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WD Blue SN570 500GB

WD Blue SN570 500GB
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Effective Speed +120% Effective Speed 120%Average Score +166% Read 286%, Write 337%, 4K Read 50%, 4K Write 79%, Mixed 315%, 4K Mixed 55%, SusWrite 39%Peak Score +181% Read 325%, Write 358%, 4K Read 55%, 4K Write 107%, Mixed 338%, 4K Mixed 60%, SusWrite 20%Value & Sentiment -896%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,778%Nice To Haves +254% DQ Read 299%, DQ Write 322%, DQ Mixed 240%, ADQ Read 236%, ADQ Write 202%, ADQ Mixed 236%, Age 226%, AS-SSD Total 274%

Average Bench: 217% (85^th of 1071)

Based on 409 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WD Blue SN570 500GB

Poor: 132%Average: 217% Great: 283%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD Blue SN570 500GB averaged 117.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WD Blue SN570 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 875MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,773MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WD Blue SN570 500GB is 151%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WD Blue SN570 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 412MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 51.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 409 samples)

Rank 85217%

Min	Avg	Max
968	Read 1,765	2,154
843	Write 1,773	2,222
771	Mixed 1,491	1,854
312	SusWrite 412	466
305% 1,360 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33	4K Read 51.6	66.8
66.2	4K Write 157	253
41.1	4K Mixed 69.9	93.2
251% 93 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
423	DQ Read 1,098	1,464
201	DQ Write 873	1,511
288	DQ Mixed 875	1,126
685% 949 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PSE-User, 14 days ago.

171GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 830 357 332 360 300 367 MB/s

265% Outstanding

Write 2,072

Mixed 1,812

SusWrite 424

358% 1,600 MB/s

4K Read 59.6

4K Write 219

4K Mixed 83.4

313% 121 MB/s

DQ Read 1,459

DQ Write 1,244

DQ Mixed 1,083

885% 1,262 MB/s

ESP-User, 5 days ago.

407GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 777 381 382 387 383 388 MB/s

258% Outstanding

Write 2,154

Mixed 1,719

SusWrite 450

352% 1,569 MB/s

4K Read 47

4K Write 235

4K Mixed 69.6

285% 117 MB/s

DQ Read 1,443

DQ Write 1,534

DQ Mixed 1,099

934% 1,359 MB/s

CAN-User, 17 days ago.

390GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 753 366 373 368 364 365 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 2,026

Mixed 1,718

SusWrite 432

344% 1,536 MB/s

4K Read 54.3

4K Write 170

4K Mixed 69.1

261% 98 MB/s

DQ Read 1,197

DQ Write 1,066

DQ Mixed 1,072

820% 1,112 MB/s

BRA-User, 8 days ago.

191GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 813 381 375 385 389 384 MB/s

233% Outstanding

Write 2,115

Mixed 1785

SusWrite 455

352% 1,568 MB/s

4K Read 44.2

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 70.4

259% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1146

DQ Write 1,039

DQ Mixed 1,099

823% 1,095 MB/s

TUR-User, 8 days ago.

235GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 756 290 280 284 278 297 MB/s

222% Outstanding

Write 1,850

Mixed 1,497

SusWrite 364

307% 1,370 MB/s

4K Read 53.5

4K Write 174

4K Mixed 75.6

270% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 1168

DQ Write 901

DQ Mixed 1,003

759% 1,024 MB/s

ARG-User, 19 days ago.

232GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 775 377 383 377 377 377 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 2126

Mixed 1,426

SusWrite 444

336% 1,500 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 56

177% 64.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1005

DQ Write 716

DQ Mixed 868

646% 863 MB/s

PER-User, 1 day ago.

119GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 614 289 251 306 263 290 MB/s

180% Outstanding

Write 752

Mixed 726

SusWrite 335

144% 641 MB/s

4K Read 62

4K Write 199

4K Mixed 84.2

307% 115 MB/s

DQ Read 828

DQ Write 762

DQ Mixed 1,047

717% 879 MB/s

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Monster ABRA A5 V16.7

CPU
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples	375x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 4%, 25,082 samples	217x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 39%, 8,686 samples	157x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples	1x

SSD
WD Blue SN570 500GBNvmeBench 217%, 409 samples	1x

RAM
CT8G4SFRA32A.C4FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 70%, 2,090 samples	43x
CT8G4SFRA32A.C4FE 1x8GBCrucialBench 38%, 564 samples	24x
CT8G4SFRA32A.M8FRS 2x8GBCrucialBench 80%, 2,776 samples	23x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WD Blue SN570 500GB

Average Bench: 217% (85^th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 217% (85th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 217% (85^th of 1071)