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 -5%Effective Speed -5%Average User Bench -9%Read -0%, Write -2%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite 16%Peak Lab Bench -6%Read -0%, Write -1%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -16%, SusWrite -2%Value & Sentiment -55%User Rating -71%, Market Share -361%, Price 118%, Value 93%Nice To Haves +8% DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -17%, ADQ Read -1%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed -10%, Age 106%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 99.3% (197^th of 1003)

Based on 8,743 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70, WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS, WDC WDS5 00G2B0B-00YS70

Poor: 75%Average: 99.3% Great: 116%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB averaged just 0.7% 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 250MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB is 41.9%. 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 285MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 368MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,743 samples)

Rank 19799.3%

Min	Avg	Max
357	Read 467	510
308	Write 412	483
193	Mixed 285	384
202	SusWrite 368	412
86% 383 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.2	4K Read 32	40.3
42.1	4K Write 81.9	120
24.6	4K Mixed 40.2	52.7
143% 51.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
217	DQ Read 334	380
187	DQ Write 290	338
148	DQ Mixed 250	288
204% 291 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 48 mins ago.

464GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 421 397 399 394 394 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 473

Mixed 382

SusWrite 405

99% 441 MB/s

4K Read 38.9

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 46.4

173% 62.7 MB/s

DQ Read 302

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 266

207% 283 MB/s

USA-User, 22 mins ago.

109GB free

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 398 414 350 401 412 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 417

Mixed 211

SusWrite 398

86% 383 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 36.8

166% 64.2 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 218

201% 310 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 377 381 365 354 346 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 463

Mixed 318

SusWrite 369

93% 413 MB/s

4K Read 36.8

4K Write 86.8

4K Mixed 42.6

156% 55.4 MB/s

DQ Read 311

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 268

210% 289 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

355GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 389 385 376 392 392 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 440

Mixed 239

SusWrite 383

85% 380 MB/s

4K Read 33.2

4K Write 89.8

4K Mixed 45.6

156% 56.2 MB/s

DQ Read 234

DQ Write 208

DQ Mixed 211

161% 218 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

120GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 325 293 205 254 229 MB/s

79.5% Very good

Write 431

Mixed 358

SusWrite 279

86% 381 MB/s

4K Read 22.6

4K Write 46.5

4K Mixed 26.3

93% 31.8 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 286

233% 331 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 - $119

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $350Bench 108%, 306,706 samples	17,617x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 102%, 113,173 samples	3,391x
Core i7-8700Intel $295Bench 102%, 90,220 samples	1,080x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 150%, 367,634 samples	6,076x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 120%, 529,146 samples	4,944x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 631,382 samples	2,123x

SSD
Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GBWD $60Bench 99%, 8,743 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $98Bench 89%, 67,299 samples	2,446x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 208,591 samples	1,995x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $90Bench 85%, 33,115 samples	1,017x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,435

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $120	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $222	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $607	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

WD WDS500G2B0B

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 99.3% (197^th of 1003)

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Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 99.3% (197th of 1003)

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