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WD WD5003AZEX

Black 500GB (2012)

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 76% (99th of 1015)

more Based on 20,548 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD5003AZEX-00K1GA0, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00K1GA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-0, WDC WD5003AZEX-00RKKA0, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00K1G, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00RLF, WD5003AZ EX-00RKKA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-00RLF, WDC WD5003AZEX-00JDH, WDC WD5003AZEX-00JDHA0, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00RKK, WD5003AZEX-00RKKA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-01WERA1, WDC WD5003AZEX-00MK2, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00K3C, WD5003AZEX-00RKKA, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00RKKA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-00K1G, WDC WD5003AZEX-00MK2A0, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00S3DA0, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00MK2, WDC WD5003AZEX-00RKK, WDC WD5003AZEX-00K3CA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-00RLFA0, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00K3CA0, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00MK2A0, WDC WD50 03AZEX-00RLFA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-0053CA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-00S3DA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-00K3C
Poor: 43%Average: 76% Great: 105%

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Good average bench

The WD Black 500GB (2012) averaged 23.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black 500GB (2012) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.02MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.52MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 500GB (2012) is 62.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Black 500GB (2012) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 80.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20,548 samples)
Rank 9976%
Min Avg Max
71.4 Read 140 193
65.9 Write 131 177
48.6 Mixed 80.8 111
50.9 SusWrite 125 179
87.6% 119 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.12 1.5
0.8 4K Write 2.52 3.12
0.5 4K Mixed 1.02 1.2
207% 1.56 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
407GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 161 124 164 168 167 MB/s
89.1% Excellent
Read 158
Write 160
Mixed 102
SusWrite 152
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
236% 1.67 MB/s
23GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 118 119 111 117 108 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 141
Write 138
Mixed 75
SusWrite 116
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
190% 1.5 MB/s
291GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 126 115 111 133 130 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 137
Write 126
Mixed 58.1
SusWrite 117
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.2
251% 1.93 MB/s
311GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 142 140 143 142 MB/s
72.5% Very good
Read 112
Write 105
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 141
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
216% 1.63 MB/s
221GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 98 98 97 97 MB/s
71.3% Very good
Read 151
Write 139
Mixed 79.1
SusWrite 97.3
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.2
247% 1.87 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 84 66 88 76 69 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 136
Write 117
Mixed 61.3
SusWrite 74.2
71% 97.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
236% 1.7 MB/s
246GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 52 93 66 84 111 MB/s
59.2% Above average
Read 130
Write 136
Mixed 77.2
SusWrite 75.3
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
221% 1.73 MB/s
433GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 49 59 55 54 54 MB/s
59.1% Above average
Read 150
Write 141
Mixed 86.3
SusWrite 55.1
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.2
257% 2 MB/s
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 87 79 76 85 87 MB/s
53.4% Above average
Read 105
Write 103
Mixed 71.9
SusWrite 80.3
66% 90.1 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
205% 1.6 MB/s
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Core i5-3470Intel  $99Bench 63%, 223,595 samples950x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,149x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,066x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples832x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples458x
A400 480GBKingston  $34Bench 74%, 237,487 samples436x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples521x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples381x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples301x
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