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WD WD5000LPCX

Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013)

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 44% (430th of 1015)

more Based on 72,354 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD5000LPCX-24C6HT0, WD5000LPCX-08U6AA0, WDC WD5000LPCX-22VH, WDC WD50 00LPCX-80VHAT1, WDC WD5000LPCX-24VHAT0, WDC WD50 00LPCX-80VHAT0, WDC WD5000LPCX-80VHAT1, WDC WD5000LPCX-80VHAT0, WDC WD5000LPCX-55HXZT3, WDC WD5000LPCX-16VHAT0, WDC WD5000LPCX-16VHAT1, WDC WD5000LPCX-16VHAT2, WD5000LPCX-00VHAT0, WDC WD5000LPCX-00VHA, WDC WD50 00LPCX-22VHA, WDC WD50 00LPCX-60VHA, WDC WD5000LPCX-80VHA, WDC WD5000LPCX-08VHA, WD5000LPCX-24VH, WD5000LPCX-22VHAT0, WDC WD5000LPCX-60VHA, WDC WD5000LPCX-16VHA, WDC WD5000LPCX-00VHAT12, WDC WD50 00LPCX-24VHA, WDC WD50 00LPCX-24C6H, WDC WD5000LPCX-75VHA, WDC WD5000LPCX-21VHATO, WDC WD5000LPCX-22VHA, WDC WD5000LPCX-0, WDC WD5000LPCX-60VHAT0, WDC WD5000LPCX-1, WDC WD5000LPCX-35VHAT0, WDC WD50 00LPCX-08VHA, WDC WD50 00LPCX-60VHAT0, WDC WD50 00LPCX-24C6HT, WDC WD50 00LPCX-00VHA, WDC WD5000LPCX-21VHAT0, WDC WD50 00LPCX-75VHA, WDC WD5000LPCX-00VHATO, WDC WD50 00LPCX-60VHAT1, WDC WD5000LPCX-22VHAT1, WDC WD5000LPCX-22VHAT0, WDC WD5000LPCX-75VHAT0, WDC WD5000LPCX-75VHAT1, WDC WD50 00LPCX-22VHAT1, WDC WD5000LPCX-21VHA, WDC WD50 00LPCX-22VHAT0, WDC WD50 00LPCX-75VHAT0, WDC WD50 00LPCX-00VHAT0, WDC WD50 00LPCX-75VHAT1, WDC WD5000LPCX-2, WDC WD5000LPCX-60VHAT1, WDC WD5000LPCX-3, WDC WD5000LPCX-8, WDC WD5000LPCX-6, WDC WD5000LPCX-7, WDC WD50 00LPCX-24C6HT0, WD5000LPCX-22VHAT1, WDC WD50 00LPCX-80VHA, WDC WD5000LPCX-35VHA, WDC WD5000LPCX-24C6H, WD5000LPCX-08VHAT1, WDC WD5000LPCX-00VHAT0, WDC WD5000LPCX-24VHA, WDC WD50 00LPCX-21VHA, WD5000LPCX-24VHAT0, WDC WD50 00LPCX-21VHAT0, WDC WD50 00LPCX-35VHAT0, WDC WD50 00LPCX-24VHAT0
Poor: 22%Average: 44% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) averaged 56.0% 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 0.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.64MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) is 40.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 47.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 71.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 72,354 samples)
Rank 43044%
Min Avg Max
35.7 Read 81.3 112
19.8 Write 76.6 110
20.5 Mixed 47.2 61.7
29 SusWrite 71.8 112
50.9% 69.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.44 0.6
0.5 4K Write 1.64 2.3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.62 0.8
118% 0.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 117 116 116 116 MB/s
67.8% Good
Read 120
Write 111
Mixed 61.4
SusWrite 116
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.23 MB/s
463GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 111 110 112 111 MB/s
61.5% Good
Read 104
Write 112
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 111
70% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
443GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 102 86 100 100 104 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 106
Write 108
Mixed 37.7
SusWrite 94.7
63% 86.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.93 MB/s
335GB free
Firmware: 03.01A03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 98 98 98 99 MB/s
56.4% Above average
Read 98.9
Write 90.6
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 97.5
63% 85.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.97 MB/s
374GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 97 97 100 102 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 98.1
Write 92.8
Mixed 56.7
SusWrite 97.9
63% 86.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
105GB free
Firmware: 04.01A04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 86 85 86 85 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 99.6
Write 92.8
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 85.9
61% 82.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 1 MB/s
39GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 76 79 77 84 84 MB/s
51.8% Above average
Read 98.8
Write 107
Mixed 47.8
SusWrite 81.4
61% 83.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
186GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 84 82 83 MB/s
46.3% Average
Read 78.2
Write 63.3
Mixed 47.7
SusWrite 82.9
50% 68 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 1.13 MB/s
376GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 69 83 36 68 80 MB/s
41% Average
Read 80.9
Write 78.6
Mixed 48.7
SusWrite 61.9
50% 67.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming 3%
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Desktop 43%
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Workstation 2%
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System: HP Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples1,141x
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 38%, 50,603 samples1,029x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples983x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples2,490x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples1,734x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples1,180x
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A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples248x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples152x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples150x
RAM
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 50,921 samples399x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples377x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples340x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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ARG-User
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Terrible

4 years ago.

It's so insanely slow... this is the default drive in my hp pavillion laptop that I bought in December 2018, so it was using a 5 year old HDD for its boot partition. The computer takes multiple minutes to start up and even once you're at the desktop you have to wait a few more minutes before you can do anything

HM100_techno
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Average

3 years ago.

Using this drive since 4th February 2020 as system drive. It goes slow especially on booting but since the May 2020 Update, I noticed things go a bit faster at least on the desktop after some seconds, even at 100% disk usage

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