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WD5000AACS-00ZUB 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 34.2% (613th of 1015)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB
Poor: 26%Average: 34.2% Great: 39%

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Poor average bench

The WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB 500GB averaged 65.7% 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 0.46MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB 500GB is just 13.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 58.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 58.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 61334.2%
Min Avg Max
27.5 Read 58.7 75.3
36.3 Write 61.2 74
29.1 Mixed 51.3 61.2
36.2 SusWrite 58.9 70.5
42.6% 57.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.03 4K Read 0.44 0.6
0.47 4K Write 2 2.5
0.04 4K Mixed 0.46 0.8
107% 0.97 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
248GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 65 65 65 65 MB/s
39.9% Below average
Read 73.8
Write 37.7
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 64.7
43% 57.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
160% 1.3 MB/s
303GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 68 70 70 69 70 MB/s
39.5% Below average
Read 69.7
Write 66.7
Mixed 52.2
SusWrite 67.4
47% 64 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.2 MB/s
303GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 70 70 70 70 MB/s
39.2% Below average
Read 67
Write 68.9
Mixed 50.5
SusWrite 69.3
47% 63.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.17 MB/s
303GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 64 68 69 69 70 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 68
Write 70.5
Mixed 50.8
SusWrite 67.9
48% 64.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.17 MB/s
154GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 66 66 68 66 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 69.5
Write 70.3
Mixed 51.8
SusWrite 66.3
48% 64.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.23 MB/s
79GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 54 54 54 MB/s
26% Poor
Read 36.2
Write 36.3
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 53.8
29% 38.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
107% 0.97 MB/s
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 39 35 37 37 36 MB/s
18.4% Very poor
Read 27.5
Write 38.3
Mixed 31
SusWrite 36.2
25% 33.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
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Gaming 38%
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Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: Asus B150M-K D3

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples22x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples15x
Core i5-6600Intel  $124Bench 68%, 80,688 samples8x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples11x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples10x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples8x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples6x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples5x
RAM
TIMETEC-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 50%, 893 samples9x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples5x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $205

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