 71 71 71 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 65.8
Write 68.3
Mixed 48
SusWrite 70.4
46% 63.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
93% 0.63 MB/s
429GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 78.06E.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 64 64 64 61 64 MB/s
33.2% Below average
Read 53.8
Write 62.3
Mixed 51
SusWrite 61.9
42% 57.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
95% 0.63 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,906,923 HDDs tested

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Typical WD5000AAA 500GB Builds (Compare 2,722 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H410M S2H

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $94Bench 85%, 153,026 samples927x
Core i3-10100Intel  $84Bench 80%, 24,563 samples464x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $68Bench 80%, 39,812 samples438x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $234Bench 71%, 428,800 samples230x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $152Bench 43%, 259,091 samples224x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples206x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples101x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples91x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples53x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $69Bench 82%, 134,977 samples79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples73x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples68x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $422

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