[ Hardware.Info ] - Western Digital Caviar GP 500 GB SATA2 [WD5000AACS]

General
Brand	Western Digital
Product name	Caviar GP 500 GB SATA2
Product code	WD5000AACS
Tested by HWI
Release date	02/20/2008
Price (min. / avg.)	-

Specifications
Quoted capacity: 500 GB , Rotation speed: 7200 rpm , Size: 3.5 inch , Interface: Serial ATA 300
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General
Brand	Western Digital
Product name	Caviar GP 500 GB SATA2
Product code	WD5000AACS
Tested by	Frank Everaardt
Specifications
Quoted capacity	500 GB
Rotation speed	7200 rpm
Cache	16 MB
Size	3.5 inch
Interface	Serial ATA 300
Power connector	SATA
Measured capacity	465 GB
Native Command Queuing
Benchmarks (Windows XP)
PCMark Vantage - HDD totalscore	3090
PCMark Vantage - Windows Defender	14.51 MB/s
PCMark Vantage - HDD gaming	11.25 MB/s
PCMark Vantage - Windows Photo Gallery	34.607 MB/s
PCMark Vantage - Windows Vista Startup	13.296 MB/s
PCMark Vantage - Windows Movie Maker	25.185 MB/s
PCMark Vantage - Windows Media Center	41.357 MB/s
PCMark Vantage - Windows Media Player	6.375 MB/s
PCMark Vantage - Application Loading	3.68 MB/s
HDTune 3.00 Read - Minimum	35.7 MB/s
HDTune 3.00 Read - Maximum	81.7 MB/s
HDTune 3.00 Read - Average	60.8 MB/s
HDTune 3.00 Read - Access Time	14.7 ms
HDTune 3.00 Read - Burst Read	88.1 MB/s
HDTune 3.00 Read - CPU Usage	8.6 %
HDTune 3.00 Write - Minimum	35.7 MB/s
HDTune 3.00 Write - Maximum	80.7 MB/s
HDTune 3.00 Write - Average	60.4 MB/s
HDTune 3.00 Write - Access Time	14.9 ms
HDTune 3.00 Write - Burst Read	85.5 MB/s
HDTune 3.00 Write - CPU Usage	10 %
Energy consumption (idle)	3.01 W
Energy consumption (active)	6.53 W
Energieverbruik (spec, max)	10 W
Noise (idle)	29.9 dB(A)
Noise (max)	35.5 dB(A)

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User systems with this product
	Boris [HuJuh]	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4850e, GigaByte MA78GM-S2H, Onboard Radeon HD 3200
	Crysis for breakfast... [Freaky1975]	Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650, ASUS Maximus Extreme, MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC
	djinni mce [djinni]	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4050e, Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
	djinni whs [djinni]	Intel Core 2 Duo E4300, ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
	E8500 [FaceCrawl]	Intel Core 2 Duo E8500, ASUS P5K SE, Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2 1 GB
	Get's.The.Job.Done! [Phreaky-]	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R, Club 3D Radeon HD 3850 256 MB
	Homeservercompjoeter [papagrazi]	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ AM2 G2, MSI K9AGM3-F, Onboard
	HTPC [Sjakie81]	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4850e, Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
	JaccoW's Z-machine [JaccoW]	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, ABIT IP35 Pro, Gainward Bliss 8800 GT 512MB GS
	Lian Li [Dirk de Visscher]	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, ASUS P5K Deluxe Wifi-AP Edition, ASUS EAH3650 SILENT/HTDI/256M
	Liberty51 HTPC [Liberty51]	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, ASUS P5E, MSI RX2600XT-Diamond-512
	Media Center Antec Fusion 430 [bjornblomen]	AMD Athlon X2 3800+ 35W, Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H, ATI HD3200
	Media Center PC [jab76]	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4050e, Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H
	Mediacenter [Niels1973]	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750, ASUS P5E-VM HDMI, Onboard Intel X3500
	Mini Sapphire [Max Waterman]	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ AM2 G2, Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H, (Onboard)
	Server [coolplay]	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4050e, Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H, onboard 780G
	Stille Alleskunner [Reinier de Wit]	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4850e, Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5, Gigabyte HD2600XT GV-RX26T256H
	Stilte [Joor]	Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, ASUS P5K PRO, ASUS EN7300GT SILENT/HTD/256M
	VM / Game Bak [Hamersma]	Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 (tray), Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R, Club 3D GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB ZeroTherm

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