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WD5000AZRX-00L4H 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 56.6% (232nd of 1014)

Based on 28 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD5000AZRX-00L4H
Poor: 36%Average: 56.6% Great: 77%

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Average average bench

The WD WD5000AZRX-00L4H 500GB averaged 43.4% 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 0.35MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.82MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AZRX-00L4H 500GB is 40.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD5000AZRX-00L4H 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 72.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 94.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28 samples)
Rank 23256.6%
Min Avg Max
64.5 Read 106 153
42.3 Write 94.3 136
48.2 Mixed 89.8 134
40.2 SusWrite 72.1 101
67.3% 90.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.08 4K Read 0.56 1
0.37 4K Write 1.82 2.65
0.1 4K Mixed 0.35 0.9
95.7% 0.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 63 76 127 134 MB/s
70.1% Very good
Read 143
Write 125
Mixed 85
SusWrite 101
84% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.37 MB/s
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 73 80 76 83 88 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 110
Write 106
Mixed 76.3
SusWrite 80.9
69% 93.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
186% 1.43 MB/s
368GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 85 64 88 86 91 MB/s
52.2% Above average
Read 104
Write 87.5
Mixed 67
SusWrite 77.1
62% 84 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.23 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 58 27 40 78 81 MB/s
45.4% Average
Read 100
Write 101
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 58.4
58% 78.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.7 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 73 68 71 72 78 MB/s
39.9% Below average
Read 68
Write 62
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 70.6
50% 67.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
160% 1.3 MB/s
322GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 62 78 61 60 77 MB/s
39.9% Below average
Read 74.3
Write 58.8
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 64.3
49% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
160% 1.17 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,357,453 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 9%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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Motherboard: Asus H81M-E - $311

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples222x
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples176x
Core i5-4440Intel  $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples143x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples208x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples108x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples101x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples95x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples43x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples42x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples38x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples25x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $548

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