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Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB

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Effective Speed -579%Effective Speed -579%Average Score -665%Read -928%, Write -1,166%, 4K Read -251%, 4K Write -228%, Mixed -815%, 4K Mixed -247%, SusWrite -1,022%Peak Score -771%Read -1,154%, Write -1,254%, 4K Read -461%, 4K Write -264%, Mixed -964%, 4K Mixed -365%, SusWrite -936%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -540%DQ Read -550%, DQ Write -469%, DQ Mixed -588%, ADQ Read -476%, ADQ Write -413%, ADQ Mixed -1,214%, Age -44%, AS-SSD Total -563%

Average Bench: 80.3% (491^st of 1080)

Based on 360 user benchmarks. Model: WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB

Poor: 46%Average: 80.3% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB averaged just 19.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 113MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31.9MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB is 61.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 281MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 353MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 360 samples)

Rank 49180.3%

Min	Avg	Max
309	Read 408	473
78.9	Write 368	475
130	Mixed 353	439
52.6	SusWrite 281	442
79.3% 353 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13	4K Read 25.3	34.2
20.3	4K Write 63.2	104
11.2	4K Mixed 31.9	47
113% 40.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
149	DQ Read 297	357
36.7	DQ Write 245	334
3.6	DQ Mixed 113	305
128% 218 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 16 days ago.

466GB free

Firmware: 52046100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 362 411 424 433 437 MB/s

94.8% Outstanding

Write 450

Mixed 404

SusWrite 418

97% 430 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 61.3

4K Mixed 37

122% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 324

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 286

217% 293 MB/s

AUS-User, 10 days ago.

408GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 52046100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 259 335 327 339 338 MB/s

76.6% Very good

Write 354

Mixed 317

SusWrite 321

74% 326 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 48.4

4K Mixed 30.1

100% 34 MB/s

DQ Read 350

DQ Write 257

DQ Mixed 307

228% 305 MB/s

FIN-User, 18 days ago.

97GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 52020100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 24 29 33 24 18 MB/s

75.5% Very good

Write 458

Mixed 430

SusWrite 65.5

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 66.7

4K Mixed 37.7

130% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 302

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 196

173% 259 MB/s

IND-User, 6 days ago.

116GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 52020100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 31 21 33 26 31 MB/s

38.2% Below average

Write 74.2

Mixed 100

SusWrite 26.4

29% 134 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 22.5

4K Mixed 15.9

60% 18.9 MB/s

DQ Read 191

DQ Write 22.4

DQ Mixed 25.8

39% 79.8 MB/s

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7559

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	2,271x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	761x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,906x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	1,124x
RX 580AMD $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

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Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GBWDBench 80%, 360 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	347x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	259x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	159x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB