WD WDS500G2B0B

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB
BENCHMARKS (10,005)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $64

Effective Speed +0%Effective Speed 0%Average User Bench -4%Read 3%, Write -0%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite 18%Peak Lab Bench -1%Read 2%, Write 0%, 4K Read -1%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -5%, SusWrite 6%Value & Sentiment -94%User Rating -41%, Market Share -535%, Price 95%, Value 106%Nice To Haves +8% DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -11%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed -4%, Age 75%, AS-SSD Total -0%

Average Bench: 98.9% (212^th of 1016)

Based on 10,005 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70, WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS, WDC WDS5 00G2B0B-00YS70

Poor: 71%Average: 98.9% Great: 119%

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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 241MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 41MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB is 47.9%. 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 288MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 354MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,005 samples)

Rank 21298.9%

Min	Avg	Max
351	Read 471	512
271	Write 412	484
182	Mixed 288	389
152	SusWrite 354	413
85.5% 381 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21	4K Read 32.3	41
40.1	4K Write 81.9	121
22.6	4K Mixed 41	54.4
145% 51.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
163	DQ Read 331	380
110	DQ Write 284	336
87.9	DQ Mixed 241	287
199% 285 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 6 mins ago.

183GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 382 383 372 373 383 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 490

Mixed 324

SusWrite 381

96% 428 MB/s

4K Read 42.5

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 58.8

214% 80.3 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 280

230% 327 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 hr ago.

309GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 366 406 407 397 398 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 445

Mixed 385

SusWrite 383

95% 424 MB/s

4K Read 42.3

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 57.1

204% 75.2 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 282

232% 332 MB/s

USA-User, 23 mins ago.

440GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 382 391 403 403 402 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 392

Mixed 233

SusWrite 396

86% 384 MB/s

4K Read 40.9

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 54.6

193% 70.4 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 337

DQ Mixed 286

234% 334 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

148GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 390 395 397 394 397 MB/s

96.7% Outstanding

Write 409

Mixed 316

SusWrite 395

90% 401 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 65.6

4K Mixed 40.9

126% 44.2 MB/s

DQ Read 310

DQ Write 287

DQ Mixed 263

207% 287 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 hr ago.

237GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 71 73 75 71 82 MB/s

37.8% Below average

Write 42.2

Mixed 136

SusWrite 74.6

30% 140 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 6.2

4K Mixed 10.4

73% 18 MB/s

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 93%, 383,533 samples	21,153x
Core i5-8600KIntel $245Bench 91%, 141,514 samples	4,032x
Core i7-8700Intel $370Bench 89%, 150,954 samples	1,340x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 129%, 435,255 samples	7,230x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples	5,823x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples	2,503x

SSD
Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GBWD $64Bench 99%, 10,005 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $95Bench 88%, 111,841 samples	2,838x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples	2,355x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $88Bench 84%, 45,908 samples	1,206x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,487

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS500G2B0B

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 98.9% (212^th of 1016)

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Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 98.9% (212th of 1016)

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