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WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 201% (87th of 1058)

Based on 103,642 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0, NVMe WDC WDS500G2B0C-, WDC WDS5 00G2B0C-00PXH0
Poor: 145%Average: 201% Great: 236%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 101.1% 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 873MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,063MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 91.7%. 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 395MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 103,642 samples)
Rank 87201%
Min Avg Max
1,052 Read 1,461 1,592
950 Write 1,497 1,702
785 Mixed 1,189 1,334
273 SusWrite 395 513
254% 1,135 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.8 4K Read 47.6 54.7
82.2 4K Write 162 245
47.6 4K Mixed 69.1 83.2
246% 92.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
707 DQ Read 1,063 1,261
347 DQ Write 855 1,299
409 DQ Mixed 873 1,006
677% 930 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
328GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 815 434 435 435 436 435 MB/s
239% Outstanding
Read 1,595
Write 1,599
Mixed 1,218
SusWrite 498
275% 1,227 MB/s
4K Read 55.3
4K Write 211
4K Mixed 83.8
303% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 1,250
DQ Write 1,061
DQ Mixed 1,002
793% 1,104 MB/s
323GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 684 221 224 237 234 231 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 973
Write 1,437
Mixed 942
SusWrite 305
206% 914 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 88
4K Mixed 33.6
135% 50.5 MB/s
DQ Read 453
DQ Write 389
DQ Mixed 343
278% 395 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 57,591,321 SSDs tested.

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Typical Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB Builds (Compare 102,308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 82%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $105

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $144Bench 81%, 961,699 samples47,236x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $286Bench 82%, 538,296 samples15,592x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $265Bench 81%, 267,783 samples11,387x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $410Bench 102%, 240,216 samples10,360x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $500Bench 118%, 623,566 samples9,977x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $220Bench 71%, 379,688 samples7,136x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD  $60Bench 201%, 103,642 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 86%, 616,718 samples12,193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 85%, 338,612 samples6,000x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $57Bench 85%, 305,714 samples5,019x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $779

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Good

8 months ago.

Pretty fast

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Excellent

9 months ago.

I honestly have no complaints about this drive.

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