Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS Hard Disk

Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue SATA 3Gb/s 7200RPM 16MB WD5000AAKS

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	320 GB $34.99
	640 GB $34.36

Ultra-fast 500 GB SATA 3.5-inch hard drive with cool and quiet operation; ideal for Windows Vista machines
7,200 RPM spin speed; 16 MB cache; 3 Gbs transfer rate
IntelliSeek technology for lower power consumption, noise and vibration; Data Lifeguard for data management and protection
Holds up to 142,000 digital photos; 125,000 MP3 files; 12,000 uncompressed CD-quality songs; 38 hours digital video;

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Specifications Overview

Model	WD5000AAKS
Capacity	500 GB
Cache	16MB
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

Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

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Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS Performance

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

Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EARS (125th)		106%
Western Digital 500GB WD Purple (126th)		104%
Western Digital Black 500GB WD5000BPKX (126th)		104%
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS (126th)		104%
WD Green 2TB WD20EARX (126th)		104%
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB (126th)		104%
WD Blue 250GB WD2500AAKX (126th)		104%
Seagate Barracuda 250GB ST3250318AS (132nd)		102%
Western Digital Red 1TB (133rd)		~
estern Digital 320GB WD3200AAJS (133rd)		~
Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS (133rd)		100%
Samsung 1TB SATA II HD103UJ (136th)		95%
WD Blue 320GB WD3200AAKX (136th)		95%
Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSHD 2TB ST2000LX001 (136th)		95%
Western Digital WD Green 2TB (136th)		95%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST3500320AS (136th)		95%
Seagate 500GB Gaming SSHD ST500LM000 (136th)		95%
Seagate 1TB Firecuda (136th)		95%
Western Digital Blue 750GB (143rd)		93%
Western Digital Blue 1TB (143rd)		93%
WD Blue 1TB WD10SPCX (143rd)		93%

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Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS Price/Performance Analysis

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

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Good value: 2.6% better price-to-performance ratio than average.
4 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Western Digital 500GB Caviar Green offers 70.9% better value priced at $24.