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WDS500G2B0B 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 95.7% (284th of 1080)

Based on 11,733 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS500G2B0B
Poor: 70%Average: 95.7% Great: 115%

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Excellent average bench

The WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB averaged just 4.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 236MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB is 45.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 274MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 327MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,733 samples)
Rank 28495.7%
Min Avg Max
333 Read 451 513
240 Write 396 480
161 Mixed 274 388
143 SusWrite 327 425
81.2% 362 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.1 4K Read 31.9 40.5
40.1 4K Write 81.2 112
23.3 4K Mixed 40.8 53.3
144% 51.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
220 DQ Read 322 378
153 DQ Write 273 333
113 DQ Mixed 236 285
194% 277 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
226GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 399 406 407 426 407 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 408
Mixed 217
SusWrite 408
86% 382 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 47.3
153% 55.1 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 277
227% 323 MB/s
307GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 300 380 357 373 371 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 483
Mixed 365
SusWrite 357
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 90.6
4K Mixed 42.8
158% 56.5 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 271
220% 313 MB/s
333GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 385 403 418 433 433 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 371
Mixed 224
SusWrite 402
84% 373 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 83.1
4K Mixed 47.1
154% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 190
145% 197 MB/s
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 129 122 114 79 80 MB/s
88.8% Excellent
Read 501
Write 426
Mixed 326
SusWrite 121
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 89.2
4K Mixed 49.2
168% 58.9 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 194
147% 199 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 118 93 114 89 96 MB/s
63.1% Good
Read 390
Write 186
Mixed 138
SusWrite 109
45% 206 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 41.4
4K Mixed 25.4
91% 30.4 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 238
190% 270 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,577,723 SSDs tested

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Gaming 98%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples8,159x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $138Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,869x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $185Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,927x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,522x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $266Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,345x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,176x
SSD
WDS500G2B0B 500GBWDCBench 96%, 11,733 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples2,017x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,021x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples786x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $647

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