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WDC WD2500KS

Price and performance details for the WDC WD2500KS can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

WDC WD2500KS

Drive Size:  232.9 GB

Other names:  WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0

Drive First Benchmarked: 2009-03-08

Drive Rating/$Price: 4.78

Overall Rank:  17100

Last Price Change:  $78 USD (2018-12-17)

Average Drive Rating
373
Samples: 12

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WDC WD2500KS

Sequential Read55 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write51 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)5 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD11 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 HDDs Common Drives
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,392
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,264
WDC WD10EZEX
1,227
Seagate ST2000DM001
1,196
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,176
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,072
WDC WD10SPZX
911
HGST HTS721010A9E630
809
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
782
WDC WD2500KS
373
Last 5 Baselines for WDC WD2500KS
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2981939 - Oct 16 2025
193
BL2798108 - Jul 29 2025
370
BL2324567 - Jan 06 2025
365
BL1953219 - Nov 23 2023
379
BL1806689 - Apr 29 2023
366