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WDS500G2B0C 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 193% (104th of 1072)

Based on 3,120 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS500G2B0C
Poor: 118%Average: 193% Great: 238%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC WDS500G2B0C 500GB averaged 93.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDS500G2B0C 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 838MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,043MB/s

Terrible consistency

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

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 436MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 45.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,120 samples)
Rank 104193%
Min Avg Max
724 Read 1,406 1,592
656 Write 1,452 1,717
632 Mixed 1,143 1,342
298 SusWrite 436 513
249% 1,109 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.6 4K Read 45.4 54.2
59.2 4K Write 142 228
34.9 4K Mixed 63 81
225% 83.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
456 DQ Read 1,043 1,261
263 DQ Write 811 1,351
352 DQ Mixed 838 992
651% 897 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
322GB free
Firmware: 211210WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 717 421 436 436 437 438 MB/s
222% Outstanding
Read 1,560
Write 1,518
Mixed 1,183
SusWrite 481
265% 1,185 MB/s
4K Read 48.2
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 70.6
246% 91.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,268
DQ Write 1,152
DQ Mixed 973
795% 1,131 MB/s
267GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211210WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 771 427 335 313 322 327 MB/s
203% Outstanding
Read 1,577
Write 1,646
Mixed 1,277
SusWrite 416
275% 1,229 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 71.3
250% 92.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1007
DQ Write 666
DQ Mixed 815
614% 829 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: 211210WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 430 432 431 430 429 MB/s
197% Outstanding
Read 1,158
Write 1,270
Mixed 1146
SusWrite 498
229% 1,018 MB/s
4K Read 45.8
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 60.9
201% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,270
DQ Write 1,350
DQ Mixed 996
836% 1,205 MB/s
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211210WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 668 463 423 417 430 393 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,162
Write 1,068
Mixed 999
SusWrite 466
207% 924 MB/s
4K Read 42.3
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 58.7
193% 67.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,131
DQ Write 849
DQ Mixed 938
715% 972 MB/s
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Typical WDS500G2B0C 500GB Builds (Compare 5,425 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 97%
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Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 89%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B560-PLUS

CPU
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples899x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples614x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples582x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples778x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples567x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples294x
SSD
WDS500G2B0C 500GBWDCBench 193%, 3,120 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples384x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples247x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples191x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $440

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