Amd-raid

WDC WDS500G2B0A- 500GB

WDC WDS500G2B0A- 500GB
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Effective Speed -46%Effective Speed -46%Average Score -55%Read -24%, Write -8%, 4K Read -95%, 4K Write -110%, Mixed -48%, 4K Mixed -115%, SusWrite 11%Peak Score -49%Read -5%, Write -6%, 4K Read -87%, 4K Write -103%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -136%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -92%DQ Read -216%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -144%, ADQ Read -202%, ADQ Write 4%, ADQ Mixed -139%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total -67%

Average Bench: 67.2% (711^th of 1072)

Based on 15 user benchmarks. Model: AMD-RAID WDC WDS500G2B0A-

Poor: 50%Average: 67.2% Great: 79%

Above average average bench

The Amd-raid WDC WDS500G2B0A- 500GB averaged 32.7% 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 109MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 299MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid WDC WDS500G2B0A- 500GB is 28.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Amd-raid WDC WDS500G2B0A- 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 108MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 243MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)

Rank 71167.2%

Min	Avg	Max
265	Read 370	484
114	Write 377	457
168	Mixed 243	384
53.3	SusWrite 329	416
74.2% 330 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.2	4K Read 17.6	23
18.1	4K Write 41.8	60.2
7.9	4K Mixed 20.9	24.7
75.6% 26.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
81.5	DQ Read 108	116
193	DQ Write 299	344
41.5	DQ Mixed 109	136
110% 172 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 years ago.

252GB free

Firmware: X611

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 418 412 418 412 410 MB/s

78.6% Very good

Write 441

Mixed 225

SusWrite 416

88% 391 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 40.8

4K Mixed 22.1

81% 27.9 MB/s

DQ Read 81.5

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 102

108% 169 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

63GB free

Firmware: X611

SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 403 343 346 407 270 MB/s

77.5% Very good

Write 420

Mixed 199

SusWrite 364

82% 366 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 43.7

4K Mixed 23.4

85% 29.3 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 103

113% 183 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

248GB free

Firmware: X611

SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 405 406 392 396 398 MB/s

76.7% Very good

Write 302

Mixed 240

SusWrite 408

75% 333 MB/s

4K Read 21.2

4K Write 43.8

4K Mixed 23.7

86% 29.6 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 135

129% 196 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

288GB free

Firmware: X611

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 402 411 412 414 414 MB/s

73.8% Very good

Write 440

Mixed 179

SusWrite 411

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 16.9

4K Write 40

4K Mixed 22.7

76% 26.5 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 88.3

107% 179 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

466GB free

Firmware: X611

SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 325 376 322 384 414 MB/s

69% Good

Write 214

Mixed 188

SusWrite 358

61% 273 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 43.2

4K Mixed 23.2

84% 29.1 MB/s

DQ Read 111

DQ Write 247

DQ Mixed 132

114% 163 MB/s

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WDC WDS500G2B0A- 500GB

Average Bench: 67.2% (711^th of 1072)

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