WD WDS500G2B0B

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed -2%Effective Speed -2%Average Score -6%Read 0%, Write -0%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -12%, SusWrite 15%Peak Score -3%Read 1%, Write -1%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -9%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment -156%User Rating -13%, Market Share -907%, Price 158%, Value 138%Nice To Haves -0%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -16%, ADQ Read 3%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed -8%, Age 27%, AS-SSD Total -1%

Average Bench: 97.5% (249^th of 1058)

Based on 24,682 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70, WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS, WDC WDS5 00G2B0B-00YS70

Poor: 70%Average: 97.5% Great: 117%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB averaged just 2.4% 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 241MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB is 46.6%. 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 282MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 343MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 24,682 samples)

Rank 24997.5%

Min	Avg	Max
368	Read 464	512
281	Write 405	480
182	Mixed 282	385
148	SusWrite 343	414
83.7% 373 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.1	4K Read 32.1	40.6
40.3	4K Write 81.3	116
22.3	4K Mixed 40.5	53.5
144% 51.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
220	DQ Read 335	380
119	DQ Write 279	335
128	DQ Mixed 241	286
198% 285 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

317GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 399 397 410 402 408 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 214

SusWrite 404

89% 399 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 49.1

179% 67.6 MB/s

DQ Read 258

DQ Write 305

DQ Mixed 272

207% 278 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

176GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 342 401 367 318 402 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 422

Mixed 239

SusWrite 356

84% 377 MB/s

4K Read 37.8

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 35.5

160% 60.6 MB/s

DQ Read 339

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 225

198% 295 MB/s

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

141GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 364 400 399 365 289 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 337

Mixed 223

SusWrite 360

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 91.5

4K Mixed 43.6

153% 55.8 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 248

DQ Mixed 197

166% 242 MB/s

FIN-User, 16 hrs ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 403 401 407 422 424 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 456

Mixed 360

SusWrite 417

97% 430 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 60.4

4K Mixed 38.2

126% 42.9 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 275

227% 327 MB/s

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

145GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 380 393 398 395 407 MB/s

90.8% Outstanding

Write 397

Mixed 283

SusWrite 381

86% 382 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 60.9

4K Mixed 40

133% 44.5 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 185

DQ Mixed 151

117% 159 MB/s

GBR-User, 13 hrs ago.

130GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 192 193 164 162 146 MB/s

82.3% Excellent

Write 413

Mixed 284

SusWrite 180

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 54.2

4K Mixed 35.6

119% 39.8 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 276

222% 315 MB/s

IND-User, 9 hrs ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 378 272 283 214 136 MB/s

75.5% Very good

Write 378

Mixed 254

SusWrite 265

75% 337 MB/s

4K Read 21.9

4K Write 42.2

4K Mixed 25.8

89% 30 MB/s

DQ Read 351

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 116

140% 247 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 328 286 319 198 217 MB/s

68.1% Good

Write 336

Mixed 166

SusWrite 269

65% 290 MB/s

4K Read 16.1

4K Write 36.4

4K Mixed 24

74% 25.5 MB/s

DQ Read 342

DQ Write 230

DQ Mixed 247

195% 273 MB/s

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 94%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $242Bench 82%, 777,977 samples	24,246x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $400Bench 81%, 467,627 samples	15,060x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $326Bench 85%, 593,991 samples	13,114x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 551,178 samples	7,553x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 89%, 355,921 samples	7,061x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 104%, 395,717 samples	6,926x

SSD
Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GBWD $49Bench 98%, 24,682 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 84%, 255,633 samples	8,194x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 86%, 449,944 samples	7,698x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 83%, 538,368 samples	5,250x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,006

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $220	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $300	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS500G2B0B

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 97.5% (249^th of 1058)

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Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 97.5% (249th of 1058)

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