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WD WDS500G1B0A

Blue 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 86.4% (392nd of 1080)

Based on 19,345 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WDS500G1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS5 00G1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS500G1B0A-00H9, WD WDS500G1B0A-00H9
Poor: 63%Average: 86.4% Great: 107%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 500GB averaged just 13.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 211MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 500GB is 44.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 241MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 266MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,345 samples)
Rank 39286.4%
Min Avg Max
359 Read 450 502
265 Write 380 482
181 Mixed 266 356
95.8 SusWrite 241 323
74.8% 334 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.3 4K Read 29.1 38.1
35.5 4K Write 77.5 117
22 4K Mixed 36.8 50.3
132% 47.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
151 DQ Read 324 377
104 DQ Write 253 308
114 DQ Mixed 211 252
179% 263 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
380GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 270 263 255 255 255 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 488
Mixed 292
SusWrite 265
86% 386 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 44.9
168% 61.5 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 281
DQ Mixed 239
196% 281 MB/s
354GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 268 265 261 257 245 MB/s
96.7% Outstanding
Read 486
Write 346
Mixed 275
SusWrite 265
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 90
4K Mixed 43.8
152% 55.1 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 245
203% 292 MB/s
238GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 268 265 263 250 263 MB/s
92.8% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 430
Mixed 254
SusWrite 264
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 80
4K Mixed 44.8
154% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 127
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 224
165% 210 MB/s
73GB free
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 280 192 91 77 140 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 440
Write 341
Mixed 286
SusWrite 184
70% 313 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 96.9
4K Mixed 44.9
153% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 220
199% 304 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 292 270 259 238 192 MB/s
91.7% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 466
Mixed 352
SusWrite 279
89% 397 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 68.1
4K Mixed 40.5
129% 45.2 MB/s
DQ Read 354
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 253
209% 300 MB/s
354GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 263 258 261 266 259 MB/s
89% Excellent
Read 427
Write 199
Mixed 233
SusWrite 265
62% 281 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 84.7
4K Mixed 34.6
136% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 238
202% 295 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 159 49 41 55 54 MB/s
80.9% Excellent
Read 443
Write 293
Mixed 169
SusWrite 84.9
55% 248 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 92.2
4K Mixed 40.8
145% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 245
DQ Mixed 178
164% 256 MB/s
50GB free
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 161 56 59 66 56 MB/s
80% Very good
Read 461
Write 266
Mixed 132
SusWrite 100
53% 240 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 29.4
141% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 251
DQ Mixed 178
166% 259 MB/s
383GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 215 261 227 260 225 MB/s
71.1% Very good
Read 335
Write 291
Mixed 207
SusWrite 243
60% 269 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 63.4
4K Mixed 29.8
103% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 183
153% 223 MB/s
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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $200Bench 84%, 712,312 samples2,900x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples1,231x
Core i7-7700Intel  $135Bench 76%, 256,717 samples527x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples986x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples890x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples829x
SSD
Blue 500GBWD  $94Bench 86%, 19,345 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples397x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples228x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples226x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $646

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