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WDS500G1B0A- 500GB

WDS500G1B0A- 500GB
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Effective Speed -35%Effective Speed -35%Average Score -38%Read -8%, Write -25%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -59%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -72%, SusWrite -23%Peak Score -16%Read -3%, Write -5%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed -33%, 4K Mixed -20%, SusWrite -26%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -27%DQ Read 1%, DQ Write -20%, DQ Mixed -34%, ADQ Read -18%, ADQ Write -44%, ADQ Mixed -105%, Age 13%, AS-SSD Total -8%

Average Bench: 73.2% (607^th of 1072)

Based on 63 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS500G1B0A-

Poor: 49%Average: 73.2% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The WDC WDS500G1B0A- 500GB averaged 26.8% 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 127MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.3MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS500G1B0A- 500GB is 51.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDS500G1B0A- 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 241MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 250MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 63 samples)

Rank 60773.2%

Min	Avg	Max
299	Read 422	494
148	Write 324	464
165	Mixed 250	318
86.2	SusWrite 241	308
69.1% 309 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.3	4K Read 25.3	38.5
18.7	4K Write 55.1	105
11.8	4K Mixed 26.1	48.5
101% 35.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
47.2	DQ Read 277	369
37.4	DQ Write 201	299
13.5	DQ Mixed 127	247
125% 202 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 14 months ago.

345GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 267 274 273 268 253 MB/s

94.3% Outstanding

Write 466

Mixed 315

SusWrite 277

85% 380 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 78.2

4K Mixed 41.7

144% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 337

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 253

208% 297 MB/s

USA-User, 12 months ago.

416GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 298 297 302 300 299 MB/s

92.6% Outstanding

Write 362

Mixed 251

SusWrite 302

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 74.6

4K Mixed 40.1

137% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 338

DQ Write 283

DQ Mixed 224

192% 282 MB/s

POL-User, 9 months ago.

404GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 295 300 300 305 302 MB/s

90.8% Outstanding

Write 374

Mixed 281

SusWrite 301

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 84.6

4K Mixed 41

136% 50.4 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 230

195% 285 MB/s

CZE-User, 10 months ago.

244GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 00WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 235 128 83 110 76 MB/s

65.3% Good

Write 378

Mixed 238

SusWrite 138

65% 289 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 46.2

4K Mixed 26.6

98% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 267

DQ Write 206

DQ Mixed 211

165% 228 MB/s

CAN-User, 8 months ago.

211GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 234 219 240 237 233 MB/s

63% Good

Write 283

Mixed 214

SusWrite 234

58% 259 MB/s

4K Read 18.8

4K Write 33.7

4K Mixed 23.3

76% 25.3 MB/s

DQ Read 349

DQ Write 223

DQ Mixed 228

186% 267 MB/s

CAN-User, 4 months ago.

130GB free

Firmware: X410

SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 308 291 267 253 282 MB/s

48.7% Average

Write 350

Mixed 252

SusWrite 287

65% 287 MB/s

4K Read 14.7

4K Write 22.2

4K Mixed 16.4

55% 17.8 MB/s

DQ Read 64.8

DQ Write 101

DQ Mixed 61.1

52% 75.6 MB/s

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	113x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples	87x

GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
WDS500G1B0A- 500GBWDCBench 73%, 63 samples	1x

RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples	25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples	19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples	18x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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) $30	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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Average Bench: 73.2% (607^th of 1072)

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