WD WDS500G3B0C

Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500...
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Effective Speed -149%Effective Speed -149%Average Score -179%Read -125%, Write -159%, 4K Read -65%, 4K Write -44%, Mixed -107%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -696%Peak Score -262%Read -183%, Write -188%, 4K Read -201%, 4K Write -63%, Mixed -152%, 4K Mixed -148%, SusWrite -899%Value & Sentiment -104%User Rating -36%, Market Share -172%Nice To Haves -63%DQ Read -58%, DQ Write -32%, DQ Mixed -87%, ADQ Read -48%, ADQ Write -42%, ADQ Mixed -63%, Age -104%, AS-SSD Total -69%

Average Bench: 217% (91^st of 1080)

Based on 23,579 user benchmarks. Model: WD Blue SN570 500GB

Poor: 147%Average: 217% Great: 271%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 117.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 914MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,159MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 123%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 399MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 142MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 23,579 samples)

Rank 91217%

Min	Avg	Max
1,225	Read 1,845	2,086
1,052	Write 1,781	2,201
1,015	Mixed 1,540	1,838
267	SusWrite 399	457
311% 1,391 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.7	4K Read 52	63.5
54.9	4K Write 142	232
41.3	4K Mixed 67.3	88.5
240% 87.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
531	DQ Read 1,159	1,463
239	DQ Write 886	1,438
297	DQ Mixed 914	1,120
713% 986 MB/s

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

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

399GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 759 365 364 378 371 374 MB/s

256% Outstanding

Write 2,195

Mixed 1,870

SusWrite 435

368% 1,644 MB/s

4K Read 68.3

4K Write 248

4K Mixed 90

350% 135 MB/s

DQ Read 1,457

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 82.1

267% 617 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 hrs ago.

378GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 762 302 372 318 374 300 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 2,072

Mixed 1,656

SusWrite 405

345% 1,543 MB/s

4K Read 58.3

4K Write 163

4K Mixed 78.1

275% 99.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,311

DQ Write 1,009

DQ Mixed 1082

830% 1,134 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

127GB free

Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 374 383 378 351 375 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 2,038

Mixed 1,742

SusWrite 454

351% 1,569 MB/s

4K Read 47.9

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 59.9

206% 71.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1450

DQ Write 1,285

DQ Mixed 1,110

903% 1,282 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

149GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 661 313 307 231 362 287 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 1,861

Mixed 1,675

SusWrite 360

325% 1,454 MB/s

4K Read 50.4

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 62.1

216% 75.3 MB/s

DQ Read 891

DQ Write 695

DQ Mixed 766

580% 784 MB/s

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Asrock B560M-C

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Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 21,161 samples	1,292x
Core i5-11400FIntel $98Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	1,031x
Core i5-10400FIntel $95Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	430x

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RTX 3060Nvidia $256Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	907x
RTX 2060Nvidia $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	426x

SSD
Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWDBench 217%, 23,579 samples	403x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	393x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	392x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	240x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $256

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $235	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $342

WD WDS500G3B0C

Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 217% (91^st of 1080)

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Average Bench: 217% (91st of 1080)

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Average Bench: 217% (91^st of 1080)