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Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500...
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Effective Speed -151%Effective Speed -151%Average Score -182%Read -127%, Write -161%, 4K Read -72%, 4K Write -46%, Mixed -109%, 4K Mixed -64%, SusWrite -694%Peak Score -264%Read -184%, Write -192%, 4K Read -203%, 4K Write -64%, Mixed -154%, 4K Mixed -148%, SusWrite -899%Value & Sentiment -80%User Rating -37%, Market Share -123%Nice To Haves -62%DQ Read -58%, DQ Write -32%, DQ Mixed -87%, ADQ Read -48%, ADQ Write -42%, ADQ Mixed -63%, Age -95%, AS-SSD Total -70%

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

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.

343GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 759 364 326 332 354 344 MB/s

257% Outstanding

Write 1,976

Mixed 1,769

SusWrite 413

347% 1,552 MB/s

4K Read 59

4K Write 195

4K Mixed 79.4

294% 111 MB/s

DQ Read 1,464

DQ Write 1,202

DQ Mixed 1,105

890% 1,257 MB/s

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

148GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 808 375 389 382 387 379 MB/s

253% Outstanding

Write 2,272

Mixed 1,868

SusWrite 453

374% 1,666 MB/s

4K Read 61.4

4K Write 177

4K Mixed 82.9

293% 107 MB/s

DQ Read 1,292

DQ Write 1,057

DQ Mixed 1102

845% 1,150 MB/s

CHE-User, 15 mins ago.

279GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 796 381 382 287 388 308 MB/s

253% Outstanding

Write 2,105

Mixed 1,792

SusWrite 424

359% 1,602 MB/s

4K Read 59.8

4K Write 190

4K Mixed 78.7

292% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 1,385

DQ Write 1066

DQ Mixed 1,106

860% 1,185 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

291GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 762 259 341 276 278 277 MB/s

250% Outstanding

Write 1,942

Mixed 1,658

SusWrite 366

334% 1,491 MB/s

4K Read 60.6

4K Write 196

4K Mixed 80.5

298% 112 MB/s

DQ Read 1,428

DQ Write 1,102

DQ Mixed 1,078

857% 1,203 MB/s

TUR-User, 12 hrs ago.

201GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 779 356 372 382 381 377 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 2,011

Mixed 1,626

SusWrite 441

341% 1,522 MB/s

4K Read 44.4

4K Write 86.2

4K Mixed 55.4

184% 62 MB/s

DQ Read 1,038

DQ Write 578

DQ Mixed 900

645% 839 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

272GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 712 269 288 264 326 250 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 1,049

Mixed 1,040

SusWrite 351

210% 942 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 75.2

4K Mixed 47.9

164% 55 MB/s

DQ Read 636

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 484

361% 487 MB/s

BHR-User, 5 hrs ago.

104GB free

Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 343 344 340 339 336 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 1,044

Mixed 1,019

SusWrite 400

201% 898 MB/s

4K Read 36.5

4K Write 61.7

4K Mixed 44.3

145% 47.5 MB/s

DQ Read 663

DQ Write 370

DQ Mixed 570

410% 535 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	1,315x
Core i5-11400FIntel $110Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	1,073x
Core i5-10400FIntel $90Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	435x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $284Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	934x
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	580x
GTX 1650Nvidia $148Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	432x

SSD
Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWDBench 217%, 23,579 samples	411x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	404x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	399x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	244x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $284

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
Intel Core i5-12400F $117	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $246	Nvidia RTX 4070 $519	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350

WD WDS500G3B0C

Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

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

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Motherboard: Asrock B560M-C

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Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 217% (91st of 1080)

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Motherboard: Asrock B560M-C

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