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WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 86.4% (381st of 1072)

Based on 3,847 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN
Poor: 61%Average: 86.4% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB averaged just 13.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 212MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.2MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB is 45.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 259MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 276MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,847 samples)
Rank 38186.4%
Min Avg Max
349 Read 452 505
292 Write 392 484
189 Mixed 276 359
102 SusWrite 259 325
77.2% 345 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.8 4K Read 28.6 37.7
35.6 4K Write 73.4 116
19.6 4K Mixed 36.2 49.3
129% 46.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
146 DQ Read 318 375
100 DQ Write 255 307
73.4 DQ Mixed 212 253
179% 262 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
243GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 295 270 247 259 291 MB/s
95.5% Outstanding
Read 481
Write 339
Mixed 281
SusWrite 270
76% 343 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 80.4
4K Mixed 42.7
146% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 199
183% 282 MB/s
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 177 171 116 79 97 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 471
Write 458
Mixed 249
SusWrite 149
74% 332 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 48.1
4K Mixed 32.8
109% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 330
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 242
201% 289 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 204 241 129 144 157 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 425
Write 313
Mixed 200
SusWrite 184
62% 281 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 53.5
4K Mixed 35
104% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 353
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 208
187% 285 MB/s
141GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 310 300 288 295 295 MB/s
74.9% Very good
Read 481
Write 351
Mixed 258
SusWrite 304
78% 349 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 47.1
4K Mixed 24.9
88% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 209
160% 218 MB/s
239GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 192 239 234 253 241 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 305
Write 276
Mixed 219
SusWrite 233
58% 258 MB/s
4K Read 13.3
4K Write 20.2
4K Mixed 13.4
48% 15.6 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 219
188% 279 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,700,935 SSDs tested

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Typical WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB Builds (Compare 1,498 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 24%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8B75-M - $470

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples387x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples205x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples131x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples103x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples87x
SSD
WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GBWDCBench 86%, 3,847 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples35x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $826

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