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WD WDS500G1B0A

Blue 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 86.4% (392nd of 1079)

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%
109GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 310 307 303 299 306 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 481
Mixed 356
SusWrite 326
93% 416 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 50.5
181% 66.5 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 248
204% 292 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 147 49 95 63 54 MB/s
91.9% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 287
Mixed 249
SusWrite 95.2
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 45.7
170% 62 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 236
201% 298 MB/s
313GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 260 259 255 259 262 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 424
Write 385
Mixed 267
SusWrite 262
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 68.5
4K Mixed 31
124% 43.8 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 249
DQ Mixed 246
202% 293 MB/s
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 244 256 208 256 229 MB/s
82% Excellent
Read 419
Write 315
Mixed 252
SusWrite 247
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 75
4K Mixed 27.7
121% 44.3 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 233
195% 283 MB/s
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 265 229 210 259 262 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 484
Write 398
Mixed 213
SusWrite 249
75% 336 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 81.1
4K Mixed 38.7
134% 49 MB/s
DQ Read 39
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 44.5
43% 65.8 MB/s
47GB free
Firmware: X41000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 87 71 105 33 57 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 360
Write 102
Mixed 118
SusWrite 78.4
36% 165 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 36.8
4K Mixed 21.6
88% 28.3 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 86.6
DQ Mixed 86.2
102% 186 MB/s
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Gaming 89%
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Desktop 89%
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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $233Bench 84%, 712,312 samples2,863x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples1,221x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples525x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples977x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples878x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples822x
SSD
Blue 500GBWD  $94Bench 86%, 19,345 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples396x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples225x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples224x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $686

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