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WDBA3V5000ANC-WRSN 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 209% (89th of 1071)

Based on 2,266 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDBA3V5000ANC-WRSN
Poor: 152%Average: 209% Great: 244%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC WDBA3V5000ANC-WRSN 500GB averaged 109.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDBA3V5000ANC-WRSN 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 886MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,119MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDBA3V5000ANC-WRSN 500GB is 91.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC WDBA3V5000ANC-WRSN 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 448MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 48.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,266 samples)
Rank 89209%
Min Avg Max
1,009 Read 1,480 1,595
1,075 Write 1,523 1,712
838 Mixed 1,194 1,335
340 SusWrite 448 515
260% 1,161 MB/s
Min Avg Max
36.5 4K Read 48.6 55.8
84.8 4K Write 168 252
46.8 4K Mixed 70.8 85.3
253% 95.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
688 DQ Read 1,119 1,264
315 DQ Write 881 1,317
394 DQ Mixed 886 1,005
694% 962 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
294GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 700 440 325 311 313 304 MB/s
214% Outstanding
Read 1,538
Write 1,560
Mixed 1,225
SusWrite 399
264% 1,181 MB/s
4K Read 48.3
4K Write 178
4K Mixed 74.3
262% 100 MB/s
DQ Read 1,210
DQ Write 914
DQ Mixed 997
763% 1,040 MB/s
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 343 186 179 172 194 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,512
Write 1,458
Mixed 1,289
SusWrite 261
253% 1,130 MB/s
4K Read 49.1
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 66.9
256% 99.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,188
DQ Write 1,012
DQ Mixed 940
748% 1,046 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: 211070WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 878 432 427 429 429 430 MB/s
193% Outstanding
Read 1,495
Write 1,704
Mixed 1,300
SusWrite 504
281% 1,251 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 64.3
214% 76.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,004
DQ Write 587
DQ Mixed 541
471% 710 MB/s
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 685 453 319 292 281 249 MB/s
191% Outstanding
Read 1,460
Write 1,563
Mixed 1,241
SusWrite 380
260% 1,161 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 57.6
197% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,214
DQ Write 970
DQ Mixed 950
750% 1,045 MB/s
348GB free
Firmware: 211070WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 768 421 422 422 423 421 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,176
Write 1,205
Mixed 1,058
SusWrite 480
220% 980 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 63.6
207% 73.3 MB/s
DQ Read 937
DQ Write 764
DQ Mixed 850
637% 850 MB/s
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Gaming 99%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation 93%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $92Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples7,085x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $210Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,498x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,680x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $378Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,289x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $289Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,168x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $205Bench 71%, 428,800 samples1,006x
SSD
WDBA3V5000ANC-WRSN 500GBWDCBench 209%, 2,266 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,778x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples889x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples683x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $640

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