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WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 252% (47th of 1058)

Based on 17,128 user benchmarks.  Model: WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN
Poor: 181%Average: 252% Great: 301%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB averaged 152.1% 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 1,033MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,255MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB is 120%. 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 843MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17,128 samples)
Rank 47252%
Min Avg Max
1,339 Read 1,895 2,031
962 Write 1,975 2,334
1,096 Mixed 1,609 1,788
547 SusWrite 843 1,057
355% 1,581 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.3 4K Read 47.6 54.7
74.1 4K Write 162 243
48.7 4K Mixed 70.4 84.6
248% 93.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
733 DQ Read 1,255 1,755
198 DQ Write 913 1,416
273 DQ Mixed 1,033 1,509
786% 1,067 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
216GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 102000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1014 573 532 520 538 541 MB/s
284% Outstanding
Read 2,028
Write 2,141
Mixed 1685
SusWrite 620
363% 1,619 MB/s
4K Read 50.2
4K Write 244
4K Mixed 80.5
309% 125 MB/s
DQ Read 1,652
DQ Write 1,532
DQ Mixed 1,449
1,126% 1,544 MB/s
303GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1336 975 982 979 980 883 MB/s
263% Outstanding
Read 2,022
Write 2,246
Mixed 1,778
SusWrite 1,023
398% 1,767 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 68.6
235% 86.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1183
DQ Write 941
DQ Mixed 1,031
780% 1,052 MB/s
378GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 942 723 724 722 728 688 MB/s
241% Outstanding
Read 2,011
Write 2,275
Mixed 1,770
SusWrite 754
382% 1,703 MB/s
4K Read 53.4
4K Write 198
4K Mixed 79.7
288% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 156
DQ Write 983
DQ Mixed 358
338% 499 MB/s
184GB free
Firmware: 111110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1040 982 1001 999 1008 983 MB/s
232% Outstanding
Read 1,234
Write 1,262
Mixed 1,211
SusWrite 1,002
266% 1,177 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 66.3
227% 83.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,292
DQ Write 1,008
DQ Mixed 1,123
847% 1,141 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 56,071,775 SSDs tested.

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Gaming 102%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $199

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $285Bench 84%, 727,883 samples25,884x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $179Bench 82%, 1,192,841 samples13,398x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $549Bench 86%, 321,104 samples11,624x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $500Bench 118%, 582,676 samples10,602x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $365Bench 105%, 424,650 samples9,365x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 154%, 406,951 samples6,520x
SSD
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GBBench 252%, 17,128 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 85%, 606,492 samples3,903x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $77Bench 85%, 332,225 samples3,767x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $230Bench 88%, 134,678 samples3,485x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,053

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