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Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB

Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB
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Effective Speed -577%Effective Speed -577%Average Score -657%Read -914%, Write -1,149%, 4K Read -235%, 4K Write -226%, Mixed -799%, 4K Mixed -233%, SusWrite -1,043%Peak Score -729%Read -1,105%, Write -1,193%, 4K Read -461%, 4K Write -242%, Mixed -858%, 4K Mixed -297%, SusWrite -945%Value & Sentiment -2,157%User Rating -36%, Market Share -4,278%Nice To Haves -589%DQ Read -549%, DQ Write -472%, DQ Mixed -592%, ADQ Read -479%, ADQ Write -411%, ADQ Mixed -1,595%, Age -57%, AS-SSD Total -556%

Average Bench: 79.1% (504^th of 1080)

Based on 258 user benchmarks. Model: WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB

Poor: 44%Average: 79.1% Great: 108%

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Good average bench

The WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB averaged 20.8% 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 87.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31.3MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB is 64.3%. 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 278MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 348MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 258 samples)

Rank 50479.1%

Min	Avg	Max
299	Read 403	473
76.9	Write 365	475
128	Mixed 348	440
52	SusWrite 278	438
78.3% 348 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.5	4K Read 24.6	34.1
20.1	4K Write 62	105
9.15	4K Mixed 31.3	46.5
110% 39.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
148	DQ Read 295	356
51.8	DQ Write 246	333
3.6	DQ Mixed 87.5	303
116% 210 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: 437 426 417 434 427 424 MB/s

89.3% Excellent

Write 454

Mixed 425

SusWrite 427

100% 442 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 42.6

4K Mixed 33.1

110% 35.1 MB/s

DQ Read 352

DQ Write 117

DQ Mixed 198

156% 222 MB/s

AUS-User, 27 days ago.

359GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 52020100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 248 377 437 210 208 MB/s

86.3% Excellent

Write 420

Mixed 410

SusWrite 305

88% 393 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 60.1

4K Mixed 35.6

118% 40.8 MB/s

DQ Read 317

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 252

203% 286 MB/s

ZAF-User, 18 days ago.

250GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 52008100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 249 301 290 142 150 MB/s

78.6% Very good

Write 399

Mixed 307

SusWrite 223

77% 342 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 65.8

4K Mixed 29.7

114% 41 MB/s

DQ Read 350

DQ Write 213

DQ Mixed 4.1

78% 189 MB/s

USA-User, 14 days ago.

256GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 52046100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 214 332 240 365 258 MB/s

76.7% Very good

Write 393

Mixed 379

SusWrite 280

82% 365 MB/s

4K Read 22.6

4K Write 49.6

4K Mixed 29.2

98% 33.8 MB/s

DQ Read 319

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 267

206% 283 MB/s

CAN-User, 9 days ago.

29GB free

Firmware: 52046100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 117 54 49 52 51 MB/s

71% Very good

Write 424

Mixed 414

SusWrite 109

78% 350 MB/s

4K Read 30.3

4K Write 70.6

4K Mixed 35.8

129% 45.6 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 69

DQ Mixed 144

106% 143 MB/s

ROU-User, 19 hrs ago.

105GB free

Firmware: 52008100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 330 126 206 210 250 MB/s

66.2% Good

Write 355

Mixed 374

SusWrite 242

81% 361 MB/s

4K Read 31.6

4K Write 16.2

4K Mixed 21.1

84% 23 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 36.3

DQ Mixed 55.2

68% 126 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	2,211x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	737x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,849x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	1,097x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1x

SSD
Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GBWDBench 79%, 258 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	340x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	254x
KN2M64-ETB 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1,673 samples	156x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
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Average Bench: 79.1% (504^th of 1080)

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