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WD WDS500G1B0B

Blue SATA M.2 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 82.2% (455th of 1072)

Based on 6,800 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WDS500G1B0B-00AS40, WDC WDS500G1B0B-00AS, WD WDS500G1B0B-00AS
Poor: 59%Average: 82.2% Great: 103%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB averaged just 17.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 213MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 34.4MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB is 43.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 229MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 262MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,800 samples)
Rank 45582.2%
Min Avg Max
358 Read 443 500
216 Write 367 472
186 Mixed 262 347
86.4 SusWrite 229 309
72.7% 325 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.1 4K Read 27.2 37.4
32.7 4K Write 68.1 115
20.6 4K Mixed 34.4 48.9
121% 43.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
221 DQ Read 325 371
143 DQ Write 257 302
143 DQ Mixed 213 251
180% 265 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
400GB free
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 307 302 293 299 298 MB/s
95.8% Outstanding
Read 490
Write 470
Mixed 290
SusWrite 307
87% 389 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 75.8
4K Mixed 43.3
137% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 353
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 242
204% 298 MB/s
315GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 268 268 271 268 269 MB/s
88.3% Excellent
Read 463
Write 428
Mixed 238
SusWrite 270
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 65.8
4K Mixed 37.4
127% 44.2 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 277
DQ Mixed 230
194% 283 MB/s
362GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 267 245 268 263 263 MB/s
88.3% Excellent
Read 477
Write 470
Mixed 313
SusWrite 266
86% 381 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 63.6
4K Mixed 36.6
127% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 239
197% 284 MB/s
80GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 308 304 286 280 289 MB/s
85% Excellent
Read 392
Write 354
Mixed 288
SusWrite 286
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 79.9
4K Mixed 32.5
122% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 191
179% 278 MB/s
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 248 249 233 206 242 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 400
Write 304
Mixed 246
SusWrite 238
66% 297 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 53.8
4K Mixed 34.6
113% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 238
197% 284 MB/s
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 183 33 65 115 89 MB/s
73.7% Very good
Read 379
Write 354
Mixed 205
SusWrite 114
59% 263 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 71.5
4K Mixed 37.1
131% 46.1 MB/s
DQ Read 307
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 206
166% 236 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 43 78 56 74 51 MB/s
58.5% Above average
Read 402
Write 272
Mixed 130
SusWrite 73.2
48% 219 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 53
4K Mixed 21.7
88% 31.9 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 164
147% 225 MB/s
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 74 66 35 63 MB/s
52.2% Above average
Read 355
Write 338
Mixed 222
SusWrite 98.1
56% 253 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 33.1
4K Mixed 18.4
68% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 313
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 195
162% 235 MB/s
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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples2,815x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples517x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples958x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples813x
SSD
Blue SATA M.2 500GBWD  $100Bench 82%, 6,800 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples219x
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