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WD WDS500G1X0E

Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 379% (22nd of 1080)

Based on 771 user benchmarks.  Model: WD_BLACK SN850 500GB
Poor: 253%Average: 379% Great: 480%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 279.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,406MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,262MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 227%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 73.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 211MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 771 samples)
Rank 22379%
Min Avg Max
1,930 Read 3,051 3,796
1,633 Write 3,262 3,991
1,514 Mixed 2,505 2,939
708 SusWrite 1,447 2,244
576% 2,566 MB/s
Min Avg Max
55.1 4K Read 73.4 86.7
106 4K Write 211 318
64.2 4K Mixed 93.5 117
343% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
915 DQ Read 1,622 2,372
482 DQ Write 1,258 1,924
700 DQ Mixed 1,406 2,103
1,061% 1,429 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
241GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 611100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1223 731 717 704 743 673 MB/s
395% Outstanding
Read 3,636
Write 3,832
Mixed 2,795
SusWrite 798
619% 2,765 MB/s
4K Read 80.5
4K Write 270
4K Mixed 105
400% 152 MB/s
DQ Read 1,983
DQ Write 1,562
DQ Mixed 1,676
1,280% 1,740 MB/s
358GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 611100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2139 2471 1023 651 503 395 MB/s
390% Outstanding
Read 3,422
Write 3,774
Mixed 2,760
SusWrite 1,197
626% 2,788 MB/s
4K Read 76.2
4K Write 228
4K Mixed 98.1
362% 134 MB/s
DQ Read 1,858
DQ Write 1,228
DQ Mixed 1,522
1,141% 1,536 MB/s
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 611100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2036 751 770 696 637 566 MB/s
365% Outstanding
Read 3,546
Write 3862
Mixed 2,738
SusWrite 909
619% 2,764 MB/s
4K Read 75.8
4K Write 231
4K Mixed 97.9
362% 135 MB/s
DQ Read 1,408
DQ Write 1148
DQ Mixed 1,246
942% 1,267 MB/s
155GB free
Firmware: 613000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2344 1463 603 461 542 545 MB/s
352% Outstanding
Read 3,046
Write 2,433
Mixed 2,450
SusWrite 993
498% 2,230 MB/s
4K Read 76.6
4K Write 189
4K Mixed 96.3
340% 121 MB/s
DQ Read 1,620
DQ Write 1,290
DQ Mixed 1,387
1,057% 1,433 MB/s
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Gaming 142%
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Desktop 103%
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Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) - $130

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Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $124Bench 96%, 383,420 samples5,384x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $166Bench 98%, 65,928 samples3,554x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $165Bench 86%, 635,419 samples1,729x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $395Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,783x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $284Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,440x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $280Bench 128%, 442,467 samples1,423x
SSD
Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD   $86Bench 379%, 771 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $57Bench 85%, 346,786 samples733x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples701x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples361x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $791

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