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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

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%
372GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 176 176 176 171 MB/s
99.7% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 173
Mixed 114
SusWrite 175
117% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
237% 1.77 MB/s
430GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 168 168 168 167 MB/s
96.2% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 152
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 168
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
233% 1.7 MB/s
75GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 165 165 165 165 161 MB/s
94.4% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 153
Mixed 115
SusWrite 163
110% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
237% 1.77 MB/s
396GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 152 151 150 152 MB/s
89.8% Excellent
Read 162
Write 147
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 151
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
236% 1.7 MB/s
255GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 105 106 104 109 106 MB/s
79.5% Very good
Read 170
Write 151
Mixed 94.3
SusWrite 106
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.2
232% 1.6 MB/s
164GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 105 107 107 108 MB/s
64.6% Good
Read 118
Write 109
Mixed 59.6
SusWrite 107
72% 98.6 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.8 MB/s
66GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 111 111 114 114 MB/s
56.5% Above average
Read 83.9
Write 81
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 112
63% 85.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
168% 1.37 MB/s
267GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 50 35 48 55 48 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 104
Write 114
Mixed 38.2
SusWrite 45.8
55% 75.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
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Core i7-2600Intel  $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,631x
Core i5-3470Intel  $69Bench 63%, 223,595 samples966x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,160x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,098x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples851x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples460x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples442x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples526x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples384x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples308x
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