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WDS500G2B0B 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 78.4% (514th of 1072)

Based on 151 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS500G2B0B
Poor: 47%Average: 78.4% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB averaged 21.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 151MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 32.3MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB is 54.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 242MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 243MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 151 samples)
Rank 51478.4%
Min Avg Max
256 Read 407 487
210 Write 335 448
126 Mixed 242 327
84.4 SusWrite 243 417
68.6% 307 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.3 4K Read 26.4 39.1
28 4K Write 75.9 104
13.3 4K Mixed 32.3 50.3
122% 44.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
88.5 DQ Read 200 384
121 DQ Write 249 322
62.5 DQ Mixed 151 252
134% 200 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
214GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4150
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 190 210 212 213 210 MB/s
90.8% Outstanding
Read 481
Write 277
Mixed 287
SusWrite 200
69% 311 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 45.6
148% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 130
142% 238 MB/s
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 140 144 117 149 134 MB/s
88.9% Excellent
Read 417
Write 409
Mixed 222
SusWrite 144
66% 298 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 94.9
4K Mixed 48.3
164% 59.1 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 225
183% 261 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 103 45 6.2 28 112 MB/s
66.8% Good
Read 434
Write 341
Mixed 233
SusWrite 94.6
61% 276 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 34.6
107% 38.7 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 176
145% 209 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,855,329 SSDs tested

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Gaming 98%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples7,795x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,761x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,856x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,444x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,299x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,117x
SSD
WDS500G2B0B 500GBWDCBench 78%, 151 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,928x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples756x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 130% - Outstanding Total price: $469

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