WD WDS500G2B0A

Blue 3D 500GB

Blue 3D 500GB
BENCHMARKS (43,442)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $49

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 -12%User Rating -7%, Market Share -211%, Price 88%, Value 83%Nice To Haves -1%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -15%, ADQ Read 4%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed -11%, Age 21%, AS-SSD Total -1%

Average Bench: 96.7% (269^th of 1071)

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

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

Popular builds with this SSD

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 26996.7%

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, 8 hrs ago.

184GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 407 409 410 413 412 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 432

Mixed 269

SusWrite 411

90% 403 MB/s

4K Read 32.3

4K Write 88.7

4K Mixed 47.4

157% 56.1 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 150

126% 184 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

215GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 338 380 403 409 408 MB/s

99.4% Outstanding

Write 427

Mixed 251

SusWrite 379

84% 376 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 41.4

136% 48.1 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 283

232% 330 MB/s

DEU-User, 53 mins ago.

109GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 290 248 211 271 209 MB/s

81.1% Excellent

Write 320

Mixed 302

SusWrite 259

74% 331 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 44.1

4K Mixed 31.9

105% 34.3 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 243

206% 303 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

94GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 356 287 233 234 185 MB/s

81% Excellent

Write 352

Mixed 249

SusWrite 278

74% 330 MB/s

4K Read 25.2

4K Write 44.6

4K Mixed 30.2

100% 33.3 MB/s

DQ Read 371

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 281

226% 319 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

85GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 173 186 146 167 165 MB/s

79.8% Very good

Write 286

Mixed 206

SusWrite 176

53% 234 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 76.1

4K Mixed 44

136% 48.6 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 268

223% 322 MB/s

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $123

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $239Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	3,992x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,300x
Core i7-8700Intel $330Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,365x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,163x
GTX 1080Nvidia $399Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,038x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $359Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	925x

SSD
Blue 3D 500GBWD $49Bench 97%, 43,442 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	578x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	309x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	256x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $584

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Comments

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

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5 months ago.

Not competitive with the HP EX920 for the same price.

Building_It

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Excellent

13 months ago.

A solid budget (depends on prices you find) SSD. Fast read/write speeds, and 500GB is pretty good.

Ian172

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Excellent

2 years ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS500G2B0A

Blue 3D 500GB

Average Bench: 96.7% (269^th of 1071)

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $123

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Blue 3D 500GB

Average Bench: 96.7% (269th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 96.7% (269^th of 1071)