WD WDS500G2B0B

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB
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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

250GB 500GB 1TB

Effective Speed -1%Effective Speed -1%Average User Bench -5%Read -0%, Write -0%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -23%, 4K Mixed -13%, SusWrite 22%Peak Lab Bench -4%Read 0%, Write -2%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite 4%Value & Sentiment -95%User Rating -70%, Market Share -475%, Price 70%, Value 96%Nice To Haves +9% DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -14%, ADQ Read 0%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed -11%, Age 107%, AS-SSD Total -1%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 98.9% (192^nd of 1000)

Based on 8,001 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70, WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS, WDC WDS5 00G2B0B-00YS70

Poor: 71%Average: 98.9% Great: 116%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB averaged just 1.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 242MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB is 45.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 289MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 366MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,001 samples)

Rank 19298.9%

Min	Avg	Max
357	Read 462	508
305	Write 413	478
198	Mixed 289	388
182	SusWrite 366	410
85.8% 382 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20	4K Read 31.6	40.5
40.3	4K Write 83	118
21.5	4K Mixed 40.3	52.8
144% 51.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
171	DQ Read 329	380
168	DQ Write 289	336
90.1	DQ Mixed 242	288
200% 287 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

466GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 446 413 398 400 400 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 489

Mixed 415

SusWrite 424

104% 460 MB/s

4K Read 39

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 51.1

180% 65.2 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 290

236% 336 MB/s

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.

112GB free

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 402 403 394 407 407 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 222

Mixed 320

SusWrite 402

74% 331 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 57.2

183% 71.5 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 286

234% 333 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 394 398 398 395 331 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 430

Mixed 279

SusWrite 383

88% 392 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 89.6

4K Mixed 44.6

160% 56.9 MB/s

DQ Read 309

DQ Write 279

DQ Mixed 255

202% 281 MB/s

KOR-User, 3 hrs ago.

397GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 377 381 378 390 396 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 458

Mixed 320

SusWrite 383

93% 415 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 85.3

4K Mixed 38.4

152% 53.9 MB/s

DQ Read 312

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 256

204% 285 MB/s

NOR-User, 9 hrs ago.

86GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 383 378 386 381 388 MB/s

96.5% Outstanding

Write 415

Mixed 268

SusWrite 384

87% 390 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 82.7

4K Mixed 29

125% 46.9 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 335

DQ Mixed 280

230% 330 MB/s

ROU-User, 5 hrs ago.

352GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 378 365 353 363 350 MB/s

89.3% Excellent

Write 328

Mixed 244

SusWrite 356

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 62.9

4K Mixed 33.2

114% 40.5 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 213

193% 296 MB/s

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Desktop 98%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $356Bench 107%, 289,974 samples	16,615x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 102%, 110,124 samples	3,210x
Core i7-8700Intel $300Bench 102%, 82,174 samples	973x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 154%, 308,250 samples	5,744x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 123%, 449,288 samples	4,697x
GTX 1070Nvidia $314Bench 98%, 573,744 samples	2,004x

SSD
Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GBWD $63Bench 99%, 8,001 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $115Bench 91%, 61,083 samples	2,332x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 86%, 166,861 samples	1,922x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $106Bench 85%, 30,105 samples	967x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,512

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $314	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

WD WDS500G2B0B

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 98.9% (192^nd of 1000)

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Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 98.9% (192nd of 1000)

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