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WDC WD5000AAKX

Price and performance details for the WDC WD5000AAKX 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 WD5000AAKX

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-00ERMA0 ATA Device, WDC WD5000AAKX-003CA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-603CA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-00ERMA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-083CA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-083CA1, WDC WD5000AAKX-221CA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-221CA1, WDC WD5000AAKX-753CA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-753CA1, WDC WD50 00AAKX-001CA SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0, ATA WDC WD5000AAKX-6 SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD5000AAKX-08ERMA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-00U6AA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-75U6AA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-004EA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-60U6AA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-329BA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-07U6AA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-08U6AA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-19U6AA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-00KJ3A0, WDC WD5000AAKX-07U6AA1, WDC WD5000AAKX-08ANVA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-35U6AA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-193CA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-073CA0, WDC WD5000AAKX-08ERMA0 ATA Device, WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0 ATA Device, WDC WD5000AAKX-00PWEA0

Drive First Benchmarked: 2011-06-23

Drive Rating/$Price: 20.02

Overall Rank:  16715

Last Price Change:  $36.68 USD (2026-03-31)

Average Drive Rating
734
Samples: 2415

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WDC WD5000AAKX

Sequential Read111 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write103 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)7 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD11 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 16th of May 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST1000DM010
 1,357
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
 1,306
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
 1,242
WDC WD10EZEX
 1,219
Seagate ST1000DM003
 1,171
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
 1,131
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
 1,051
WDC WD10SPZX
 896
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
 808
WDC WD5000AAKX
 		734
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Last 5 Baselines for WDC WD5000AAKX
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3466895 - May 13 2026
750
BL3463573 - May 12 2026
765
BL3460604 - May 10 2026
718
BL3458993 - May 09 2026
762
BL3458006 - May 08 2026
356
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