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WDS5 00G2B0A-00SM 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 58.9% (822nd of 1080)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS5 00G2B0A-00SM
Poor: 47%Average: 58.9% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The WDC WDS5 00G2B0A-00SM 500GB averaged 41.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 83.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 23MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS5 00G2B0A-00SM 500GB is 26.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WDS5 00G2B0A-00SM 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 100MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 114MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 82258.9%
Min Avg Max
294 Read 365 442
217 Write 313 406
149 Mixed 231 300
114 SusWrite 260 394
65.6% 292 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14 4K Read 18.2 24.3
22 4K Write 34.8 58
16.3 4K Mixed 23 32.3
75.5% 25.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
60.5 DQ Read 100 132
47.9 DQ Write 114 173
29.5 DQ Mixed 83.4 128
69.3% 99.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,567,674 SSDs tested

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Typical WDS5 00G2B0A-00SM 500GB Builds (Compare 44 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 30%
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Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 22%
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Motherboard: EVGA 132-CK-NF79

CPU
Core2 Extreme X9770IntelBench 57%, 522 samples13x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel  $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples7x
Core2 Quad Q9450Intel  $110Bench 49%, 5,335 samples6x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples8x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples4x
GTX 760Nvidia  $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples3x
SSD
WDS5 00G2B0A-00SM 500GBWDCBench 59%, 7 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples15x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples11x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $200

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