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WDS500G2B0A 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 77.5% (529th of 1072)

Based on 291 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS500G2B0A
Poor: 56%Average: 77.5% Great: 99%

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Good average bench

The WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB averaged 22.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 158MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB is 42.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 247MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 258MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 291 samples)
Rank 52977.5%
Min Avg Max
293 Read 406 490
217 Write 342 452
160 Mixed 247 332
117 SusWrite 258 415
70.1% 313 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.4 4K Read 25.4 37.1
34.2 4K Write 64.8 95.7
18 4K Mixed 31.3 46.6
113% 40.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
89.7 DQ Read 235 387
138 DQ Write 249 328
62.2 DQ Mixed 158 258
142% 214 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 419 418 416 402 423 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 357
Mixed 307
SusWrite 414
87% 386 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 76.5
4K Mixed 15.7
115% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 200
190% 297 MB/s
167GB free
Firmware: 4150
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 228 220 219 222 214 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 474
Write 424
Mixed 302
SusWrite 237
80% 359 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 80.3
4K Mixed 46.3
156% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 194
154% 215 MB/s
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 298 201 239 195 220 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 465
Write 263
Mixed 261
SusWrite 252
69% 310 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 58.4
4K Mixed 20.4
97% 35 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 179
DQ Mixed 200
150% 201 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 128 109 127 115 126 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 314
Write 210
Mixed 144
SusWrite 126
44% 198 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 74.1
4K Mixed 33.1
112% 42.5 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 189
183% 290 MB/s
73GB free
Firmware: 4150
SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 206 203 209 205 167 MB/s
63.7% Good
Read 471
Write 450
Mixed 362
SusWrite 209
84% 373 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 47.1
4K Mixed 22.8
77% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 94.6
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 113
108% 162 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4110
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 99 86 107 105 85 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 341
Write 321
Mixed 168
SusWrite 102
52% 233 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 54.3
4K Mixed 22.6
90% 32.8 MB/s
DQ Read 105
DQ Write 203
DQ Mixed 86.1
85% 132 MB/s
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation 19%
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CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples113x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples87x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples65x
SSD
WDS500G2B0A 500GBWDCBench 78%, 291 samples1x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples18x
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