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WD Blue SN570 50 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 182% (118th of 1072)

Based on 478 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe WD Blue SN570 50
Poor: 94%Average: 182% Great: 258%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD Blue SN570 50 500GB averaged 81.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WD Blue SN570 50 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 694MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,635MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WD Blue SN570 50 500GB is 164%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WD Blue SN570 50 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 399MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 105MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 478 samples)
Rank 118182%
Min Avg Max
665 Read 1,583 2,079
643 Write 1,635 2,166
611 Mixed 1,385 1,819
283 SusWrite 399 452
280% 1,250 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.8 4K Read 46.2 61.9
36.1 4K Write 105 200
23.5 4K Mixed 57.1 83.6
199% 69.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
279 DQ Read 832 1,443
168 DQ Write 642 1,237
237 DQ Mixed 694 1,106
531% 723 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
247GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2341 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 373 370 372 369 371 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 1996
Write 1,950
Mixed 1,719
SusWrite 442
342% 1,527 MB/s
4K Read 51.9
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 67.2
228% 79.2 MB/s
DQ Read 922
DQ Write 756
DQ Mixed 816
618% 832 MB/s
235GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2341 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 796 359 365 359 361 367 MB/s
211% Outstanding
Read 1,985
Write 1,818
Mixed 1,696
SusWrite 434
332% 1,483 MB/s
4K Read 50.9
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 66.1
222% 76.9 MB/s
DQ Read 884
DQ Write 754
DQ Mixed 782
596% 807 MB/s
248GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2341 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 809 363 366 359 358 356 MB/s
211% Outstanding
Read 1,968
Write 1,946
Mixed 1674
SusWrite 435
337% 1,506 MB/s
4K Read 50.4
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 66.3
222% 76.9 MB/s
DQ Read 886
DQ Write 770
DQ Mixed 778
596% 811 MB/s
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 681 361 373 378 378 378 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 2,001
Write 1946
Mixed 1,680
SusWrite 425
338% 1,513 MB/s
4K Read 53.4
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 66
220% 74.4 MB/s
DQ Read 817
DQ Write 507
DQ Mixed 628
477% 651 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,734,357 SSDs tested

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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 68%
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Workstation 8%
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System: Dell G3 3579

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples2,033x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples1,991x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 45%, 1 sample1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples2,097x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples1,069x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples665x
SSD
WD Blue SN570 50 500GBNvmeBench 182%, 478 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 10,071 samples586x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 5,658 samples183x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 44%, 3,713 samples171x
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