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WD Blue SN580 500GB

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Effective Speed -55%Effective Speed -55%Average Score -58%Read -50%, Write -92%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -72%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite -84%Peak Score -78%Read -56%, Write -91%, 4K Read -133%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -95%, 4K Mixed -98%, SusWrite -51%Value & Sentiment -2,307%User Rating -37%, Market Share -4,578%Nice To Haves -19%DQ Read -27%, DQ Write 3%, DQ Mixed -34%, ADQ Read -40%, ADQ Write -35%, ADQ Mixed -51%, Age 59%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 351% (24^th of 1080)

Based on 13 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WD Blue SN580 500GB

Poor: 211%Average: 351% Great: 501%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD Blue SN580 500GB averaged 251.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WD Blue SN580 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 987MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,783MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WD Blue SN580 500GB is 290%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WD Blue SN580 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 170MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 62.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)

Rank 24351%

Min	Avg	Max
1,388	Read 2,783	3,796
1,078	Write 2,416	3,369
1,087	Mixed 1,874	2,401
683	SusWrite 1,723	3,018
493% 2,199 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
41.5	4K Read 62.1	82.5
79.9	4K Write 170	313
49.3	4K Mixed 76.7	111
283% 103 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
526	DQ Read 1,219	1,818
223	DQ Write 933	1946
307	DQ Mixed 987	1,561
762% 1,047 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TUR-User, 3 days ago.

280GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 281040WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2977 3160 2888 602 231 295 MB/s

409% Outstanding

Write 3,233

Mixed 2,223

SusWrite 1,692

601% 2,688 MB/s

4K Read 69

4K Write 190

4K Mixed 81.1

309% 113 MB/s

DQ Read 1,689

DQ Write 1,315

DQ Mixed 1,401

1,075% 1,468 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

313GB free

Firmware: 281010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2635 2716 2944 2958 734 456 MB/s

363% Outstanding

Write 2,976

Mixed 2256

SusWrite 2,074

590% 2,631 MB/s

4K Read 65.2

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 79.7

276% 95.4 MB/s

DQ Read 627

DQ Write 382

DQ Mixed 421

336% 477 MB/s

TUR-User, 5 months ago.

189GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 281010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2690 2310 592 216 253 267 MB/s

359% Outstanding

Write 2846

Mixed 2,119

SusWrite 1,055

533% 2,391 MB/s

4K Read 68.7

4K Write 193

4K Mixed 84.4

314% 115 MB/s

DQ Read 1533

DQ Write 1,032

DQ Mixed 1,278

955% 1,281 MB/s

VNM-User, 5 months ago.

232GB free

Firmware: 281010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2068 2100 2074 1794 1840 636 MB/s

294% Outstanding

Write 2,156

Mixed 1,755

SusWrite 1752

448% 1,995 MB/s

4K Read 52

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 61.5

229% 82.7 MB/s

DQ Read 646

DQ Write 452

DQ Mixed 537

404% 545 MB/s

MYS-User, 5 months ago.

424GB free

Firmware: 281010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1322 1341 1376 1384 1378 1410 MB/s

273% Outstanding

Write 1,983

Mixed 1,612

SusWrite 1,368

421% 1,884 MB/s

4K Read 54.3

4K Write 95.1

4K Mixed 69.3

221% 72.9 MB/s

DQ Read 526

DQ Write 263

DQ Mixed 418

304% 402 MB/s

IND-User, 1 month ago.

286GB free

Firmware: 281010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1593 1732 1372 1803 1530 1663 MB/s

268% Outstanding

Write 1,935

Mixed 1,758

SusWrite 1,615

420% 1,866 MB/s

4K Read 49.6

4K Write 99.8

4K Mixed 49.3

191% 66.2 MB/s

DQ Read 675

DQ Write 423

DQ Mixed 521

396% 540 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

317GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 281010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 686 745 753 998 1038 1076 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 1,184

Mixed 1,152

SusWrite 883

280% 1,257 MB/s

4K Read 57.2

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 51.5

214% 74.6 MB/s

DQ Read 685

DQ Write 223

DQ Mixed 307

265% 405 MB/s

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Workstation 14%

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System: HP 250 G8 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 68%, 82,426 samples	817x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples	504x
Core i5-1035G1IntelBench 51%, 53,170 samples	489x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,048x
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples	777x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples	508x

SSD
WD Blue SN580 500GBNvmeBench 351%, 13 samples	1x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 1x8GBMicronBench 42%, 8,707 samples	243x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples	231x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples	212x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $144
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $70
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WD Blue SN580 500GB

Average Bench: 351% (24^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 351% (24th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 351% (24^th of 1080)