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WDC WD5000AAKS

Price and performance details for the WDC WD5000AAKS 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 WD5000AAKS

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  WDC WD5000AAKS-00V1A0 ATA Device, WDC WD5000AAKS-00UU3A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00TMA0, WDC WD50 00AAKS-22A7B SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD5000AAKS-00YGA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-75YGA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-65A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-00V1A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-60Z1A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-65YGA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-007AA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00D2B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00E4A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00V0A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00V2B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00V6A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00WWPA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-07A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-07V0A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-08A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-08V0A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-22A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-22A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-22TMA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-22V1A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-22YGA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-40YGA1, WDC WD5000AAKS-55V0A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-60A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-60A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-60WWPA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-65A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-65V0A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0, WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-75V0A0, WDC WD50 00AAKS-22V1A SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD50 00AAKS-00UU3 SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD5000AAKS-08WWPA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-60A7B2 ATA Device, WDC WD5000AAKS-60A7B SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD5000AAKS-65V0A SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD5000AAKS-55A7B2, WDC WD5000AAKS-402AA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-40V6A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-00H2B1, WDC WD5000AAKS-00M9A0, WDC WD50 00AAKS-00TMA SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD5000AAKS-00C8A0, WDC WD5000AAKS-22V1A0 ATA Device, WDC WD5000AAKS-41TMA0, WDC WD5000AAKS-07YGA0

Drive First Benchmarked: 2008-12-17

Drive Rating/$Price: 17.56

Overall Rank:  16135

Last Price Change:  $45.5 USD (2024-05-05)

Average Drive Rating
799
Samples: 393

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WDC WD5000AAKS

Sequential Read119 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write110 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)13 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD11 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 12th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST2000DM008
 2,350
Seagate ST1000DM010
 1,373
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
 1,313
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
 1,251
WDC WD10EZEX
 1,223
Seagate ST1000DM003
 1,174
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
 1,139
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
 1,056
WDC WD10SPZX
 897
WDC WD5000AAKS
 		799
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Last 5 Baselines for WDC WD5000AAKS
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3337135 - Mar 09 2026
782
BL3324826 - Mar 03 2026
758
BL3324802 - Mar 03 2026
767
BL3317948 - Feb 28 2026
515
BL3311405 - Feb 25 2026
23863
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