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 -3%Effective Speed -3%Average User Bench -7%Read 0%, Write -1%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite 15%Peak Lab Bench -5%Read 0%, Write -1%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment -114%User Rating -71%, Market Share -603%, Price 121%, Value 96%Nice To Haves +7% DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -17%, ADQ Read 2%, ADQ Write -1%, ADQ Mixed -9%, Age 98%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 100% (203^rd of 1011)

Based on 10,690 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70, WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS, WDC WDS5 00G2B0B-00YS70

Poor: 77%Average: 100% Great: 119%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB averaged 0.4% higher 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 41.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB is 42.4%. 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 291MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 363MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,690 samples)

Rank 203100%

Min	Avg	Max
374	Read 470	513
306	Write 417	484
197	Mixed 291	389
189	SusWrite 363	411
86.4% 385 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.1	4K Read 32.6	41
39.9	4K Write 83.9	120
24	4K Mixed 41.2	54.6
147% 52.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
229	DQ Read 341	381
210	DQ Write 296	335
138	DQ Mixed 250	286
206% 296 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 55 mins ago.

223GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 374 403 401 404 403 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 419

Mixed 332

SusWrite 394

90% 400 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 41

175% 65.6 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 274

226% 323 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 hr ago.

432GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 408 408 407 409 411 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 210

SusWrite 407

89% 395 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 91.5

4K Mixed 49.5

154% 56.2 MB/s

DQ Read 306

DQ Write 281

DQ Mixed 270

209% 285 MB/s

GBR-User, 56 mins ago.

198GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 394 405 405 418 412 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 440

Mixed 313

SusWrite 404

90% 398 MB/s

4K Read 35.4

4K Write 87

4K Mixed 40.6

152% 54.3 MB/s

DQ Read 312

DQ Write 217

DQ Mixed 267

199% 266 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 379 317 251 342 343 MB/s

87% Excellent

Write 415

Mixed 322

SusWrite 337

85% 376 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 56.4

4K Mixed 34.9

106% 37.5 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 271

224% 323 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

280GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 393 398 387 383 385 MB/s

86.8% Excellent

Write 380

Mixed 236

SusWrite 388

76% 335 MB/s

4K Read 20.6

4K Write 60

4K Mixed 36.3

110% 39 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 279

224% 316 MB/s

USA-User, 11 mins ago.

24GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 392 406 402 292 210 MB/s

86.7% Excellent

Write 397

Mixed 204

SusWrite 348

77% 342 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 58.3

4K Mixed 30.4

106% 37.6 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 203

194% 304 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

48GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 195 182 195 162 165 MB/s

79.6% Very good

Write 352

Mixed 284

SusWrite 184

71% 319 MB/s

4K Read 30.2

4K Write 61.6

4K Mixed 31.9

119% 41.2 MB/s

DQ Read 300

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 274

214% 294 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 78%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $230

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $350Bench 92%, 341,147 samples	18,930x
Core i5-8600KIntel $270Bench 91%, 117,839 samples	3,641x
Core i7-8700Intel $310Bench 88%, 105,025 samples	1,175x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 124%, 356,296 samples	6,528x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples	5,271x
GTX 1070Nvidia $409Bench 79%, 656,806 samples	2,269x

SSD
Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GBWD $64Bench 100%, 10,690 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $105Bench 87%, 88,151 samples	2,580x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples	2,117x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $95Bench 84%, 38,604 samples	1,097x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $1,548

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
Intel Core i5-9600K $225	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $278	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $195	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $203

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $64	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

WD WDS500G2B0B

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

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Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

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