WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500...
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Effective Speed +113% Effective Speed 113%Average Score +137% Read 220%, Write 271%, 4K Read 43%, 4K Write 89%, Mixed 229%, 4K Mixed 58%, SusWrite 52%Peak Score +124% Read 215%, Write 247%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 87%, Mixed 215%, 4K Mixed 45%, SusWrite 33%Value & Sentiment +154% User Rating -11%, Market Share 178%, Price 107%, Value 341%Nice To Haves +233% DQ Read 244%, DQ Write 250%, DQ Mixed 204%, ADQ Read 250%, ADQ Write 205%, ADQ Mixed 244%, Age 252%, AS-SSD Total 215%

Average Bench: 210% (81^st of 1058)

Based on 55,320 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0, NVMe WDC WDS500G2B0C-, WDC WDS5 00G2B0C-00PXH0

Poor: 160%Average: 210% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 109.6% 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 896MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,130MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 80.9%. 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 457MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 49.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 55,320 samples)

Rank 81210%

Min	Avg	Max
1,039	Read 1,479	1,596
996	Write 1,504	1,684
840	Mixed 1,184	1,329
350	SusWrite 457	512
259% 1,156 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
37.9	4K Read 49.1	55.3
92.4	4K Write 163	224
48.9	4K Mixed 71.3	84
252% 94.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
728	DQ Read 1,130	1,262
380	DQ Write 876	1,254
401	DQ Mixed 896	1,006
700% 968 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

FRA-User, 9 mins ago.

0GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 791 424 424 423 425 426 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1,631

Mixed 1,305

SusWrite 486

280% 1,251 MB/s

4K Read 55.9

4K Write 220

4K Mixed 85.3

310% 120 MB/s

DQ Read 1,250

DQ Write 1,265

DQ Mixed 1,004

824% 1,173 MB/s

NZL-User, 7 mins ago.

160GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 804 404 284 279 273 271 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 1,654

Mixed 1,213

SusWrite 386

271% 1,210 MB/s

4K Read 53.8

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 80.8

287% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 1,258

DQ Write 1,025

DQ Mixed 1,010

792% 1,097 MB/s

USA-User, 31 mins ago.

401GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 762 438 438 439 438 440 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,619

Mixed 1,228

SusWrite 492

276% 1,230 MB/s

4K Read 53

4K Write 188

4K Mixed 74.4

275% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 1,218

DQ Write 898

DQ Mixed 997

762% 1,037 MB/s

USA-User, 41 mins ago.

401GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 789 432 434 433 435 436 MB/s

222% Outstanding

Write 1,641

Mixed 1,260

SusWrite 493

279% 1,244 MB/s

4K Read 50.6

4K Write 173

4K Mixed 75.3

264% 99.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,222

DQ Write 886

DQ Mixed 1003

763% 1037 MB/s

USA-User, 36 mins ago.

418GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 702 433 434 432 435 436 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 1,414

Mixed 1,153

SusWrite 479

257% 1,148 MB/s

4K Read 55

4K Write 206

4K Mixed 80.2

295% 114 MB/s

DQ Read 55.7

DQ Write 946

DQ Mixed 988

620% 663 MB/s

FRA-User, 15 mins ago.

371GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 407 411 413 412 405 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 644

Mixed 610

SusWrite 437

133% 591 MB/s

4K Read 45

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 64.4

216% 77.6 MB/s

DQ Read 815

DQ Write 759

DQ Mixed 992

688% 855 MB/s

USA-User, 25 mins ago.

106GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 684 329 308 192 165 168 MB/s

94.4% Outstanding

Write 1,079

Mixed 917

SusWrite 308

194% 868 MB/s

4K Read 19.8

4K Write 29.1

4K Mixed 21.5

73% 23.5 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 116

DQ Mixed 138

104% 139 MB/s

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $125

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $199Bench 83%, 842,939 samples	35,417x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $305Bench 86%, 591,493 samples	11,511x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $279Bench 84%, 264,970 samples	8,707x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 104%, 345,322 samples	8,387x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 117%, 483,896 samples	7,896x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 268,091 samples	5,558x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $55Bench 210%, 55,320 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 449,640 samples	9,315x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $110Bench 84%, 243,416 samples	4,487x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $89Bench 84%, 212,382 samples	3,815x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $858

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $277	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $94	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 210% (81^st of 1058)

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WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 210% (81st of 1058)

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