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WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0 500GB

WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0 500GB
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Effective Speed +103% Effective Speed 103%Average Score +139% Read 218%, Write 272%, 4K Read 43%, 4K Write 98%, Mixed 255%, 4K Mixed 49%, SusWrite 36%Peak Score +141% Read 238%, Write 259%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 127%, Mixed 252%, 4K Mixed 48%, SusWrite 34%Value & Sentiment -890%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,767%Nice To Haves +209% DQ Read 243%, DQ Write 277%, DQ Mixed 200%, ADQ Read 205%, ADQ Write 180%, ADQ Mixed 209%, Age 131%, AS-SSD Total 228%

Average Bench: 200% (97^th of 1072)

Based on 622 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0

Poor: 132%Average: 200% Great: 252%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0 500GB averaged 99.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 804MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 995MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0 500GB is 120%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 404MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 49MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 622 samples)

Rank 97200%

Min	Avg	Max
927	Read 1,456	1,711
880	Write 1,507	1,740
638	Mixed 1,274	1,490
275	SusWrite 404	518
260% 1,160 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.9	4K Read 49	56.2
77.9	4K Write 173	278
40.7	4K Mixed 66.9	86.5
252% 96.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
551	DQ Read 995	1,260
267	DQ Write 809	1,351
344	DQ Mixed 804	995
629% 869 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

318GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 893 417 301 315 300 298 MB/s

240% Outstanding

Write 1,615

Mixed 1,460

SusWrite 421

292% 1,304 MB/s

4K Read 55.4

4K Write 226

4K Mixed 84.1

312% 122 MB/s

DQ Read 1,247

DQ Write 967

DQ Mixed 959

758% 1,058 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 month ago.

300GB free

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 429 431 431 431 431 MB/s

216% Outstanding

Write 1,694

Mixed 1,463

SusWrite 511

296% 1,319 MB/s

4K Read 51.8

4K Write 173

4K Mixed 76.1

268% 100 MB/s

DQ Read 959

DQ Write 736

DQ Mixed 804

613% 833 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

357GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 714 236 237 239 239 225 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 1,517

Mixed 1,340

SusWrite 315

267% 1,193 MB/s

4K Read 51.1

4K Write 199

4K Mixed 75.6

280% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 984

DQ Write 710

DQ Mixed 792

607% 829 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

269GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 677 394 322 318 315 318 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 1,598

Mixed 1,380

SusWrite 391

272% 1,213 MB/s

4K Read 51.1

4K Write 174

4K Mixed 71.9

262% 99.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1000

DQ Write 770

DQ Mixed 834

638% 868 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

300GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 689 241 244 240 242 244 MB/s

202% Outstanding

Write 1,644

Mixed 1,446

SusWrite 317

277% 1,233 MB/s

4K Read 46.6

4K Write 197

4K Mixed 72

267% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 878

DQ Write 920

DQ Mixed 942

696% 913 MB/s

USA-User, 24 days ago.

377GB free

Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 744 239 236 198 234 238 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 1,650

Mixed 1,442

SusWrite 315

280% 1,251 MB/s

4K Read 50.5

4K Write 170

4K Mixed 73.3

260% 97.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1001

DQ Write 569

DQ Mixed 896

637% 822 MB/s

IND-User, 10 days ago.

368GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 675 238 202 231 234 182 MB/s

127% Outstanding

Write 1,136

Mixed 1,067

SusWrite 294

198% 884 MB/s

4K Read 37.6

4K Write 78.6

4K Mixed 46.9

159% 54.4 MB/s

DQ Read 440

DQ Write 395

DQ Mixed 413

311% 416 MB/s

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System: Notebook NH5x_NH7xHP

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Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples	222x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples	40x

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RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	127x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples	112x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 4%, 25,082 samples	23x

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WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0 500GBNvmeBench 200%, 622 samples	25x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-SD4-2666 2x8GBTeamBench 76%, 169 samples	33x
Key Co Ltd NMSO416E82-3200E 2x16GBGoldBench 97%, 116 samples	25x
Key Co Ltd NMSO432F82-3200E 2x31.5GBGoldBench 95%, 62 samples	19x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0 500GB

Average Bench: 200% (97^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 200% (97th of 1072)

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