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WDS5 00G1B0A-00H9 500GB

WDS5 00G1B0A-00H9 500GB
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Effective Speed -81%Effective Speed -81%Average Score -74%Read -30%, Write -41%, 4K Read -83%, 4K Write -158%, Mixed -64%, 4K Mixed -117%, SusWrite -26%Peak Score -86%Read -37%, Write -37%, 4K Read -102%, 4K Write -214%, Mixed -61%, 4K Mixed -124%, SusWrite -27%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -154%DQ Read -194%, DQ Write -133%, DQ Mixed -169%, ADQ Read -226%, ADQ Write -165%, ADQ Mixed -210%, Age 10%, AS-SSD Total -142%

Average Bench: 54.5% (856^th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS5 00G1B0A-00H9

Poor: 42%Average: 54.5% Great: 65%

Popular builds with this SSD

EVGA 132-YW-E180-FTW (1)

Average average bench

The WDC WDS5 00G1B0A-00H9 500GB averaged 45.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 83.9MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.8MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 100MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 109MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 85654.5%

Min	Avg	Max
302	Read 352	371
159	Write 288	354
157	Mixed 219	263
151	SusWrite 235	306
61.3% 274 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.8	4K Read 18.8	21.3
23.6	4K Write 33.9	38.9
9.56	4K Mixed 20.7	26
73.1% 24.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
73.2	DQ Read 100	125
52.8	DQ Write 109	154
27.2	DQ Mixed 83.9	123
68.9% 97.8 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 years ago.

356GB free

Firmware: X411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 304 306 304 302 304 MB/s

65.1% Good

Write 338

Mixed 245

SusWrite 306

71% 315 MB/s

4K Read 17.9

4K Write 38.9

4K Mixed 25.6

80% 27.5 MB/s

DQ Read 125

DQ Write 154

DQ Mixed 92.1

83% 124 MB/s

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Typical WDS5 00G1B0A-00H9 500GB Builds (Compare 3 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 13%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: EVGA 132-YW-E180-FTW

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	1x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	1x
Core2 Extreme X9770IntelBench 57%, 522 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 6950AMDBench 20%, 770 samples	1x
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	1x
GeForce GTX 280NvidiaBench 8%, 1,404 samples	1x

SSD
WDS5 00G1B0A-00H9 500GBWDCBench 55%, 4 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	2x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	1x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $170

Popular WDS5 00G1B0A-00H9 500GB compatible motherboards:

EVGA 132-YW-E180-FTW (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WDS5 00G1B0A-00H9 500GB

Average Bench: 54.5% (856^th of 1072)

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WDS5 00G1B0A-00H9 500GB

Average Bench: 54.5% (856th of 1072)

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Motherboard: EVGA 132-YW-E180-FTW

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Average Bench: 54.5% (856^th of 1072)