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WDS500G1R0A 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 77.3% (538th of 1080)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS500G1R0A
Poor: 50%Average: 77.3% Great: 88%

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Good average bench

The WDC WDS500G1R0A 500GB averaged 22.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDS500G1R0A 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 192MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS500G1R0A 500GB is 37.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDS500G1R0A 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 218MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 255MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 53877.3%
Min Avg Max
360 Read 426 471
128 Write 327 414
144 Mixed 255 367
68.4 SusWrite 218 276
68.4% 307 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.2 4K Read 31 38.5
9.6 4K Write 57.8 75.8
13.8 4K Mixed 32.5 39.9
119% 40.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
99.9 DQ Read 266 319
24.6 DQ Write 197 258
46.3 DQ Mixed 192 248
154% 218 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
308GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00WR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 262 263 263 259 264 MB/s
87.9% Excellent
Read 457
Write 414
Mixed 233
SusWrite 266
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 66.2
4K Mixed 39.8
136% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 226
176% 243 MB/s
445GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10WR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 261 250 254 252 255 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 441
Write 391
Mixed 234
SusWrite 256
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 75.8
4K Mixed 36.5
135% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 238
191% 270 MB/s
446GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00WR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 255 255 255 255 256 MB/s
85.1% Excellent
Read 447
Write 290
Mixed 296
SusWrite 260
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 62.9
4K Mixed 39.9
131% 44.5 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 213
165% 226 MB/s
195GB free
Firmware: 00WR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 276 272 271 271 270 MB/s
84.3% Excellent
Read 435
Write 333
Mixed 238
SusWrite 276
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 51.9
4K Mixed 36.4
125% 40.6 MB/s
DQ Read 285
DQ Write 221
DQ Mixed 238
182% 248 MB/s
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00WR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 183 176 180 202 202 MB/s
75.5% Very good
Read 360
Write 341
Mixed 272
SusWrite 199
66% 293 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 33.2
117% 42 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 258
DQ Mixed 248
196% 273 MB/s
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4110
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 210 249 162 194 172 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 471
Write 390
Mixed 367
SusWrite 202
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 70.8
4K Mixed 27.7
110% 40.9 MB/s
DQ Read 99.9
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 132
103% 139 MB/s
244GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00WR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 42 56 62 65 63 MB/s
50.1% Above average
Read 371
Write 128
Mixed 144
SusWrite 68.4
39% 178 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 13.8
81% 20.6 MB/s
DQ Read 315
DQ Write 24.6
DQ Mixed 46.3
65% 129 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,065,485 SSDs tested

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Gaming 30%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 40%
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System: HP Z840 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples135x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples118x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v41stBench 72%, 529 samples103x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples155x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples105x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples95x
SSD
WDS500G1R0A 500GBWDCBench 77%, 7 samples1x
RAM
M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GBSamsungBench 113%, 218 samples47x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 8x16GBSamsungBench 112%, 591 samples40x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 4x16GBSamsungBench 92%, 1,230 samples40x
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