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WDC WD5000AADS

Price and performance details for the WDC WD5000AADS 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 WD5000AADS

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  WDC WD5000AADS-00S9B0 ATA Device, WDC WD50 00AADS-00S9B SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD5000AADS-00L4B1, WDC WD5000AADS-00M2B0, WDC WD5000AADS-00S9B0, WDC WD5000AADS-56S9B0, WDC WD5000AADS-67S9B1, WDC WD50 00AADS-00M2B SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD5000AADS-56S9B1, WDC WD5000AADS-98S9B1, WDC WD5000AADS-11M2B1, WDC WD5000AADS-11M2B2, WDC WD5000AADS-57S9B1, ATA WDC WD5000AADS-0 SCSI Disk Device

Drive First Benchmarked: 2010-09-28

Drive Rating/$Price: 56.00

Overall Rank:  16482

Last Price Change:  $21.98 USD (2022-04-24)

Average Drive Rating
1231
Samples: 107

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WDC WD5000AADS

Sequential Read187 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write173 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)32 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD13 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 20th of July 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
1,361
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,346
WDC WD10EZEX
1,235
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,234
WDC WD5000AADS
1,231
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,169
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,123
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,047
WDC WD10SPZX
893
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
806
Last 5 Baselines for WDC WD5000AADS
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3564091 - Jul 03 2026
559
BL3561864 - Jul 02 2026
456
BL3524871 - Jun 14 2026
551
BL3493669 - May 28 2026
569
BL3324543 - Mar 03 2026
580