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Blue SA510 2.5 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 84.8% (408th of 1072)

Based on 3,744 user benchmarks.  Model: WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB
Poor: 49%Average: 84.8% Great: 108%

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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
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,744 samples)
Rank 40884.8%
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%
212GB free
Firmware: 52020100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 299 281 357 242 383 MB/s
99.8% Outstanding
Read 453
Write 425
Mixed 444
SusWrite 338
93% 415 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 40.5
153% 59.8 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 284
222% 304 MB/s
445GB free
Firmware: 52015100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 223 186 186 182 188 MB/s
94.2% Outstanding
Read 447
Write 342
Mixed 426
SusWrite 233
81% 362 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 87.4
4K Mixed 43.4
151% 54.4 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 319
DQ Mixed 4.1
96% 230 MB/s
423GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52046100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 395 406 409 406 408 MB/s
76.2% Very good
Read 407
Write 412
Mixed 344
SusWrite 403
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 36.1
4K Mixed 23.3
76% 25.8 MB/s
DQ Read 304
DQ Write 214
DQ Mixed 246
187% 254 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52020100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 182 81 51 46 54 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 412
Write 404
Mixed 314
SusWrite 133
71% 316 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 75
4K Mixed 38.4
128% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 331
DQ Write 160
DQ Mixed 232
176% 241 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52020100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 156 61 51 49 47 MB/s
73.7% Very good
Read 450
Write 398
Mixed 399
SusWrite 134
77% 345 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 56.4
4K Mixed 29.7
108% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 281
222% 307 MB/s
394GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52020100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 37 36 37 36 MB/s
57.4% Above average
Read 523
Write 28.1
Mixed 58.1
SusWrite 35.9
34% 161 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 40
4K Mixed 27.2
88% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 27
DQ Mixed 47.2
61% 118 MB/s
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52020100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 18 26 22 17 31 MB/s
48.9% Average
Read 374
Write 37.2
Mixed 48.7
SusWrite 24.1
26% 121 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 35.7
4K Mixed 18.2
80% 26.4 MB/s
DQ Read 354
DQ Write 22.2
DQ Mixed 3.9
49% 127 MB/s
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Typical Blue SA510 2.5 500GB Builds (Compare 10,596 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 9020

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples3,459x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples2,217x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples1,850x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples3,548x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples708x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples682x
SSD
Blue SA510 2.5 500GBWDBench 85%, 3,744 samples1x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples253x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples182x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples170x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $150

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