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WD5000AZRX-00A8L 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 58.6% (201st of 1015)

Based on 56 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD5000AZRX-00A8L
Poor: 48%Average: 58.6% Great: 71%

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Average average bench

The WD WD5000AZRX-00A8L 500GB averaged 41.4% 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 0.45MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.3MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AZRX-00A8L 500GB is 23.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD5000AZRX-00A8L 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 96.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 99.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 56 samples)
Rank 20158.6%
Min Avg Max
81 Read 104 133
74.6 Write 99.7 125
63.1 Mixed 94.2 113
69.7 SusWrite 96.4 122
73.2% 98.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.11 4K Read 0.78 1.1
0.48 4K Write 2.3 3.06
0.13 4K Mixed 0.45 0.9
124% 1.17 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
436GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 118 118 117 118 MB/s
71% Very good
Read 130
Write 110
Mixed 110
SusWrite 117
87% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.7
161% 1.43 MB/s
436GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 118 117 117 118 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 128
Write 114
Mixed 106
SusWrite 117
86% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.9
187% 1.57 MB/s
374GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 113 113 113 113 MB/s
68.1% Good
Read 124
Write 115
Mixed 94
SusWrite 112
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.9
199% 1.67 MB/s
51GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 89 90 90 89 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 93.5
Write 84
Mixed 78.2
SusWrite 88.7
64% 86.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
191GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 91 91 98 95 MB/s
52.2% Above average
Read 88.3
Write 93.1
Mixed 39.6
SusWrite 93.7
57% 78.7 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
92% 0.57 MB/s
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 68 51 69 91 98 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 87.7
Write 90.8
Mixed 92.4
SusWrite 77.9
65% 87.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
173% 1.37 MB/s
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 75 52 47 84 88 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 96.5
Write 105
Mixed 88.8
SusWrite 68.9
67% 89.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
190% 1.5 MB/s
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Typical WD5000AZRX-00A8L 500GB Builds (Compare 242 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples42x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples41x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples30x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples20x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples20x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples15x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples7x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples7x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples13x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples10x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $283

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