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WD WDS500G2X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 233% (70th of 1072)

Based on 23,087 user benchmarks.  Models: WDS500G2X0C-00L350, NVMe WDS500G2X0C-00L3
Poor: 160%Average: 233% Great: 284%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018) averaged 132.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 999MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,198MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018) is 124%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 767MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23,087 samples)
Rank 70233%
Min Avg Max
939 Read 1,721 1,945
830 Write 1,811 2,242
776 Mixed 1,488 1,714
474 SusWrite 767 925
325% 1,447 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.8 4K Read 44.1 51
64.5 4K Write 152 248
38 4K Mixed 65 80.8
230% 87 MB/s
Min Avg Max
598 DQ Read 1,198 1,657
299 DQ Write 875 1,429
414 DQ Mixed 999 1,403
757% 1,024 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 50 62 61 61 MB/s
674% Outstanding
Read 7,751
Write 63.6
Mixed 117
SusWrite 49.3
415% 1,995 MB/s
4K Read 894
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 8
1,367% 302 MB/s
314GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1116 859 862 861 858 859 MB/s
236% Outstanding
Read 1,914
Write 2,112
Mixed 1,693
SusWrite 902
372% 1,655 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 63.5
217% 78.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,065
DQ Write 621
DQ Mixed 859
635% 848 MB/s
340GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 838 845 850 845 835 MB/s
228% Outstanding
Read 1,886
Write 2,037
Mixed 1,650
SusWrite 881
363% 1,614 MB/s
4K Read 43.8
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 62.2
210% 75.6 MB/s
DQ Read 938
DQ Write 565
DQ Mixed 783
575% 762 MB/s
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1113 846 849 848 848 851 MB/s
225% Outstanding
Read 1,711
Write 1,588
Mixed 1,465
SusWrite 893
317% 1,414 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 60.9
204% 73.3 MB/s
DQ Read 988
DQ Write 743
DQ Mixed 896
662% 876 MB/s
250GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 706 694 680 683 684 MB/s
197% Outstanding
Read 1,765
Write 1,830
Mixed 1,526
SusWrite 725
328% 1,461 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 81.8
4K Mixed 50.4
164% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 954
DQ Write 456
DQ Mixed 728
534% 713 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 714 616 592 558 523 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1,761
Write 1,372
Mixed 1,371
SusWrite 653
288% 1,289 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 31.9
4K Mixed 30.1
106% 31.7 MB/s
DQ Read 403
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 191
159% 238 MB/s
303GB free
Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 644 603 559 563 586 563 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 1,043
Write 1,082
Mixed 946
SusWrite 586
206% 914 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 77.7
4K Mixed 40.3
128% 47 MB/s
DQ Read 432
DQ Write 98.6
DQ Mixed 173
151% 235 MB/s
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Desktop 84%
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Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X470-PRO - $139

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples1,947x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples435x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples403x
GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples285x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples283x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples247x
SSD
Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)WD  $37Bench 233%, 23,087 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples278x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples222x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $629

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