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WD5000AAKX-221CA1 496GB

WD5000AAKX-221CA1 496GB
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Effective Speed -53%Effective Speed -53%Average Score -41%Read -45%, Write -37%, 4K Read -94%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite -58%Peak Score -5%Read -10%, Write -9%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite -31%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +56% Age 56%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 57.7% (210^th of 1015)

Based on 24 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD5000AAKX-221CA1, WDC WD5000AAKX-60U6AA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-00RKKA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-00CL5A0, WDC WD5000AAKX-00ERMA0

Poor: 42%Average: 57.7% Great: 88%

Popular builds with this HDD

Asus PRIME H610M-K D4 (1)

Average average bench

The WD WD5000AAKX-221CA1 496GB averaged 42.2% 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 0.79MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.77MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AAKX-221CA1 496GB is 46.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD5000AAKX-221CA1 496GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 96MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)

Rank 21057.7%

Min	Avg	Max
74.2	Read 107	182
69.7	Write 105	173
28.2	Mixed 66	114
61	SusWrite 96	150
68.8% 93.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 0.67	1.3
0.24	4K Write 1.77	2.9
0.09	4K Mixed 0.79	1.2
148% 1.08 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

VNM-User, 2 years ago.

415GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 118 121 120 117 MB/s

69.1% Good

Write 119

Mixed 76.8

SusWrite 119

80% 109 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.8

155% 1.17 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 years ago.

356GB free

Firmware: 05.0AG.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 122 122 123 122 MB/s

67.9% Good

Write 109

Mixed 66

SusWrite 122

76% 103 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.9

156% 1.07 MB/s

CHN-User, 2 years ago.

451GB free

Firmware: 05.01D06

SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 121 121 122 122 MB/s

63.5% Good

Write 111

Mixed 66.6

SusWrite 121

73% 99.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.2

4K Mixed 0.7

133% 0.9 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 years ago.

86GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 84 80 77 80 MB/s

54.2% Above average

Write 107

Mixed 63.4

SusWrite 81

66% 89.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.8

153% 1.13 MB/s

MNG-User, 15 months ago.

154GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 104 105 105 104 MB/s

53.9% Above average

Write 96.3

Mixed 64.6

SusWrite 104

64% 87.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.7

138% 1.07 MB/s

VNM-User, 16 months ago.

108GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 95 94 95 94 MB/s

52.7% Above average

Write 96.3

Mixed 65.9

SusWrite 94

64% 86.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0.8

143% 1.03 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 years ago.

82GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 80 81 81 MB/s

50.3% Above average

Write 89

Mixed 62.3

SusWrite 81.7

60% 81.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.7

134% 1 MB/s

MNG-User, 21 months ago.

61GB free

Firmware: 17.01H17

SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 86 85 85 87 MB/s

46.6% Average

Write 78.2

Mixed 53.6

SusWrite 85

54% 73.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.8

150% 1.07 MB/s

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Workstation 95%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H610M-K D4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	1,573x
Core i3-12100FIntel $95Bench 94%, 11,860 samples	825x
Core i5-12400Intel $152Bench 98%, 17,352 samples	337x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	544x
RTX 3050Nvidia $274Bench 75%, 43,922 samples	275x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	260x

SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	202x
Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWDBench 217%, 23,579 samples	135x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	99x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	240x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GVKB 2x8GBGBench 89%, 16,709 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 84%, 12,959 samples	117x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $407

Popular WD5000AAKX-221CA1 496GB compatible motherboards:

Asus PRIME H610M-K D4 (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 57.7% (210^th of 1015)

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