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WDC WD5003AZEX

Price and performance details for the WDC WD5003AZEX 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 WD5003AZEX

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  WDC WD5003AZEX-00K1GA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-00RKKA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-00MK2A0, WDC WD5003AZEX-00K3CA0, WDC WD5003AZEX-00RLFA0

Drive First Benchmarked: 2012-10-09

Drive Rating/$Price: 17.88

Overall Rank:  15758

Last Price Change:  $58.98 USD (2026-02-02)

Average Drive Rating
1054
Samples: 58

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WDC WD5003AZEX

Sequential Read154 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write145 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)9 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD11 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 13th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST2000DM008
2,350
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,372
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
1,313
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,250
WDC WD10EZEX
1,223
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,174
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,139
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,056
WDC WD5003AZEX
1,054
WDC WD10SPZX
897
Last 5 Baselines for WDC WD5003AZEX
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3264090 - Feb 05 2026
817
BL3173234 - Dec 29 2025
1018
BL3173193 - Dec 29 2025
1016
BL3092227 - Nov 29 2025
1059
BL3092148 - Nov 29 2025
1097