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WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB

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Effective Speed -48%Effective Speed -48%Average Score -41%Read -38%, Write -44%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -131%Peak Score -66%Read -38%, Write -52%, 4K Read -116%, 4K Write -16%, Mixed -54%, 4K Mixed -85%, SusWrite -101%Value & Sentiment -861%User Rating -37%, Market Share -1,685%Nice To Haves -20%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write 8%, DQ Mixed 5%, ADQ Read -9%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed -10%, Age -147%, AS-SSD Total -6%

Average Bench: 369% (22^nd of 1080)

Based on 15,095 user benchmarks. Model: WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0

Poor: 234%Average: 369% Great: 494%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB averaged 268.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,349MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,255MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB is 261%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 196MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 1,372MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15,095 samples)

Rank 22369%

Min	Avg	Max
1,846	Read 3,046	4,299
1,538	Write 3,255	4,243
1,522	Mixed 2,506	3,047
732	SusWrite 1,372	2,278
571% 2,545 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
48.5	4K Read 74.2	87.3
69.2	4K Write 196	325
52.3	4K Mixed 89.3	118
330% 120 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
815	DQ Read 1,570	2,423
230	DQ Write 1,221	2,053
423	DQ Mixed 1,349	2,213
1,022% 1,380 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

233GB free

Firmware: 613200WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3606 1393 684 675 533 581 MB/s

393% Outstanding

Write 3,880

Mixed 2,720

SusWrite 1,245

614% 2,726 MB/s

4K Read 76.9

4K Write 282

4K Mixed 101

396% 153 MB/s

DQ Read 1,874

DQ Write 1,469

DQ Mixed 1,626

1,229% 1,657 MB/s

DEU-User, 16 hrs ago.

363GB free

Firmware: 611100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2256 1622 766 757 835 823 MB/s

292% Outstanding

Write 2,435

Mixed 2,237

SusWrite 1,177

476% 2,121 MB/s

4K Read 62

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 74.4

254% 86.2 MB/s

DQ Read 898

DQ Write 723

DQ Mixed 799

602% 807 MB/s

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Typical WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB Builds (Compare 20,578 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 199%

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Desktop 111%

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Workstation 203%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 - $139

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $160Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	6,143x
Core i7-12700KIntel $187Bench 114%, 133,111 samples	4,973x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $200Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	1,994x

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RTX 3080Nvidia $501Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,180x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,074x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $520Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	1,748x

SSD
WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GBBench 369%, 15,095 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	823x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $51Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	770x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 89%, 95,273 samples	705x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $800

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $284	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
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