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WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB

WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB
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Effective Speed -15%Effective Speed -15%Average Score -19%Read -8%, Write -13%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -26%, Mixed -35%, 4K Mixed -35%, SusWrite 6%Peak Score -1%Read -1%, Write -3%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -8%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -16%, ADQ Read -10%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -47%, Age 25%, AS-SSD Total 1%

Average Bench: 85.7% (393^rd of 1072)

Based on 334 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM

Poor: 56%Average: 85.7% Great: 117%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB averaged just 14.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 177MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.2MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB is 60.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 266MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 314MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 334 samples)

Rank 39385.7%

Min	Avg	Max
297	Read 424	503
214	Write 358	470
168	Mixed 266	371
125	SusWrite 314	416
76.4% 341 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.5	4K Read 28.2	42
29	4K Write 69.5	138
15.7	4K Mixed 33.3	54.2
122% 43.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
107	DQ Read 296	384
62.6	DQ Write 248	334
31	DQ Mixed 177	285
158% 240 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

RUS-User, 4 months ago.

324GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 386 389 386 389 393 MB/s

94.4% Outstanding

Write 461

Mixed 370

SusWrite 392

96% 427 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 50.2

4K Mixed 34.5

113% 37.5 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 287

234% 333 MB/s

SWE-User, 7 months ago.

90GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X611

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 153 168 166 158 155 MB/s

81.9% Excellent

Write 431

Mixed 300

SusWrite 171

76% 338 MB/s

4K Read 32.1

4K Write 76.5

4K Mixed 32.9

131% 47.2 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 286

218% 297 MB/s

ITA-User, 4 months ago.

311GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 387 394 403 396 395 MB/s

80.7% Excellent

Write 292

Mixed 184

SusWrite 393

66% 293 MB/s

4K Read 19.6

4K Write 43.4

4K Mixed 30.6

92% 31.2 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 203

193% 302 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 392 385 382 402 405 MB/s

78.2% Very good

Write 396

Mixed 247

SusWrite 388

81% 360 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 36.7

4K Mixed 26.5

87% 28.5 MB/s

DQ Read 283

DQ Write 214

DQ Mixed 241

182% 246 MB/s

USA-User, 12 months ago.

262GB free

Firmware: X611

SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 198 198 199 198 198 MB/s

78% Very good

Write 365

Mixed 306

SusWrite 198

69% 308 MB/s

4K Read 32.1

4K Write 67.1

4K Mixed 40.8

136% 46.7 MB/s

DQ Read 230

DQ Write 164

DQ Mixed 205

151% 200 MB/s

CAN-User, 12 months ago.

466GB free

Firmware: 4150

SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 213 217 217 214 212 MB/s

63.1% Good

Write 429

Mixed 333

SusWrite 238

74% 328 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 50

4K Mixed 31.2

103% 35 MB/s

DQ Read 61.5

DQ Write 111

DQ Mixed 69.7

58% 80.8 MB/s

ZAF-User, 11 months ago.

402GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 272 369 370 375 378 MB/s

61.4% Good

Write 369

Mixed 235

SusWrite 350

76% 336 MB/s

4K Read 12

4K Write 21.8

4K Mixed 16.3

51% 16.7 MB/s

DQ Read 207

DQ Write 176

DQ Mixed 191

143% 192 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

233GB free

Firmware: X611

SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 292 285 281 281 287 MB/s

58.6% Above average

Write 233

Mixed 276

SusWrite 287

61% 272 MB/s

4K Read 13.3

4K Write 36.7

4K Mixed 24

70% 24.7 MB/s

DQ Read 178

DQ Write 137

DQ Mixed 170

124% 161 MB/s

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Typical WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB Builds (Compare 1,400 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 - $100

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	570x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	210x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	110x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	74x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	66x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GBWDCBench 86%, 334 samples	1x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	106x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	85x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	82x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $360

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB

Average Bench: 85.7% (393^rd of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 - $100

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WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB

Average Bench: 85.7% (393rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 85.7% (393^rd of 1072)