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WDC WD5000AZLX

Price and performance details for the WDC WD5000AZLX 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 WD5000AZLX

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  WDC WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0, WDC WD5000AZLX-00CL5A0, WDC WD5000AZLX-00ZR6A0, WDC WD5000AZLX-75K2TA0, WDC WD5000AZLX-00JKKA0, WDC WD5000AZLX-00JKK SCSI Disk Device, WDC WD5000AZLX-00K2TA0 ATA Device, WDC WD5000AZLX-60K2TA0, WDC WD5000AZLX-00K2TA0, WDC WD5000AZLX-22JKKA0, WDC WD50 00AZLX-00K2TA0 SATA Disk Device, WDC WD5000AZLX-07K2TA0, WDC WD5000AZLX-08K2TA0, WDC WD5000AZLX-21K2TA0, WDC WD5000AZLX-35K2TA0, WDC WD5000AZLX-60K2TA1, WDC WD5000AZLX-75K2TA1, WDC WD5000AZLX-60K2TA2

Drive First Benchmarked: 2013-11-05

Drive Rating/$Price: 33.98

Overall Rank:  15510

Last Price Change:  $30 USD (2026-02-01)

Average Drive Rating
1020
Samples: 550

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WDC WD5000AZLX

Sequential Read156 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write144 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)11 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD11 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST2000DM008
 2,313
Seagate ST1000DM010
 1,379
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
 1,317
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
 1,255
WDC WD10EZEX
 1,218
Seagate ST1000DM003
 1,176
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
 1,144
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
 1,062
WDC WD5000AZLX
 		1,020
WDC WD10SPZX
 902
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Last 5 Baselines for WDC WD5000AZLX
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3259237 - Feb 03 2026
1092
BL3256663 - Feb 01 2026
1091
BL3250229 - Jan 29 2026
959
BL3235285 - Jan 23 2026
1110
BL3231411 - Jan 21 2026
914
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