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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
  • current
3.96/5 (8)


Test author: lerloare

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HD Tune
HD Tune Disk test result

Maximum transfer115 MB/s
Minimum transfer58.5 MB/s
Average transfer97.1 MB/s
Burst rate95.5 MB/s
Access time15.4 ms
HD Tach
HD Tach Disk test result

Average read speed101.1 MB/s
Burst read speed190.3 MB/s
Access time14.9 ms
Original author comment
Burst speed: 1.3 MB/s (lewa strona obok czerwonego s³upka) ma byæ 190,3
ATTO Disk Benchmark
ATTO Disk Benchmark Disk test result

Read speed111848 KB/s
Write speed117993 KB/s

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Test date: 2012-03-13 23:01:16
Computer details used for the disk test Western Digital Caviar Blue (SE16) (WD5000AAKS), 500 GB, 16 MB, 7200 rpm:
Processor: AMD K10 AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 435 Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-790XTA-UD4
Southbridge: ATI ID439D rev. 00
Northbridge: ATI RD780 rev. 00
RAM: DDR3 4096 MBytes 669.7 MHz (3:10)
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista (6.2) (Build 8250)