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WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB

WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB
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Effective Speed -117%Effective Speed -117%Average Score -117%Read -124%, Write -141%, 4K Read -86%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -104%, 4K Mixed -58%, SusWrite -277%Peak Score -190%Read -193%, Write -176%, 4K Read -247%, 4K Write -61%, Mixed -162%, 4K Mixed -158%, SusWrite -333%Value & Sentiment -635%User Rating -37%, Market Share -1,233%Nice To Haves -67%DQ Read -37%, DQ Write -44%, DQ Mixed -45%, ADQ Read -34%, ADQ Write -34%, ADQ Mixed -41%, Age -239%, AS-SSD Total -62%

Average Bench: 251% (63^rd of 1080)

Based on 18,375 user benchmarks. Model: WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN

Poor: 182%Average: 251% Great: 296%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB averaged 151.4% 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 1,051MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,273MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB is 115%. 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 840MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18,375 samples)

Rank 63251%

Min	Avg	Max
1,226	Read 1,871	2,029
955	Write 1,942	2,329
994	Mixed 1,583	1,786
519	SusWrite 840	1,057
350% 1,559 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.1	4K Read 47.2	54.3
69.6	4K Write 163	235
50.2	4K Mixed 70	84.4
247% 93.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
769	DQ Read 1,273	1,690
177	DQ Write 934	1,318
290	DQ Mixed 1,051	1,448
800% 1,086 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 days ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 111130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 855 605 569 500 500 474 MB/s

278% Outstanding

Write 2,075

Mixed 1,692

SusWrite 584

353% 1,573 MB/s

4K Read 47.9

4K Write 228

4K Mixed 71.3

285% 116 MB/s

DQ Read 1,818

DQ Write 1,686

DQ Mixed 1,540

1,214% 1,682 MB/s

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

466GB free

Firmware: 111110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1358 985 991 992 995 1000 MB/s

265% Outstanding

Write 2,194

Mixed 1,738

SusWrite 1,053

392% 1,742 MB/s

4K Read 45

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 65.8

223% 81.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,294

DQ Write 1,033

DQ Mixed 1,139

859% 1,155 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

93GB free

Firmware: 111130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 771 784 809 883 778 745 MB/s

240% Outstanding

Write 851

Mixed 1,084

SusWrite 795

250% 1,125 MB/s

4K Read 45.2

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 67.4

226% 82.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,304

DQ Write 949

DQ Mixed 1,108

833% 1,120 MB/s

USA-User, 21 hrs ago.

465GB free

Firmware: 102000WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1195 864 866 867 866 867 MB/s

239% Outstanding

Write 1,646

Mixed 1,436

SusWrite 921

321% 1,432 MB/s

4K Read 44.2

4K Write 148

4K Mixed 65.7

230% 86.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,101

DQ Write 831

DQ Mixed 966

722% 966 MB/s

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $190

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $136Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	4,812x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $158Bench 98%, 89,263 samples	4,429x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $105Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,543x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,328x
RTX 3080Nvidia $501Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,146x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,528x

SSD
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GBBench 251%, 18,375 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	796x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	758x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $130Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	670x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $766

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