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WD5000AAKS-75A7B2 240GB

WD5000AAKS-75A7B2 240GB
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Effective Speed +15% Effective Speed 15%Average Score +13% Read 12%, Write 15%, 4K Read 5%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed 35%, 4K Mixed 8%Peak Score -4%Read 3%, Write -1%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed 18%, 4K Mixed -18%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -64%DQ Read -16%, DQ Write -28%, DQ Mixed -260%, ADQ Read -7%, ADQ Write -6%, ADQ Mixed -187%, Age 14%, AS-SSD Total -17%

Average Bench: 113% (201^st of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B2

Poor: 110%Average: 113% Great: 118%

Popular builds with this SSD

Asus Z170M-PLUS (3)

Outstanding average bench

The WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B2 240GB averaged 12.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B2 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48.8MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 35.9MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 510MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 465MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 201113%

Min	Avg	Max
502	Read 510	522
447	Write 465	481
472	Mixed 483	498
108% 486 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.4	4K Read 35.9	40.5
83.3	4K Write 90.1	101
48.4	4K Mixed 48.8	49.3
165% 58.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
297	DQ Read 304	316
261	DQ Write 272	279
89.4	DQ Mixed 90.8	91.9
122% 222 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 6 years ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 481

Mixed 498

112% 500 MB/s

4K Read 40.5

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 48.4

177% 63.4 MB/s

DQ Read 297

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 91

122% 221 MB/s

USA-User, 5 years ago.

89GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 478

108% 483 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 83.3

4K Mixed 49.3

155% 54.7 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 279

DQ Mixed 89.4

124% 228 MB/s

USA-User, 6 years ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 447

Mixed 472

106% 474 MB/s

4K Read 35.9

4K Write 85.5

4K Mixed 48.8

162% 56.7 MB/s

DQ Read 300

DQ Write 261

DQ Mixed 91.9

120% 218 MB/s

Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,820,148 SSDs tested

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Typical WD5000AAKS-75A7B2 240GB Builds (Compare 1,233 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	385x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	289x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
WD5000AAKS-75A7B2 240GBWDCBench 113%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	30x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $432

Popular WD5000AAKS-75A7B2 240GB compatible motherboards:

Asus Z170M-PLUS (3)

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WD5000AAKS-75A7B2 240GB

Average Bench: 113% (201^st of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

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WD5000AAKS-75A7B2 240GB

Average Bench: 113% (201st of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

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Average Bench: 113% (201^st of 1072)