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WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 97.2% (266th of 1072)

Based on 11,302 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDBNCE5000PNC
Poor: 71%Average: 97.2% Great: 118%

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Excellent average bench

The WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB averaged just 2.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 234MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.9MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB is 46.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 283MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 341MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,302 samples)
Rank 26697.2%
Min Avg Max
327 Read 452 512
222 Write 395 485
164 Mixed 283 390
131 SusWrite 341 422
82.4% 368 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.1 4K Read 32.1 40.4
42.2 4K Write 82.5 117
23.5 4K Mixed 40.9 53.3
145% 51.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
214 DQ Read 333 380
143 DQ Write 280 340
107 DQ Mixed 234 288
195% 282 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
349GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 417 417 416 418 425 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 487
Mixed 354
SusWrite 420
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 99.2
4K Mixed 43.6
166% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 192
188% 300 MB/s
95GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 420 416 393 423 425 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 414
Mixed 255
SusWrite 418
89% 398 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 85.9
4K Mixed 39.6
152% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 309
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 220
194% 289 MB/s
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 343 365 343 275 274 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 453
Mixed 241
SusWrite 331
86% 384 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 83.1
4K Mixed 46.9
160% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 268
225% 326 MB/s
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 408 385 414 412 412 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 458
Write 349
Mixed 228
SusWrite 402
80% 359 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 76.1
4K Mixed 42.8
146% 50.9 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 199
191% 300 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 415 406 294 297 222 MB/s
98.4% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 451
Mixed 371
SusWrite 332
93% 412 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 43.6
160% 56.6 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 184
143% 196 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 378 364 359 386 376 MB/s
98.1% Outstanding
Read 513
Write 442
Mixed 216
SusWrite 373
86% 386 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 89.4
4K Mixed 47.9
167% 58.6 MB/s
DQ Read 37.7
DQ Write 95
DQ Mixed 43.6
40% 58.8 MB/s
60GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 188 175 156 158 146 MB/s
73.6% Very good
Read 385
Write 455
Mixed 331
SusWrite 174
76% 336 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 49.1
4K Mixed 33.7
103% 35.1 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 280
226% 319 MB/s
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Typical WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB Builds (Compare 23,319 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,013x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,183x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,950x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,304x
SSD
WDBNCE5000PNC 500GBWDCBench 97%, 11,302 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,559x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $598

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