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WD5000AAKB-00H8A0 500GB

WD5000AAKB-00H8A0 500GB
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Effective Speed -181%Effective Speed -181%Average Score -109%Read -168%, Write -160%, 4K Read -103%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -124%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite -198%Peak Score -88%Read -158%, Write -117%, 4K Read -114%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -101%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -122%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -8%Age -8%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 31.4% (689^th of 1015)

Based on 1,191 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD5000AAKB-00H8A0, WDC WD50 00AAKB-0, WDC WD5000AAKB-00YSA0, WDC WD5000AAKB-22UKA0, WDC WD5000AAKB-00UKA0, WDC WD50 00AAKB-22UKA0, WDC WD50 00AAKB-00YSA0, WDC WD50 00AAKB-00H8A0, WDC WD50 00AAKB-00UKA0, WDC WD50 00AAKB-00H8A, WDC WD5000AAKB-00YSA, WDC WD5000AAKB-00UKA, WDC WD5000AAKB-0, WDC WD50 00AAKB-00UKA, WDC WD5000AAKB-00H8A

Poor: 4%Average: 31.4% Great: 46%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD5000AAKB-00H8A0 500GB averaged 68.6% 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 0.88MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.88MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AAKB-00H8A0 500GB is 42.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD5000AAKB-00H8A0 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 36.8MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 50.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,191 samples)

Rank 68931.4%

Min	Avg	Max
3.8	Read 58	77.5
3.8	Write 55.5	86.8
3.8	Mixed 36.8	48.8
3.9	SusWrite 50.8	88.5
37% 50.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.3	4K Read 0.64	0.8
0.8	4K Write 1.88	2.4
0.4	4K Mixed 0.88	1
159% 1.13 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 2 months ago.

466GB free

Firmware: 05.04E05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 90 90 89 88 MB/s

46.7% Average

Write 77.2

Mixed 46.5

SusWrite 89.5

52% 71.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 1

172% 1.13 MB/s

GRC-User, 4 months ago.

426GB free

Firmware: 05.04E05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 73 72 72 MB/s

43.9% Average

Write 73.7

Mixed 49.3

SusWrite 71.5

51% 68.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 1.1

192% 1.33 MB/s

SRB-User, 5 months ago.

42GB free

Firmware: 05.04E05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 52 52 28 43 43 MB/s

29.2% Poor

Write 37

Mixed 28.6

SusWrite 42.9

31% 41.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1

4K Mixed 0.9

152% 0.9 MB/s

HUN-User, 2 months ago.

57GB free

Firmware: 05.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 28 27 27 MB/s

22.5% Poor

Write 25.1

Mixed 22.2

SusWrite 27.2

23% 31.3 MB/s

4K Read 1.6

4K Write 0.4

4K Mixed 0.9

174% 0.97 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

354GB free

Firmware: 05.04E05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 0.2 28 29 30 31 MB/s

22.1% Poor

Write 52.5

Mixed 39.6

SusWrite 20

31% 42.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.9

155% 1.03 MB/s

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 47%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asus M4A785-M

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	9x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	6x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	6x

GPU
Radeon HD 4200ATIBench 1%, 10,090 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	3x

SSD
360GB 360GBSSDBench 57%, 1,295 samples	3x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
Ultra Plus 128GBSanDisk $75Bench 77%, 16,709 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	30x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	14x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	5x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $144

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WD5000AAKB-00H8A0 500GB