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WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB

WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB
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Effective Speed -114%Effective Speed -114%Average Score -105%Read -8%, Write -18%, 4K Read -93%, 4K Write -183%, Mixed -45%, 4K Mixed -241%, SusWrite -147%Peak Score -82%Read -10%, Write -22%, 4K Read -83%, 4K Write -167%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -197%, SusWrite -65%Value & Sentiment -857%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,700%Nice To Haves -299%DQ Read -208%, DQ Write -241%, DQ Mixed -628%, ADQ Read -235%, ADQ Write -261%, ADQ Mixed -703%, Age 42%, AS-SSD Total -157%

Average Bench: 46% (910^th of 1072)

Based on 14,337 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0

Poor: 32%Average: 46% Great: 59%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WDC WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB averaged 53.9% 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. Sequential Read Speed 424MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.8MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB is 26.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 120MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 80MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,337 samples)

Rank 91046%

Min	Avg	Max
337	Read 424	460
245	Write 343	398
113	Mixed 248	325
38.2	SusWrite 120	234
63.2% 284 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.02	4K Read 17.8	23.5
4.22	4K Write 30.9	45.8
4.7	4K Mixed 13.2	19.6
60.3% 20.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.3	DQ Read 97.4	119
40.6	DQ Write 80	105
11.2	DQ Mixed 32.4	45.5
39.6% 69.9 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

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Deep queue 4k

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

ROU-User, 3 days ago.

138GB free

Firmware: UK510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 27 62 92 115 179 MB/s

49.7% Average

Write 355

Mixed 262

SusWrite 118

65% 293 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 36.5

4K Mixed 14.1

68% 23.6 MB/s

DQ Read 120

DQ Write 93.4

DQ Mixed 46.1

51% 86.6 MB/s

IND-User, 2 days ago.

292GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UK870400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 80 46 67 77 90 MB/s

41.4% Average

Write 330

Mixed 149

SusWrite 92.1

57% 256 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 17.1

4K Mixed 5.8

50% 15.1 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 39.2

DQ Mixed 14.1

27% 55.6 MB/s

BRA-User, 4 days ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UK500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 1.1 12 32 1.7 16 MB/s

40% Average

Write 317

Mixed 223

SusWrite 26.1

54% 243 MB/s

4K Read 15.1

4K Write 28.1

4K Mixed 15.5

58% 19.6 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 91.6

DQ Mixed 43.1

48% 81.3 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 days ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UK500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 22 2.4 18 41 133 MB/s

39.9% Below average

Write 322

Mixed 170

SusWrite 57.1

53% 239 MB/s

4K Read 16.9

4K Write 8.7

4K Mixed 17.5

53% 14.4 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 49.4

DQ Mixed 44.7

42% 67.7 MB/s

HUN-User, 2 days ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UK870400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 50 64 102 89 8.6 MB/s

37% Below average

Write 322

Mixed 172

SusWrite 86.7

57% 259 MB/s

4K Read 16.1

4K Write 20.6

4K Mixed 6.2

43% 14.3 MB/s

DQ Read 2.2

DQ Write 48

DQ Mixed 14.9

15% 21.7 MB/s

LTU-User, 2 days ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UK430400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 51 58 5.4 48 9.8 MB/s

35% Below average

Write 308

Mixed 195

SusWrite 61

52% 236 MB/s

4K Read 10.6

4K Write 9.8

4K Mixed 11.3

36% 10.6 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 104

DQ Mixed 19.3

39% 79.2 MB/s

MEX-User, 3 days ago.

120GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UK870400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 54 126 57 44 30 MB/s

34.3% Below average

Write 346

Mixed 296

SusWrite 96.7

66% 295 MB/s

4K Read 20.3

4K Write 0.1

4K Mixed 5.4

38% 8.6 MB/s

EGY-User, 2 days ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UK500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 2.6 3.4 128 152 86 MB/s

32.5% Below average

Write 288

Mixed 231

SusWrite 104

54% 243 MB/s

4K Read 7.3

4K Write 13.8

4K Mixed 7.6

28% 9.57 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 52.5

DQ Mixed 39.9

41% 68.3 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $95

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	3,593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,694x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	1,082x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,285x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	982x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	980x

SSD
WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GBWDCBench 46%, 14,337 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	425x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $420

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB

Average Bench: 46% (910^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $95

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WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB

Average Bench: 46% (910th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 46% (910^th of 1072)