500 KB XLSX sample file

An XLSX file of exactly 512,000 bytes. It is a valid Excel workbook (Office Open XML) file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser.

sample-xlsx-500kb.xlsx

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Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
SHA-256: 449b55f1bfc8230a6173660693e615c319a9567dfa4f39c870b6c22dbe0629d9
Direct URL: https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/xlsx/sample-xlsx-500kb.xlsx

What is in this file

One worksheet with a bold, frozen header row and 7,459 rows of fictional orders: text, dates, numbers and a formula in every row. 1,915 bytes of text in the workbook description property bring the file to the exact size.

Sheets	1 (Orders)
Data rows	7,459
Columns	9
Formulas	7,459 (total = quantity × unit price)
Frozen panes	Header row
Macros	None
Container	ZIP (Office Open XML)

First bytes of the file

The first 64 bytes of sample-xlsx-500kb.xlsx as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The XLSX signature is 50 4B 03 04.

00000000  50 4b 03 04 14 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 21 5c 19 27  |PK..........!\.'|
00000010  be 30 2f 01 00 00 96 03 00 00 13 00 00 00 5b 43  |.0/...........[C|
00000020  6f 6e 74 65 6e 74 5f 54 79 70 65 73 5d 2e 78 6d  |ontent_Types].xm|
00000030  6c ad 93 cf 4e 02 31 10 c6 ef 3e 45 d3 2b d9 16  |l...N.1...>E.+..|

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Where 500 KB matters

A 512,000-byte file: larger than most API body limits, smaller than most upload limits. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
Amazon DynamoDB items	400 KB per item	500 KB cannot be stored as a single item.
Express body parsers	100 KB by default	Rejected unless the limit is raised.
nginx request body	1 MB by default (client_max_body_size)	Accepted with room to spare.

All 500 KB sample files

Use this file for

Testing that APIs return 413 for oversized bodies
Verifying formula handling
Load-testing importers with many rows

Testing notes for XLSX

Reading a large workbook with a DOM-style library can use many times the file size in memory. Test with the 5 MB and 10 MB samples and prefer streaming readers.
Importers that read only cached values and importers that recalculate formulas can disagree. The samples include a formula in every row.

XLSX format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-xlsx-500kb.xlsx
Format	XLSX (Excel workbook (Office Open XML))
Extension	.xlsx
MIME type	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Size	512,000 bytes (500 KB)
Kind	Binary
Signature	50 4B 03 04
SHA-256	449b55f1bfc8230a6173660693e615c319a9567dfa4f39c870b6c22dbe0629d9
Created	2026-10-10
Validation	Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated
Preview	Not available for this format; details only
Source	Generated for this site; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Spreadsheets

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 500 KB?: Yes. It is 512,000 bytes, which is 500 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 500 KB XLSX file?: One worksheet with a bold, frozen header row and 7,459 rows of fictional orders: text, dates, numbers and a formula in every row. 1,915 bytes of text in the workbook description property bring the file to the exact size.
How many rows are in the 10 MB XLSX sample?: The exact row count is listed on each download page. Because XLSX is compressed, a 10 MB workbook holds a few hundred thousand rows.

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