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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)


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Maximum transfer97.4 MB/s
Minimum transfer45.5 MB/s
Average transfer76.4 MB/s
Burst rate146.3 MB/s
Access time12.4 ms
HD Tach
HD Tach Disk test result

Average read speed81 MB/s
Burst read speed233.6 MB/s
Access time12.1 ms
ATTO Disk Benchmark
ATTO Disk Benchmark Disk test result

Read speed92884 KB/s
Write speed94022 KB/s

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Test date: 2009-08-21 17:45:33
Computer details used for the disk test Western Digital Caviar Blue (SE16) (WD5000AAKS), 500 GB, 16 MB, 7200 rpm:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7300 @ 2.66GHz
Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5B
Southbridge: Intel 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) rev. B0
Northbridge: Intel P965/G965 rev. C2
RAM: DDR2 2048 MBytes 333.6 MHz (4:5)
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Dodatek Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)