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WD5000LPSX-08A6W 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 15.3% (1066th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD5000LPSX-08A6W
Poor: 12%Average: 15.3% Great: 17%

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Terrible average bench

The WDC WD5000LPSX-08A6W 500GB averaged 84.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 137MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 121MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD5000LPSX-08A6W 500GB is just 5.6%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD5000LPSX-08A6W 500GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 0.57MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 106615.3%
Min Avg Max
98 Read 137 164
49 Write 119 143
46.9 Mixed 72.4 79.5
52.8 SusWrite 121 150
25.2% 112 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.76 0.9
8.1 4K Write 9.62 11.3
0.6 4K Mixed 0.88 1
7.4% 3.75 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 DQ Read 0.57 0.8
10.1 DQ Write 13.3 15.9
0.2 DQ Mixed 0.65 1.1
2.37% 4.83 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 142 140 139 141 MB/s
17.6% Very poor
Read 161
Write 135
Mixed 76.8
SusWrite 140
29% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 10.9
4K Mixed 0.9
8% 4.2 MB/s
DQ Read 0.7
DQ Write 12.5
DQ Mixed 0.5
2% 4.57 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 139 140 139 140 MB/s
16.8% Very poor
Read 146
Write 124
Mixed 79.1
SusWrite 139
28% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 9.3
4K Mixed 0.9
7% 3.67 MB/s
DQ Read 0.5
DQ Write 13.1
DQ Mixed 0.9
2% 4.83 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 134 134 136 MB/s
16.4% Very poor
Read 140
Write 119
Mixed 76.2
SusWrite 134
26% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 10.2
4K Mixed 1
8% 4.03 MB/s
DQ Read 0.5
DQ Write 13.1
DQ Mixed 0.4
2% 4.67 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 136 139 136 137 MB/s
16.1% Very poor
Read 136
Write 127
Mixed 81
SusWrite 137
27% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 9.7
4K Mixed 0.6
7% 3.7 MB/s
DQ Read 0.5
DQ Write 14
DQ Mixed 0.7
2% 5.07 MB/s
408GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 128 125 133 132 135 MB/s
15.2% Very poor
Read 129
Write 136
Mixed 74.8
SusWrite 124
26% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 9.8
4K Mixed 0.9
8% 3.83 MB/s
DQ Read 0.6
DQ Write 13.4
DQ Mixed 0.2
2% 4.73 MB/s
306GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 124 120 126 124 124 MB/s
14.9% Very poor
Read 131
Write 131
Mixed 70.4
SusWrite 123
26% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 8.9
4K Mixed 0.7
7% 3.43 MB/s
DQ Read 0.4
DQ Write 13.6
DQ Mixed 0.8
2% 4.93 MB/s
381GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 118 93 129 124 123 MB/s
13.8% Very poor
Read 128
Write 117
Mixed 74.8
SusWrite 107
24% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 8.6
4K Mixed 0.8
7% 3.37 MB/s
DQ Read 0.8
DQ Write 10.9
DQ Mixed 0.8
2% 4.17 MB/s
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Workstation 12%
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CPU
Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE GraphicsAMDBench 80%, 166 samples7x
GPU
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples7x
SSD
WD5000LPSX-08A6W 500GBWDCBench 15%, 50 samples5x
RAM
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples2x
M471A5244CB0-CWE 1x4GBSamsungBench 34%, 6,590 samples1x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples1x
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