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WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 253% (47th of 1058)

Based on 12,750 user benchmarks.  Model: WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN
Poor: 182%Average: 253% Great: 293%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB averaged 153.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,004MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,986MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB is 111%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 917MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,750 samples)
Rank 47253%
Min Avg Max
1,154 Read 1,881 2,032
1,030 Write 1,986 2,335
1,039 Mixed 1,608 1,793
573 SusWrite 917 1,059
359% 1,598 MB/s
Min Avg Max
36.5 4K Read 47.6 54.1
87.5 4K Write 158 228
48.6 4K Mixed 70 83.2
245% 91.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
730 DQ Read 1,197 1,635
333 DQ Write 873 1,241
397 DQ Mixed 1,004 1,378
759% 1,025 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
341GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 102000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1133 856 854 856 855 860 MB/s
278% Outstanding
Read 2,026
Write 2,280
Mixed 1,735
SusWrite 902
390% 1,735 MB/s
4K Read 52.2
4K Write 214
4K Mixed 82.1
298% 116 MB/s
DQ Read 1435
DQ Write 840
DQ Mixed 1,142
849% 1,139 MB/s
415GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1237 1000 1000 998 999 998 MB/s
262% Outstanding
Read 2,024
Write 2,169
Mixed 1,698
SusWrite 1,039
389% 1,733 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 156
4K Mixed 70.2
246% 91.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,154
DQ Write 740
DQ Mixed 937
701% 943 MB/s
316GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1114 1040 996 995 981 983 MB/s
257% Outstanding
Read 1,908
Write 1,778
Mixed 1,502
SusWrite 1,018
348% 1,551 MB/s
4K Read 50.2
4K Write 169
4K Mixed 73
259% 97.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,045
DQ Write 703
DQ Mixed 881
655% 876 MB/s
341GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 102000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1104 851 854 854 852 852 MB/s
254% Outstanding
Read 2,026
Write 2,191
Mixed 1,714
SusWrite 894
383% 1,706 MB/s
4K Read 47.9
4K Write 155
4K Mixed 70.4
245% 91.1 MB/s
DQ Read 996
DQ Write 933
DQ Mixed 1,035
757% 988 MB/s
307GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1046 983 990 996 993 988 MB/s
245% Outstanding
Read 1,343
Write 1,342
Mixed 1270
SusWrite 999
279% 1,239 MB/s
4K Read 50.2
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 73.7
254% 94.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,320
DQ Write 1,007
DQ Mixed 1,117
848% 1,148 MB/s
369GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 102000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1161 702 565 563 558 555 MB/s
223% Outstanding
Read 1,563
Write 1,422
Mixed 1,367
SusWrite 684
282% 1,259 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 65.1
229% 85.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,341
DQ Write 819
DQ Mixed 1,049
790% 1,070 MB/s
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Gaming 104%
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Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 106%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $169

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $309Bench 87%, 669,386 samples21,342x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples11,117x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $460Bench 87%, 242,633 samples9,628x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples9,175x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 363,665 samples8,028x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 153%, 252,008 samples4,846x
SSD
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GBBench 253%, 12,750 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples3,149x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 84%, 269,954 samples2,973x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $330Bench 87%, 120,905 samples2,836x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,062

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