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WDC WD5001AALS

Price and performance details for the WDC WD5001AALS 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 WD5001AALS

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  WDC WD5001AALS-00E3A0, WDC WD5001AALS-00F41A0, WDC WD5001AALS-00J7B1, WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B2, WDC WD5001AALS-00LWTA0

Drive First Benchmarked: 2010-08-19

Drive Rating/$Price: 22.21

Overall Rank:  16716

Last Price Change:  $29.99 USD (2021-11-18)

Average Drive Rating
666
Samples: 33

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WDC WD5001AALS

Sequential Read97 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write91 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)7 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD11 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 14th of April 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,365
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
1,311
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,246
WDC WD10EZEX
1,219
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,173
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,134
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,055
WDC WD10SPZX
894
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
810
WDC WD5001AALS
666
Last 5 Baselines for WDC WD5001AALS
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2994993 - Oct 22 2025
728
BL2666766 - Jun 01 2025
709
BL2665487 - Jun 01 2025
719
BL2289019 - Dec 20 2024
359
BL2099881 - May 13 2024
670