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Western Digital Caviar Blue (SE16) WD5000AAKS

ManufacturerWestern Digital
ModelCaviar Blue (SE16)
Model numberWD5000AAKS
Capacity500 GB
Form factor3.5"
InterfaceSATA II
Rotation speed7200 rpm
Buffer16 MB
Average rating
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3.96/5 (8)


Test author: JackBauer

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Maximum transfer91.3 MB/s
Minimum transfer37.7 MB/s
Average transfer70.2 MB/s
Burst rate92.6 MB/s
Access time12.2 ms
HD Tach
HD Tach Disk test result

Average read speed72 MB/s
Burst read speed118 MB/s
Access time12.4 ms
ATTO Disk Benchmark
ATTO Disk Benchmark Disk test result

Read speed88156 KB/s
Write speed89329 KB/s

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Test date: 2009-03-21 18:17:56
Computer details used for the disk test Western Digital Caviar Blue (SE16) (WD5000AAKS), 500 GB, 16 MB, 7200 rpm:
Processor: AMD Athlon XP AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+
Motherboard: &nbsp KT600-8237
Southbridge: VIA VT8237 rev. 00
Northbridge: VIA KT600 rev. 80
RAM: DDR 2048 MBytes 166.0 MHz (1:1)
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Dodatek Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)