WD RE4 500GB Hard Disk

WD RE4 500GB Enterprise 3.5 Inch 7200 RPM SATA II 64 MB Cache (WD5003ABYX)

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Options (3)

	250 GB $44.99
	1 TB $70.00
	2 TB $95.00

Capacity: 500 GB, Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM, Cache: 64 MB
Interface: SATA 3 Gbps
Power Dissipation(Average): 12VDC (A, max): 2.25, Read/Write: 6.4 W
Idle: 4.5 W, Standby: 0.8 W, Sleep: 0.8 W

Specifications Overview

Model	WD5003ABYX
Capacity	500 GB
Cache	64MB
RPM	7200
Interface	SATA 3 Gb/s
Form Factor	3.5"

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

WD RE4 500GB Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

(Higher is better)

WD RE4 500GB Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Seagate 8TB IronWolf NAS (95th)		108%
Seagate SkyHawk 8TB ST8000VX0022 (98th)		106%
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (98th)		106%
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB (98th)		106%
Seagate 4TB BarraCuda ST4000DM004 (101st)		105%
Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB (101st)		105%
Samsung Spinpoint F4EG 2TB (103rd)		101%
WD RE4 1TB WD1003FBYX (103rd)		101%
SAMSUNG Spinpoint 1TB HD103SJ (105th)		~
Seagate Skyhawk 6TB ST6000VX0023 (105th)		~
WD RE4 500GB (105th)		100%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB ST2000DL003 (108th)		98%
Western Digital WD RE4 250GB (108th)		98%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (110th)		96%
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB WD1002FAEX (111th)		95%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB (111th)		95%
Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB (111th)		95%
WD 300GB VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS (111th)		95%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB ST1000DL002 (111th)		95%
Seagate 12TB IronWolf NAS (116th)		93%
Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB ST31500341AS (117th)		90%

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WD RE4 500GB Price/Performance Analysis

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Excellent value: 13.5% better price-to-performance ratio than average.
4 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB offers 87.3% better value priced at $33.