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WD5002AAEX-00Z3A0 500GB

WD5002AAEX-00Z3A0 500GB
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Effective Speed -57%Effective Speed -57%Average Score -36%Read -48%, Write -54%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -78%Peak Score -22%Read -41%, Write -48%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed 19%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -59%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -5%Age -5%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 56.1% (237^th of 1014)

Based on 66 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WD5002AAEX-00Z3A0, WDC WD50 02AAEX-00Z3A0, WDC WD5002AAEX-0, WDC WD50 02AAEX-00Y9A0, WDC WD5002AAEX-00Y9A0, WDC WD5002AAEX-00Z3A

Poor: 34%Average: 56.1% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The WD WD5002AAEX-00Z3A0 500GB averaged 43.8% 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 0.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.98MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5002AAEX-00Z3A0 500GB is 42.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD WD5002AAEX-00Z3A0 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 85MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 77.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 66 samples)

Rank 23756.1%

Min	Avg	Max
66.6	Read 105	142
53	Write 93.6	127
16.8	Mixed 77.4	117
29.2	SusWrite 85	124
66.8% 90.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.54	4K Read 0.98	1.37
0.77	4K Write 1.93	2.63
0.31	4K Mixed 0.7	1
154% 1.2 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 4 months ago.

456GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 131 130 131 130 131 MB/s

80.2% Excellent

Write 123

Mixed 112

SusWrite 129

95% 129 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 0.8

179% 1.47 MB/s

CAN-User, 4 months ago.

458GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 130 130 130 130 MB/s

78.5% Very good

Write 119

Mixed 91.4

SusWrite 130

89% 121 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 0.8

176% 1.37 MB/s

SVN-User, 9 months ago.

466GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 118 118 118 121 120 MB/s

71.4% Very good

Write 115

Mixed 99.6

SusWrite 118

86% 116 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.9

163% 1.1 MB/s

CZE-User, 11 months ago.

327GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 116 116 119 120 MB/s

66.2% Good

Write 99.4

Mixed 83

SusWrite 116

76% 103 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.9

185% 1.37 MB/s

CZE-User, 6 months ago.

239GB free

Firmware: 05.01D05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 100 95 108 109 MB/s

63.4% Good

Write 115

Mixed 96.7

SusWrite 105

80% 108 MB/s

4K Read 1.2

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.8

167% 1.17 MB/s

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Typical WD5002AAEX-00Z3A0 500GB Builds (Compare 288 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	48x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	26x
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	24x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	31x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	10x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	8x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 4,775 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	8x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

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