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WDS 500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 79.8% (488th of 1072)

Based on 679 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS 500G2B0A-00SM50
Poor: 54%Average: 79.8% Great: 105%

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Good average bench

The WDC WDS 500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB averaged 20.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDS 500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 164MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS 500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB is 51.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDS 500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 254MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 261MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 679 samples)
Rank 48879.8%
Min Avg Max
294 Read 404 487
196 Write 320 439
180 Mixed 254 324
118 SusWrite 261 423
69.3% 310 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.8 4K Read 29.3 38.7
30.7 4K Write 65 98
18.4 4K Mixed 36.1 49.9
125% 43.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
102 DQ Read 216 309
61.2 DQ Write 183 276
56.2 DQ Mixed 164 235
132% 188 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4110
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 252 250 259 251 236 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 487
Write 442
Mixed 242
SusWrite 254
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 50.3
175% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 305
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 164
157% 248 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 336 331 329 329 333 MB/s
61% Good
Read 319
Write 294
Mixed 243
SusWrite 332
67% 297 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 31.8
4K Mixed 22.9
72% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 93.2
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 132
96% 122 MB/s
59GB free
Firmware: 4101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 221 219 219 215 212 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 373
Write 274
Mixed 245
SusWrite 218
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 37.8
4K Mixed 27.1
80% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 152
115% 153 MB/s
49GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 51 136 60 58 58 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 396
Write 379
Mixed 219
SusWrite 85.8
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 26.2
89% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 149
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 81.9
86% 140 MB/s
59GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 113 132 119 111 101 MB/s
49.8% Average
Read 384
Write 265
Mixed 256
SusWrite 119
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 37.1
4K Mixed 21
70% 24.4 MB/s
DQ Read 82.5
DQ Write 160
DQ Mixed 59.2
63% 101 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,668,908 SSDs tested

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Typical WDS 500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB Builds (Compare 2,013 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R - $210

CPU
Core i7-950Intel  $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples627x
Core i7 930Intel  $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples404x
Core i7 960Intel  $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples217x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples148x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples102x
SSD
WDS 500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 80%, 679 samples1x
RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples342x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples330x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples224x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $369

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