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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: Vavoom

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Maximum transfer97.8 MB/s
Minimum transfer43.2 MB/s
Average transfer75 MB/s
Burst rate140.4 MB/s
Access time12.3 ms
HD Tach
HD Tach Disk test result

Average read speed79.6 MB/s
Burst read speed231.6 MB/s
Access time12.2 ms
ATTO Disk Benchmark
ATTO Disk Benchmark Disk test result

Read speed94022 KB/s
Write speed93694 KB/s

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Test date: 2011-03-20 03:22:10
Computer details used for the disk test Western Digital Caviar Blue (SE16) (WD5000AAKS), 500 GB, 16 MB, 7200 rpm:
Processor: Intel Pentium E2220 Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2220 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P35-DS3L
Southbridge: Intel 82801IB (ICH9) rev. 02
Northbridge: Intel P35/G33/G31 rev. A2
RAM: DDR2 2048 MBytes 400.0 MHz (1:2)
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Dodatek Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)