WD WDS500G2B0A

Blue 3D 500GB

Blue 3D 500GB
BENCHMARKS (43,442)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $67

Effective Speed -2%Effective Speed -2%Average Score -6%Read -1%, Write -3%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -13%, SusWrite 15%Peak Score -2%Read 1%, Write -0%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -9%, SusWrite 8%Value & Sentiment -42%User Rating -7%, Market Share -253%, Price 40%, Value 51%Nice To Haves -1%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -15%, ADQ Read 4%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed -11%, Age 19%, AS-SSD Total -1%

Average Bench: 96.7% (270^th of 1072)

Based on 43,442 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS5 00G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS500G2B0A-

Poor: 67%Average: 96.7% Great: 117%

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Excellent average bench

The WD Blue 3D 500GB averaged just 3.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue 3D 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 235MB/s

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

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D 500GB is 50.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 3D 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 284MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 342MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 43,442 samples)

Rank 27096.7%

Min	Avg	Max
336	Read 455	511
234	Write 395	484
162	Mixed 284	395
158	SusWrite 342	418
82.8% 369 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.8	4K Read 31.8	40.5
37.7	4K Write 80.1	119
21.5	4K Mixed 39.9	53.7
142% 50.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
166	DQ Read 339	380
83.1	DQ Write 280	339
87.1	DQ Mixed 235	288
196% 285 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

464GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 410 309 355 345 346 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 357

SusWrite 374

96% 429 MB/s

4K Read 37.6

4K Write 91.7

4K Mixed 48.4

168% 59.2 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 286

233% 332 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

373GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 358 330 408 408 411 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 484

Mixed 363

SusWrite 385

98% 435 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 43.8

161% 63.3 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 275

224% 319 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 day ago.

286GB free

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 410 408 408 407 404 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 448

Mixed 300

SusWrite 406

93% 414 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 81.8

4K Mixed 45.7

154% 54 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 281

227% 322 MB/s

EST-User, 1 day ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 376 394 329 390 369 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 371

Mixed 270

SusWrite 356

83% 372 MB/s

4K Read 34.9

4K Write 76.3

4K Mixed 41.7

147% 51 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 274

224% 319 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 day ago.

199GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 383 397 398 394 374 MB/s

86.8% Excellent

Write 383

Mixed 223

SusWrite 387

79% 353 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 45.7

4K Mixed 32.4

102% 34.1 MB/s

DQ Read 350

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 273

218% 305 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

239GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 375 413 415 418 416 MB/s

86.6% Excellent

Write 153

Mixed 375

SusWrite 385

72% 318 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 46.9

4K Mixed 32.3

106% 35.2 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 281

230% 328 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

80GB free

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 186 223 229 216 226 MB/s

75.5% Very good

Write 415

Mixed 259

SusWrite 231

71% 315 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 74.6

4K Mixed 28.8

126% 45.4 MB/s

DQ Read 232

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 207

155% 208 MB/s

IRL-User, 2 days ago.

318GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 61 67 141 72 73 MB/s

52.3% Above average

Write 314

Mixed 230

SusWrite 83.1

58% 259 MB/s

4K Read 20.3

4K Write 22.6

4K Mixed 24

74% 22.3 MB/s

DQ Read 281

DQ Write 67.2

DQ Mixed 128

106% 159 MB/s

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $249

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Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,251x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,007x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,823x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,205x

SSD
Blue 3D 500GBWD $67Bench 97%, 43,442 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $662

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Comments

Controller: Marvell 88SS1074. Memory: SanDisk 3D TLC

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16 months ago.

Not competitive with the HP EX920 for the same price.

Building_It

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Good

7 months ago.

A good budget SSD. Fast enough read/write speeds, and 500GB is just about enough for a few games. In 2023 though, with how much prices have dropped (These used to retail for about $50, and now they're down to like $30), a 1TB WD Blue SSD isn't too much more (about $50 now), and doubles your storage.

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Excellent

3 years ago.

Great value! At $54.99, you can't get a much better SATA SSD.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WD WDS500G2B0A

Blue 3D 500GB

Average Bench: 96.7% (270^th of 1072)

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Blue 3D 500GB

Average Bench: 96.7% (270th of 1072)

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