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 +2% Effective Speed 2%Average User Bench -3%Read 2%, Write 0%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite 21%Peak Lab Bench -1%Read 2%, Write 0%, 4K Read -0%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -4%, SusWrite 5%Value & Sentiment -113%User Rating -41%, Market Share -654%, Price 125%, Value 117%Nice To Haves +9% DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -11%, ADQ Read 6%, ADQ Write -1%, ADQ Mixed -2%, Age 80%, AS-SSD Total -0%

Average Bench: 101% (202^nd of 1011)

Based on 9,967 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70, WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS, WDC WDS5 00G2B0B-00YS70

Poor: 76%Average: 101% Great: 119%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB averaged 0.7% 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 252MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 41.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB is 42.7%. 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 290MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 362MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,967 samples)

Rank 202101%

Min	Avg	Max
370	Read 470	513
291	Write 415	485
201	Mixed 290	387
186	SusWrite 362	410
86.3% 385 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.3	4K Read 32.8	41.3
41	4K Write 84.8	123
25	4K Mixed 41.8	54.6
148% 53.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
225	DQ Read 337	380
187	DQ Write 292	335
159	DQ Mixed 252	286
206% 294 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 6 hrs ago.

193GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 409 408 405 401 400 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 440

Mixed 262

SusWrite 405

91% 406 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 40.4

184% 73.1 MB/s

DQ Read 373

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 212

196% 304 MB/s

CHE-User, 7 hrs ago.

397GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 396 399 410 405 411 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 442

Mixed 315

SusWrite 402

93% 414 MB/s

4K Read 39.7

4K Write 88.6

4K Mixed 39.4

158% 55.9 MB/s

DQ Read 367

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 282

226% 317 MB/s

ROU-User, 7 hrs ago.

326GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 387 399 393 400 403 MB/s

98.4% Outstanding

Write 456

Mixed 360

SusWrite 380

94% 419 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 61.2

4K Mixed 38.7

129% 43.7 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 280

230% 329 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

299GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 333 375 362 378 319 MB/s

97.2% Outstanding

Write 347

Mixed 256

SusWrite 346

79% 351 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 82.3

4K Mixed 44.6

148% 52.8 MB/s

DQ Read 266

DQ Write 256

DQ Mixed 256

194% 259 MB/s

DEU-User, 10 hrs ago.

432GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 365 375 384 385 386 MB/s

95.8% Outstanding

Write 454

Mixed 283

SusWrite 376

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 86

4K Mixed 38.3

151% 53.9 MB/s

DQ Read 269

DQ Write 246

DQ Mixed 186

159% 234 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

352GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 313 397 405 411 408 MB/s

88% Excellent

Write 406

Mixed 314

SusWrite 388

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 55.2

4K Mixed 35.8

106% 37.2 MB/s

DQ Read 368

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 179

179% 288 MB/s

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $300

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $367Bench 94%, 327,544 samples	19,823x
Core i5-8600KIntel $259Bench 91%, 121,158 samples	3,804x
Core i7-8700Intel $340Bench 88%, 130,122 samples	1,232x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $750Bench 125%, 410,032 samples	6,819x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 101%, 504,565 samples	5,485x
GTX 1070Nvidia $390Bench 78%, 706,612 samples	2,361x

SSD
Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GBWD $62Bench 101%, 9,967 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $90Bench 87%, 86,592 samples	2,681x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 84%, 269,052 samples	2,212x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $87Bench 83%, 35,730 samples	1,141x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $1,569

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $234	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $349	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

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Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

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Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

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