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WDS500G3XHC-00SJ 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 182% (118th of 1072)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID WDS500G3XHC-00SJ
Poor: 116%Average: 182% Great: 220%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid WDS500G3XHC-00SJ 500GB averaged 81.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid WDS500G3XHC-00SJ 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 546MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,908MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid WDS500G3XHC-00SJ 500GB is 103%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid WDS500G3XHC-00SJ 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 455MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 118182%
Min Avg Max
588 Read 1,512 1,837
567 Write 1,908 2,384
640 Mixed 1,366 1,676
277 SusWrite 739 904
311% 1,382 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.6 4K Read 31.2 42.2
11.6 4K Write 108 178
6 4K Mixed 47.3 63.8
165% 62 MB/s
Min Avg Max
333 DQ Read 455 626
100 DQ Write 666 959
158 DQ Mixed 546 594
417% 556 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1020
SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 301 291 158 159 161 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 1,278
Write 1,758
Mixed 1,371
SusWrite 277
264% 1,171 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 48.5
179% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 333
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 588
351% 373 MB/s
48GB free
Firmware: 1020
SusWrite @10s intervals: 787 462 417 361 378 355 MB/s
91% Outstanding
Read 588
Write 567
Mixed 782
SusWrite 460
135% 599 MB/s
4K Read 10.9
4K Write 15.8
4K Mixed 6
33% 10.9 MB/s
DQ Read 626
DQ Write 733
DQ Mixed 508
430% 622 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,882,048 SSDs tested

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Typical WDS500G3XHC-00SJ 500GB Builds (Compare 514 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 180%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation 178%
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Motherboard: Asrock B550 Extreme4

CPU
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $159Bench 98%, 128,080 samples120x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples84x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples67x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples46x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples41x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples28x
SSD
WDS500G3XHC-00SJ 500GBAmd-raidBench 182%, 16 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples14x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 44,547 samples11x
BL8G36C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GBUnknownBench 96%, 12,218 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,114

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