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Effective Speed -45%Effective Speed -45%Average Score -48%Read -11%, Write -62%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write -29%, Mixed -51%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite -155%Peak Score +8% Read 23%, Write -53%, 4K Read 318%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -69%, 4K Mixed -82%, SusWrite -70%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -26%DQ Read -4%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -9%, ADQ Read -16%, ADQ Write -31%, ADQ Mixed -33%, Age -116%, AS-SSD Total 9%

Average Bench: 377% (22^nd of 1080)

Based on 21 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDS500G1XHE-00AFY0

Poor: 195%Average: 377% Great: 542%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDS500G1XHE-00AFY0 500GB averaged 276.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDS500G1XHE-00AFY0 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,118MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 3,779MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDS500G1XHE-00AFY0 500GB is 347%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDS500G1XHE-00AFY0 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 161MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 1,235MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)

Rank 22377%

Min	Avg	Max
16.2	Read 3,779	7,279
16.9	Write 2,884	4,203
16.9	Mixed 2,147	2,764
35.9	SusWrite 1,235	2,700
559% 2,511 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.1	4K Read 101	803
4	4K Write 161	330
1.1	4K Mixed 76.8	120
337% 113 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
835	DQ Read 1,474	2,237
163	DQ Write 957	1730
293	DQ Mixed 1,118	1,916
860% 1,183 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 13 months ago.

220GB free

Firmware: 614900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 33 35 38 37 38 MB/s

618% Outstanding

Write 65.2

Mixed 126

SusWrite 35.9

390% 1,877 MB/s

4K Read 803

4K Write 4

4K Mixed 8

1,229% 272 MB/s

SVK-User, 6 months ago.

294GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 614900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1385 753 786 603 794 725 MB/s

436% Outstanding

Write 3,989

Mixed 2,695

SusWrite 841

673% 3,025 MB/s

4K Read 80.1

4K Write 307

4K Mixed 106

420% 164 MB/s

DQ Read 1,840

DQ Write 1,472

DQ Mixed 1,654

1,239% 1,656 MB/s

TUR-User, 12 months ago.

297GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 614900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2958 1734 850 850 834 815 MB/s

352% Outstanding

Write 3,030

Mixed 2,011

SusWrite 1,340

538% 2,409 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 176

4K Mixed 73.5

261% 99.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,534

DQ Write 1,170

DQ Mixed 1,363

1,016% 1,356 MB/s

USA-User, 11 months ago.

218GB free

Firmware: 615400WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 96 43 11 3307 3462 MB/s

73.3% Very good

Write 16.9

Mixed 16.9

SusWrite 1,160

70% 302 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 6.7

4K Mixed 1.1

7% 2.97 MB/s

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Desktop 116%

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Workstation 309%

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Motherboard: EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED

CPU
Core i9-12900KIntel $275Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	97x
Core i7-12700KIntel $214Bench 114%, 133,111 samples	64x
Core i9-13900KIntel $401Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	31x

GPU
RTX 3090-TiNvidiaBench 232%, 16,406 samples	64x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,350Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	49x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	35x

SSD
WDS500G1XHE-00AFY0 500GBNvmeBench 377%, 21 samples	1x

RAM
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	36x
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair $105Bench 162%, 40,739 samples	27x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $83Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	23x

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Value: 163% - Outstanding

Total price: $385

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WDS500G1XHE-00AFY0 500GB