WD WDS500G2B0B

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB
BENCHMARKS (15,428)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -0%Effective Speed -0%Average Score -5%Read 2%, Write -1%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite 19%Peak Score -0%Read 2%, Write -1%, 4K Read -0%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite 9%Value & Sentiment -113%User Rating -42%, Market Share -670%, Price 143%, Value 117%Nice To Haves +4% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -13%, ADQ Read 4%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed -8%, Age 52%, AS-SSD Total 0%

Average Bench: 97.4% (237^th of 1040)

Based on 15,428 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70, WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS, WDC WDS5 00G2B0B-00YS70

Poor: 73%Average: 97.4% Great: 116%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB averaged just 2.6% 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 246MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 39.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB is 43.9%. 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 284MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 350MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15,428 samples)

Rank 23797.4%

Min	Avg	Max
359	Read 466	511
276	Write 403	481
167	Mixed 284	391
151	SusWrite 350	414
84.2% 376 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.3	4K Read 31.9	40.5
43.8	4K Write 78.7	117
21.5	4K Mixed 39.9	53.7
141% 50.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
220	DQ Read 335	380
168	DQ Write 286	334
133	DQ Mixed 246	287
202% 289 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 4 hrs ago.

398GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 384 389 412 403 410 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 423

Mixed 259

SusWrite 391

89% 398 MB/s

4K Read 33.4

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 56.7

188% 71 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 189

187% 300 MB/s

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.

143GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 415 409 402 401 279 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 480

Mixed 401

SusWrite 394

100% 446 MB/s

4K Read 40.6

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 54.2

191% 69.6 MB/s

DQ Read 306

DQ Write 285

DQ Mixed 266

208% 286 MB/s

AUS-User, 4 hrs ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 409 416 417 408 408 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 479

Mixed 227

SusWrite 409

91% 405 MB/s

4K Read 36.8

4K Write 88.3

4K Mixed 47.2

163% 57.4 MB/s

DQ Read 371

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 184

184% 295 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 361 383 389 389 390 MB/s

97.6% Outstanding

Write 437

Mixed 202

SusWrite 382

84% 374 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 61.2

4K Mixed 38.7

127% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 283

231% 328 MB/s

COL-User, 3 hrs ago.

344GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 409 421 418 424 425 MB/s

95.6% Outstanding

Write 330

Mixed 226

SusWrite 408

78% 346 MB/s

4K Read 29.3

4K Write 68.6

4K Mixed 39.4

131% 45.8 MB/s

DQ Read 304

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 262

204% 280 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

103GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 350 357 329 314 242 MB/s

92.9% Outstanding

Write 416

Mixed 235

SusWrite 329

81% 360 MB/s

4K Read 33.9

4K Write 76.6

4K Mixed 42.4

146% 51 MB/s

DQ Read 221

DQ Write 185

DQ Mixed 200

151% 202 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 93%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $121

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $200Bench 85%, 536,292 samples	11,747x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $212Bench 83%, 345,441 samples	7,554x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $284Bench 87%, 325,402 samples	5,952x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 113%, 317,424 samples	4,355x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 225,803 samples	3,828x
RTX 2060Nvidia $334Bench 85%, 268,714 samples	3,400x

SSD
Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GBWD $60Bench 97%, 15,428 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $86Bench 85%, 145,038 samples	3,866x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 87%, 335,196 samples	3,745x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $69Bench 83%, 378,421 samples	2,918x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $977

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $180	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $548	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28

WD WDS500G2B0B

Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 97.4% (237^th of 1040)

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Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 97.4% (237th of 1040)

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