WD WDS500G1X0E

Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

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Effective Speed +285% Effective Speed 285%Average Score +374% Read 567%, Write 705%, 4K Read 114%, 4K Write 141%, Mixed 598%, 4K Mixed 108%, SusWrite 388%Peak Score +401% Read 649%, Write 723%, 4K Read 102%, 4K Write 160%, Mixed 594%, 4K Mixed 101%, SusWrite 480%Value & Sentiment User Rating -9%, Market Share -∞%, Price 3%, Value 358%Nice To Haves +414% DQ Read 546%, DQ Write 437%, DQ Mixed 535%, ADQ Read 397%, ADQ Write 335%, ADQ Mixed 440%, Age 158%, AS-SSD Total 460%

Average Bench: 379% (15^th of 1071)

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

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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 15379%

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

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

SWE-User, 14 hrs ago.

353GB free

Firmware: 611100WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3952 2024 674 851 819 765 MB/s

444% Outstanding

Write 3,868

Mixed 2,813

SusWrite 1,514

671% 2,992 MB/s

4K Read 74.5

4K Write 248

4K Mixed 98.2

370% 140 MB/s

DQ Read 2,130

DQ Write 1810

DQ Mixed 1,929

1,457% 1,956 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

325GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 611100WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3430 1045 958 931 867 838 MB/s

440% Outstanding

Write 3,960

Mixed 2,890

SusWrite 1,345

667% 2,973 MB/s

4K Read 82.5

4K Write 268

4K Mixed 110

408% 154 MB/s

DQ Read 2,065

DQ Write 1,740

DQ Mixed 1,884

1,416% 1,896 MB/s

CHL-User, 3 days ago.

271GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 613200WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2400 791 684 647 607 576 MB/s

342% Outstanding

Write 3,882

Mixed 2,756

SusWrite 951

596% 2,650 MB/s

4K Read 66.7

4K Write 198

4K Mixed 90.4

322% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 1,544

DQ Write 1,364

DQ Mixed 1,488

1,107% 1,466 MB/s

NLD-User, 3 days ago.

357GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 611100WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1144 501 328 213 350 206 MB/s

319% Outstanding

Write 2,296

Mixed 2,372

SusWrite 457

478% 2,155 MB/s

4K Read 69.5

4K Write 167

4K Mixed 84.9

302% 107 MB/s

DQ Read 1437

DQ Write 1198

DQ Mixed 1,288

973% 1,308 MB/s

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Typical Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB Builds (Compare 15,701 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C91) - $170

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $163Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	4,838x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $198Bench 98%, 123,561 samples	3,085x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $210Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	1,555x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $435Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,587x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $260Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	1,270x
RTX 3060Nvidia $277Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,193x

SSD
Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $85Bench 379%, 771 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	644x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	310x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $913

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Intel Core i5-13600K $316	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $29
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $399	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS500G1X0E

Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 379% (15^th of 1071)

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Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 379% (15th of 1071)

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