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WD Blue SN580 50 500GB

WD Blue SN580 50 500GB
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Effective Speed +195% Effective Speed 195%Average Score +258% Read 388%, Write 412%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 12%, Mixed 414%, 4K Mixed 38%, SusWrite 491%Peak Score +245% Read 403%, Write 391%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write -0%, Mixed 385%, 4K Mixed 23%, SusWrite 470%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +364% DQ Read 192%, DQ Write 168%, DQ Mixed 202%, ADQ Read 123%, ADQ Write 101%, ADQ Mixed 156%, Age 1,791%, AS-SSD Total 176%

Average Bench: 291% (32^nd of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WD Blue SN580 50

Poor: 237%Average: 291% Great: 353%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD Blue SN580 50 500GB averaged 190.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WD Blue SN580 50 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 666MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,076MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WD Blue SN580 50 500GB is 116%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WD Blue SN580 50 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 97.9MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 52.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)

Rank 32291%

Min	Avg	Max
1,810	Read 2,233	2,549
1,614	Write 2,076	2,380
1,518	Mixed 1,844	2,054
1567	SusWrite 1,751	2,206
445% 1,976 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.8	4K Read 52.3	60.7
67	4K Write 97.9	122
47.6	4K Mixed 62.3	71.5
211% 70.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
244	DQ Read 729	1,072
316	DQ Write 581	960
376	DQ Mixed 666	999
495% 659 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

TUR-User, 2 months ago.

336GB free

Firmware: 10WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2160 2317 2308 2297 2282 1875 MB/s

353% Outstanding

Write 2371

Mixed 2,022

SusWrite 2,206

514% 2,282 MB/s

4K Read 60.7

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 68

234% 77.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,072

DQ Write 960

DQ Mixed 999

754% 1,010 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 months ago.

239GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2299 2253 2268 1575 605 403 MB/s

315% Outstanding

Write 2,380

Mixed 2,054

SusWrite 1567

480% 2,138 MB/s

4K Read 59.3

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 71.5

246% 84.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,034

DQ Write 798

DQ Mixed 919

686% 917 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

423GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1153 1782 2019 2057 2036 2019 MB/s

290% Outstanding

Write 2,159

Mixed 1,847

SusWrite 1,844

445% 1,972 MB/s

4K Read 53.3

4K Write 99.4

4K Mixed 62.9

214% 71.9 MB/s

DQ Read 745

DQ Write 602

DQ Mixed 677

506% 675 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

415GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1115 1584 1824 1837 1832 1823 MB/s

289% Outstanding

Write 1895

Mixed 1,833

SusWrite 1669

432% 1,922 MB/s

4K Read 55.9

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 64.6

221% 73.8 MB/s

DQ Read 766

DQ Write 463

DQ Mixed 585

444% 604 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

401GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1055 1559 1759 1804 1807 1810 MB/s

281% Outstanding

Write 2,049

Mixed 1830

SusWrite 1,632

431% 1,918 MB/s

4K Read 51.1

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 61.6

211% 72.2 MB/s

DQ Read 787

DQ Write 520

DQ Mixed 586

455% 631 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 month ago.

355GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1861 1896 1849 1837 1446 1251 MB/s

270% Outstanding

Write 2065

Mixed 1,805

SusWrite 1,690

439% 1,953 MB/s

4K Read 51

4K Write 87.8

4K Mixed 60.1

201% 66.3 MB/s

DQ Read 244

DQ Write 410

DQ Mixed 518

339% 391 MB/s

IND-User, 3 months ago.

368GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1586 1618 1727 1556 1700 1698 MB/s

237% Outstanding

Write 1,614

Mixed 1,518

SusWrite 1,647

371% 1,647 MB/s

4K Read 34.8

4K Write 67

4K Mixed 47.6

149% 49.8 MB/s

DQ Read 458

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 376

284% 383 MB/s

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 50%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,047x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	377x
Core i5-6400Intel $76Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	595x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
WD Blue SN580 50 500GBNvmeBench 291%, 7 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 39%, 5,448 samples	302x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	121x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	102x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WD Blue SN580 50 500GB

Average Bench: 291% (32^nd of 1072)

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WD Blue SN580 50 500GB

Average Bench: 291% (32nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 291% (32^nd of 1072)