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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: 21.72

Overall Rank:  13715

Last Price Change:  $49.26 USD (2025-03-23)

Average Drive Rating
1070
Samples: 49

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WDC WD5003AZEX

Sequential Read152 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write144 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 HDDs Common Drives
As of 13th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,443
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,291
WDC WD10EZEX
1,258
Seagate ST2000DM001
1,213
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,182
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,146
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,094
WDC WD5003AZEX
1,070
WDC WD10SPZX
939
HGST HTS721010A9E630
818
Last 5 Baselines for WDC WD5003AZEX
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2548055 - Apr 11 2025
1078
BL2522929 - Mar 31 2025
1051
BL2501209 - Mar 22 2025
1016
BL2328578 - Jan 08 2025
591
BL2279944 - Dec 15 2024
1038