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Average Bench: 84.8% (416th of 1080)

Based on 3,744 user benchmarks.  Model: WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB

Very good average bench

The WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB averaged just 15.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 181MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB is 58.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 263MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 364MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,744 samples)
Min Avg Max
326 Read 428 473
66.8 Write 383 479
107 Mixed 364 442
33.4 SusWrite 263 447
80.7% 359 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.4 4K Read 28.3 34.2
23.7 4K Write 70.2 106
16.2 4K Mixed 35.7 47.7
126% 44.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
207 DQ Read 319 360
44.9 DQ Write 263 344
3.76 DQ Mixed 181 315
166% 255 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
422GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52046100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 423 428 401 426 426 MB/s
Read 432
Write 417
Mixed 405
SusWrite 419
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 87
4K Mixed 42.4
142% 52.2 MB/s
DQ Read 351
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 314
243% 332 MB/s
82GB free
Firmware: 52008100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 340 170 136 187 169 MB/s
Read 470
Write 482
Mixed 447
SusWrite 242
92% 410 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 46.5
165% 60.5 MB/s
DQ Read 358
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 4.1
96% 229 MB/s
311GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52015100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 301 241 406 298 421 MB/s
Read 463
Write 464
Mixed 431
SusWrite 353
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 85.8
4K Mixed 37
142% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 347
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 3.8
93% 224 MB/s
36GB free
Firmware: 52046100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 205 177 171 188 191 MB/s
Read 465
Write 484
Mixed 436
SusWrite 234
91% 405 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 95.3
4K Mixed 46.5
161% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 293
233% 325 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52020100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 202 53 49 72 48 MB/s
Read 456
Write 439
Mixed 409
SusWrite 147
81% 363 MB/s
4K Read 34.2
4K Write 97.8
4K Mixed 45.4
162% 59.1 MB/s
DQ Read 351
DQ Write 237
DQ Mixed 252
200% 280 MB/s
147GB free
Firmware: 52046100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 147 226 58 56 43 MB/s
Read 444
Write 432
Mixed 410
SusWrite 157
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 43.6
4K Mixed 33.9
108% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 220
173% 240 MB/s
334GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52020100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 160 185 166 169 181 MB/s
Read 366
Write 357
Mixed 357
SusWrite 180
71% 315 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 47.4
4K Mixed 25.4
89% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 287
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 237
188% 263 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,513,293 SSDs tested

Typical Blue SA510 2.5 500GB Builds (Compare 11,095 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 9020

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Excellent

21 months ago.

Pretty fast and good enough even for SATA II


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