Western Digital 500GB WD Black Hard Disk

Western Digital 500GB WD Black 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5" - WD5003AZEX

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	2TB Hard Drive $99.97
	4TB Hard Drive $260.00
	6TB Hard Drive $149.99
	8TB Hard Drive $474.45

Next-Generation Desktop Performance Hard Drive Designed To Intensify Your PC Experience
Performance Storage Available In Up To 6TB Capacities
2X DRAM Cache Up To 256 MB For Faster Read Operations
Designed For Creative Professionals, Gamers And System Builders
5-Year Manufacturer's Limited Warranty

Specifications Overview

Model	WD5003AZEX
Capacity	500 GB
Cache	64MB
RPM	7200
Interface	SATA 6 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 WD Black Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

(Higher is better)

Western Digital 500GB WD Black Performance

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

Seagate Barracuda 4TB (60th)		101%
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB ST1000VX005 (60th)		101%
Western Digital Blue 6TB (60th)		101%
Seagate 3TB ST3000VN000 (60th)		101%
Western Digital Caviar Green 5TB (60th)		101%
Seagate 10TB BarraCuda Pro 7200RPM (65th)		~
Seagate 4TB NAS ST4000VN000 (65th)		~
Western Digital Caviar Green 6TB (65th)		~
WD Purple 3TB WD30PURZ (65th)		~
Western Digital Red 4TB (65th)		~
Western Digital 500GB WD Black (65th)		100%
WD Purple 4TB WD40PURZ (71st)		98%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB (71st)		98%
Western Digital SE 2TB (71st)		98%
Seagate 6TB BarraCuda Pro ST6000DM004 (71st)		98%
Western Digital RE 2TB Enterprise (75th)		97%
WD Black 4TB WD4001FAEX (76th)		96%
Western Digital 2TB WD Purple (77th)		93%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB (78th)		92%
Western Digital Blue 3TB WD30EZRZ (78th)		92%
Seagate 8TB Barracuda ST8000DM004 (80th)		90%