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WD WD5000BEVT

Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 31.5% (684th of 1015)

more Based on 31,419 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD5000BEVT-22A0RT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-75ZAT, WDC WD50 00BEVT-60A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-11ZAT, WDC WD50 00BEVT-26A0RT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-00ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-60A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-11A03, WDC WD50 00BEVT-00A03, WDC WD5000BEVT-00A05T0, WDC WD5000BEVT-60A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-16A0R, WDC WD50 00BEVT-75A0RT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-00ZAT, WDC WD5000BEVT-35ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-75A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-00A03, WDC WD5000BEVT-00SCS, WDC WD5000BEVT-00A05, WDC WD5000BEVT-80A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-22A0R, WDC WD50 00BEVT-11ZAT, WDC WD50 00BEVT-75A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-00ZAT, WDC WD5000BEVT-26A0RT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-11A03T0, WDC WD5000BEVT-75A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-11A03T0, WD5000BEVT-00A0RT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-60A0R, WDC WD50 00BEVT-26A0R, WDC WD50 00BEVT-00SCST0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-80A0RT1, WDC WD5000BEVT-75V0TT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-00SCST0, WDC WD5000BEVT-16A0RT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-80A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT, WDC WD50 00BEVT-55A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-24A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-80HXZT1, WDC WD50 00BEVT-00A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-00RT0A0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-80A0R, WDC WD50 00BEVT-16A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-16ZAT, WDC WD5000BEVT-00A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-75ZAT, WDC WD5000BEVT-55A0R, WDC WD50 00BEVT-35A0RT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-35A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-11ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-35A0RT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-00A03T0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-24A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-35A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-00A03T0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-75ZAT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-22A0RT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-22ZAT, WDC WD5000BEVT-35ZAT, WDC WD5000BEVT-80A0RT1, WD5000BEVT-00A23T0, WDC WD5000BEVT-26A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-80A0RT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-60ZAT1, WDC WD50 00BEVT-11ZAT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-60ZAT, WDC WD50 00BEVT-60ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-16ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-00A0R, WDC WD50 00BEVT-16A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-1102ZT1, WDC WD50 00BEVT-22A0R, WDC WD5000BEVT-75ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-08A0R, WDC WD50 00BEVT-55A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-55A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-24A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-00A23T0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-22ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-26ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-60ZAT0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-6, WDC WD5000BEVT-00ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-60ZAT, WDC WD5000BEVT-08A0RT1, WDC WD5000BEVT-08HXZT1, WDC WD5000BEVT-60ZAT1, WDC WD5000BEVT-11A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-1, WDC WD5000BEVT-0, WDC WD50 00BEVT-00A0R, WDC WD50 00BEVT-08A0RT1, WDC WD50 00BEVT-24A0RT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-7, WDC WD5000BEVT-6, WDC WD5000BEVT-5, WDC WD5000BEVT-3, WDC WD50 00BEVT-16ZAT0, WDC WD5000BEVT-2
Poor: 15%Average: 31.5% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009) averaged 68.4% 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 0.58MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.35MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009) is 27.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 37.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 52.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 31,419 samples)
Rank 68431.5%
Min Avg Max
24.1 Read 57.2 75.9
14.7 Write 54.8 75.2
16.4 Mixed 37.1 49
18.7 SusWrite 52.4 76.5
37.1% 50.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.42 0.5
0.46 4K Write 1.35 1.9
0.2 4K Mixed 0.58 0.7
107% 0.79 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
432GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 61 61 65 66 MB/s
40.1% Average
Read 76.1
Write 75.6
Mixed 45.9
SusWrite 63.4
48% 65.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
322GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 64 65 64 63 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 72.2
Write 74.5
Mixed 44.3
SusWrite 63.8
47% 63.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
132% 0.87 MB/s
347GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 67 66 66 65 MB/s
38.5% Below average
Read 68.4
Write 70.2
Mixed 45.8
SusWrite 65.4
46% 62.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
112% 0.97 MB/s
317GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 59 58 63 64 63 MB/s
37.4% Below average
Read 68.8
Write 55.2
Mixed 45
SusWrite 61.6
42% 57.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 MB/s
36GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 55 55 52 55 MB/s
32% Below average
Read 56.7
Write 54.2
Mixed 38
SusWrite 54.6
38% 50.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.8 MB/s
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 38 41 41 41 MB/s
27.2% Poor
Read 57.3
Write 42.5
Mixed 24.3
SusWrite 37.3
30% 40.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
84% 0.6 MB/s
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System: Dell Inspiron N5010

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Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples114x
Radeon HD 6500MAMDBench 3%, 12,937 samples76x
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A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples37x
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SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples9x
RAM
HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 2x2GBAD80Bench 22%, 601 samples34x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 2x2GBCE80Bench 22%, 419 samples26x
NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG 2x2GBNanyaBench 31%, 6,518 samples25x
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