WD WDS500G1B0C

Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500...
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Effective Speed +92% Effective Speed 92%Average Score +102% Read 143%, Write 177%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 59%, Mixed 171%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite 98%Peak Score +101% Read 144%, Write 181%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 65%, Mixed 165%, 4K Mixed 32%, SusWrite 104%Value & Sentiment +70% User Rating -11%, Market Share -220%, Price 153%, Value 359%Nice To Haves +194% DQ Read 196%, DQ Write 250%, DQ Mixed 227%, ADQ Read 202%, ADQ Write 191%, ADQ Mixed 245%, Age 55%, AS-SSD Total 183%

Average Bench: 189% (111^th of 1072)

Based on 14,368 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G1B0C-00S6U0, NVMe WDC WDS500G1B0C-, WDC WDS5 00G1B0C-00S62010

Poor: 133%Average: 189% Great: 228%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 88.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 898MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 841MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 94.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 588MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,368 samples)

Rank 111189%

Min	Avg	Max
720	Read 1,113	1,238
569	Write 1,121	1363
533	Mixed 972	1,120
280	SusWrite 588	791
213% 948 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.3	4K Read 42.7	49.8
73.5	4K Write 139	202
42	4K Mixed 63	76.8
219% 81.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
670	DQ Read 984	1085
302	DQ Write 841	1,255
389	DQ Mixed 898	1,084
677% 908 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

107GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 599 459 396 378 389 356 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 1,104

Mixed 995

SusWrite 429

207% 925 MB/s

4K Read 47.4

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 74.1

269% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 1,059

DQ Write 987

DQ Mixed 1,073

792% 1,040 MB/s

LTU-User, 2 hrs ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 717 437 361 516 395 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 1,111

Mixed 973

SusWrite 509

209% 932 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 58.2

194% 69 MB/s

DQ Read 923

DQ Write 669

DQ Mixed 788

591% 794 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

359GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 840 732 733 732 738 734 MB/s

167% Outstanding

Write 869

Mixed 850

SusWrite 752

191% 848 MB/s

4K Read 39.3

4K Write 60.9

4K Mixed 57

165% 52.4 MB/s

DQ Read 849

DQ Write 564

DQ Mixed 710

529% 708 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 days ago.

377GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 599 475 449 429 460 MB/s

155% Outstanding

Write 832

Mixed 920

SusWrite 535

188% 837 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 84.6

4K Mixed 52.4

170% 58.5 MB/s

DQ Read 724

DQ Write 481

DQ Mixed 600

448% 602 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

241GB free

Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 732 528 439 464 365 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 988

Mixed 779

SusWrite 574

175% 776 MB/s

4K Read 33.4

4K Write 67

4K Mixed 44.4

143% 48.3 MB/s

DQ Read 590

DQ Write 400

DQ Mixed 500

372% 497 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	5,022x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	3,185x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,956x

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RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,513x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,317x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,311x

SSD
Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $37Bench 189%, 14,368 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,564x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,522x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	962x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $606

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS500G1B0C

Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 189% (111^th of 1072)

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Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 189% (111th of 1072)

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