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WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0 500GB

WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0 500GB
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Effective Speed -529%Effective Speed -529%Average Score -689%Read -869%, Write -1,173%, 4K Read -192%, 4K Write -184%, Mixed -1,050%, 4K Mixed -194%, SusWrite -1,161%Peak Score -843%Read -1,081%, Write -1,235%, 4K Read -386%, 4K Write -235%, Mixed -1,159%, 4K Mixed -318%, SusWrite -1,489%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -485%DQ Read -499%, DQ Write -496%, DQ Mixed -720%, ADQ Read -418%, ADQ Write -399%, ADQ Mixed -624%, Age -193%, AS-SSD Total -534%

Average Bench: 86.6% (385^th of 1080)

Based on 1,037 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0

Poor: 61%Average: 86.6% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The WDC WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0 500GB averaged just 13.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 205MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0 500GB is 44.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 250MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 281MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,037 samples)

Rank 38586.6%

Min	Avg	Max
310	Read 433	502
246	Write 366	482
185	Mixed 281	371
148	SusWrite 250	288
74.4% 332 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.8	4K Read 30.4	39.5
30.8	4K Write 73.1	113
20.5	4K Mixed 37.6	52.3
133% 47.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
108	DQ Read 330	387
92.3	DQ Write 252	319
64.1	DQ Mixed 205	256
177% 262 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CHE-User, 17 days ago.

776GB free

Firmware: 411000WR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 252 253 254 253 256 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 402

Mixed 286

SusWrite 265

81% 363 MB/s

4K Read 38.7

4K Write 97.5

4K Mixed 49.6

174% 61.9 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 168

174% 286 MB/s

DNK-User, 1 month ago.

465GB free

Firmware: 411000WR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 312 257 255 252 252 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 344

SusWrite 294

91% 404 MB/s

4K Read 34

4K Write 81.8

4K Mixed 44.7

152% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 319

DQ Mixed 253

216% 319 MB/s

CZE-User, 1 month ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 411000WR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 254 255 255 257 258 MB/s

90.4% Outstanding

Write 314

Mixed 218

SusWrite 256

67% 300 MB/s

4K Read 31.7

4K Write 80.5

4K Mixed 42.4

145% 51.5 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 192

171% 263 MB/s

BEL-User, 12 days ago.

207GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 411000WR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 211 235 261 251 198 MB/s

87.1% Excellent

Write 279

Mixed 173

SusWrite 233

64% 287 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 65.3

4K Mixed 37.5

128% 44.2 MB/s

DQ Read 391

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 225

196% 295 MB/s

CZE-User, 11 days ago.

128GB free

Firmware: 411000WR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 157 171 169 155 172 MB/s

85.5% Excellent

Write 283

Mixed 271

SusWrite 170

62% 276 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 77.2

4K Mixed 41.8

147% 51.2 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 216

191% 289 MB/s

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 17%

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System: HP Z620 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 01stBench 55%, 2,873 samples	158x
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	156x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	135x

GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	178x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	116x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	98x

SSD
WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0 500GBWDCBench 87%, 1,037 samples	1x

RAM
9965525-138.A00LF 12x8GBKingstonBench 111%, 25 samples	24x
18JDF1G72PZ-1G6E1 8x8GBMicronBench 98%, 24 samples	21x
M393B1K70DH0-CK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 83%, 405 samples	18x

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WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0 500GB