WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

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Effective Speed +112% Effective Speed 112%Average Score +136% Read 220%, Write 265%, 4K Read 45%, 4K Write 77%, Mixed 230%, 4K Mixed 58%, SusWrite 59%Peak Score +123% Read 218%, Write 246%, 4K Read 32%, 4K Write 68%, Mixed 222%, 4K Mixed 46%, SusWrite 31%Value & Sentiment +107% User Rating -44%, Market Share -5%, Price 117%, Value 360%Nice To Haves +309% DQ Read 245%, DQ Write 249%, DQ Mixed 217%, ADQ Read 243%, ADQ Write 206%, ADQ Mixed 251%, Age 844%, AS-SSD Total 213%

Average Bench: 207% (66^th of 1026)

Based on 8,521 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0, NVMe WDC WDS500G2B0C-, WDC WDS5 00G2B0C-00PXH0

Poor: 158%Average: 207% Great: 237%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 107.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 894MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,095MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 79%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 471MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 48.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,521 samples)

Rank 66207%

Min	Avg	Max
1,024	Read 1,470	1,595
921	Write 1,496	1,676
759	Mixed 1,179	1,330
386	SusWrite 471	513
259% 1,154 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.7	4K Read 48.3	54.4
75.7	4K Write 156	202
46.4	4K Mixed 70	82.2
245% 91.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
689	DQ Read 1,095	1,261
361	DQ Write 884	1,245
380	DQ Mixed 894	1,007
695% 958 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

231GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 737 502 426 429 384 392 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 1,624

Mixed 1,280

SusWrite 478

279% 1,244 MB/s

4K Read 54.3

4K Write 200

4K Mixed 82

293% 112 MB/s

DQ Read 1243

DQ Write 1,068

DQ Mixed 1,003

793% 1,104 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 hr ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 431 430 437 438 437 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,566

Mixed 1,233

SusWrite 495

272% 1213 MB/s

4K Read 49.6

4K Write 182

4K Mixed 77.5

271% 103 MB/s

DQ Read 1,142

DQ Write 1,023

DQ Mixed 1,004

774% 1,056 MB/s

IND-User, 1 hr ago.

329GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 634 376 432 429 430 427 MB/s

205% Outstanding

Write 1555

Mixed 1,242

SusWrite 455

269% 1,199 MB/s

4K Read 43.9

4K Write 129

4K Mixed 64.8

218% 79.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,200

DQ Write 959

DQ Mixed 985

763% 1,048 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 hr ago.

327GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 792 421 423 421 424 420 MB/s

197% Outstanding

Write 1,640

Mixed 1,276

SusWrite 484

278% 1,238 MB/s

4K Read 47.9

4K Write 133

4K Mixed 68.3

231% 83.1 MB/s

DQ Read 892

DQ Write 602

DQ Mixed 822

593% 772 MB/s

USA-User, 22 mins ago.

340GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 790 435 437 438 438 436 MB/s

192% Outstanding

Write 1,622

Mixed 970

SusWrite 496

233% 1,031 MB/s

4K Read 42.7

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 65.7

216% 78.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,222

DQ Write 1,180

DQ Mixed 1,002

807% 1,135 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 hr ago.

381GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 772 425 428 431 432 429 MB/s

161% Outstanding

Write 1,604

Mixed 1,191

SusWrite 486

271% 1211 MB/s

4K Read 39.8

4K Write 79.2

4K Mixed 52.4

169% 57.1 MB/s

DQ Read 416

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 394

284% 369 MB/s

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $120

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $172Bench 84%, 332,415 samples	20,481x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $260Bench 88%, 228,199 samples	5,944x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $220Bench 86%, 107,115 samples	5,665x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 106%, 154,185 samples	6,114x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 112%, 216,230 samples	4,821x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $419Bench 99%, 100,238 samples	2,400x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $60Bench 207%, 8,521 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $67Bench 86%, 249,284 samples	5,026x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $66Bench 86%, 127,058 samples	2,453x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $85Bench 85%, 105,573 samples	2,345x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $819

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $190	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $339	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $510	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 207% (66^th of 1026)

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WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 207% (66th of 1026)

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Average Bench: 207% (66^th of 1026)