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WD WD5000LPCX

Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013)

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 44% (429th 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

Average Bench

(Based on 72,354 samples)
Rank 42944%
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%
246GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 97 97 96 96 MB/s
55.1% Above average
Read 95.7
Write 99
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 96.2
63% 86.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1.13 MB/s
179GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 78 78 78 78 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 88.1
Write 87.6
Mixed 52.7
SusWrite 77.8
56% 76.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1.13 MB/s
127GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 60 60 61 61 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 106
Write 26
Mixed 39.3
SusWrite 59.9
42% 57.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1 MB/s
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03.01A03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 57 56 57 74 59 MB/s
47.4% Average
Read 106
Write 106
Mixed 57.8
SusWrite 58.6
60% 82.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.97 MB/s
38GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 80 80 79 80 MB/s
42.4% Average
Read 67.6
Write 63.3
Mixed 38.6
SusWrite 79.7
46% 62.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 48 47 39 49 51 MB/s
39.2% Below average
Read 92.2
Write 77.4
Mixed 16.6
SusWrite 44.2
42% 57.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.9 MB/s
339GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 45 34 61 62 61 MB/s
36.8% Below average
Read 78.3
Write 81.9
Mixed 46.9
SusWrite 49.8
47% 64.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.83 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

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Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples1,179x
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 38%, 50,603 samples1,057x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples1,018x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples2,577x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples1,804x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples1,213x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples254x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $23Bench 56%, 142,801 samples157x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples156x
RAM
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 50,921 samples415x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples393x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples356x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 23% - Poor Total price: $25

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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

4 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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