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WDS 500G2B0A-00S 500GB

WDS 500G2B0A-00S 500GB
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Effective Speed -61%Effective Speed -61%Average Score -60%Read -30%, Write -34%, 4K Read -70%, 4K Write -143%, Mixed -51%, 4K Mixed -82%, SusWrite -14%Peak Score -51%Read -7%, Write -31%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -139%, Mixed -59%, 4K Mixed -76%, SusWrite 6%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -104%DQ Read -141%, DQ Write -79%, DQ Mixed -140%, ADQ Read -189%, ADQ Write -109%, ADQ Mixed -139%, Age 56%, AS-SSD Total -94%

Average Bench: 61.1% (792^nd of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS 500G2B0A-00S

Poor: 54%Average: 61.1% Great: 70%

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Above average average bench

The WDC WDS 500G2B0A-00S 500GB averaged 38.8% 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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 109MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 24.8MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS 500G2B0A-00S 500GB is just 16.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WDS 500G2B0A-00S 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 113MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 238MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)

Rank 79261.1%

Min	Avg	Max
287	Read 353	475
222	Write 303	369
148	Mixed 238	266
63.3	SusWrite 261	410
64.8% 289 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.2	4K Read 20.2	28.4
22.1	4K Write 36.1	51.1
17.1	4K Mixed 24.8	33.1
81.5% 27 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
86.7	DQ Read 113	152
95.1	DQ Write 138	200
75.5	DQ Mixed 109	138
86.9% 120 MB/s

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

NOR-User, 3 months ago.

371GB free

Firmware: 4010

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 412 413 411 408 414 MB/s

72.4% Very good

Write 367

Mixed 239

SusWrite 410

81% 360 MB/s

4K Read 15.6

4K Write 35.2

4K Mixed 25.7

75% 25.5 MB/s

DQ Read 136

DQ Write 159

DQ Mixed 75.5

77% 124 MB/s

AUS-User, 5 months ago.

165GB free

Firmware: 4010

SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 53 43 60 55 101 MB/s

40.7% Average

Write 246

Mixed 238

SusWrite 63.3

47% 212 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 22.1

4K Mixed 20.1

62% 19.6 MB/s

DQ Read 111

DQ Write 116

DQ Mixed 91.2

75% 106 MB/s

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16JC

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	93x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	51x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	42x

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WDS 500G2B0A-00S 500GBWDCBench 61%, 19 samples	1x

RAM
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 41%, 5,745 samples	30x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	17x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 BR416G2422164S-075 32GBKingstonBench 80%, 8 samples	6x

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WDS 500G2B0A-00S 500GB

Average Bench: 61.1% (792^nd of 1072)

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WDS 500G2B0A-00S 500GB

Average Bench: 61.1% (792nd of 1072)

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