WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500...
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Effective Speed +107% Effective Speed 107%Average Score +135% Read 222%, Write 274%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 88%, Mixed 234%, 4K Mixed 56%, SusWrite 34%Peak Score +126% Read 215%, Write 252%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 99%, Mixed 217%, 4K Mixed 42%, SusWrite 32%Value & Sentiment +55% User Rating -9%, Market Share 14%, Price 23%, Value 191%Nice To Haves +213% DQ Read 244%, DQ Write 253%, DQ Mixed 203%, ADQ Read 234%, ADQ Write 203%, ADQ Mixed 242%, Age 107%, AS-SSD Total 216%

Average Bench: 204% (93^rd of 1071)

Based on 97,624 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0, NVMe WDC WDS500G2B0C-, WDC WDS5 00G2B0C-00PXH0

Poor: 152%Average: 204% Great: 237%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 104.5% 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 888MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,091MB/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 85%. 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 399MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 48.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 97,624 samples)

Rank 93204%

Min	Avg	Max
1,058	Read 1,472	1,594
986	Write 1,514	1,707
921	Mixed 1,198	1,342
269	SusWrite 399	512
257% 1,146 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
37.5	4K Read 48.4	54.7
89.9	4K Write 165	244
50.7	4K Mixed 70.5	83.3
251% 94.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
767	DQ Read 1,091	1,262
355	DQ Write 874	1,264
466	DQ Mixed 888	1,005
690% 951 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 38 mins ago.

102GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 750 421 426 416 435 433 MB/s

257% Outstanding

Write 1,687

Mixed 1,344

SusWrite 480

285% 1,271 MB/s

4K Read 58.3

4K Write 280

4K Mixed 89.5

352% 143 MB/s

DQ Read 1,249

DQ Write 1,358

DQ Mixed 967

821% 1,192 MB/s

FRA-User, 41 mins ago.

328GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 755 452 277 287 299 283 MB/s

223% Outstanding

Write 1,591

Mixed 1,276

SusWrite 392

270% 1,204 MB/s

4K Read 53.2

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 79.1

284% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 1,258

DQ Write 978

DQ Mixed 990

775% 1,075 MB/s

NLD-User, 48 mins ago.

314GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 427 429 429 429 424 MB/s

216% Outstanding

Write 1,588

Mixed 1,311

SusWrite 506

277% 1,234 MB/s

4K Read 41.4

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 57.3

193% 68.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,263

DQ Write 1,600

DQ Mixed 972

861% 1,278 MB/s

USA-User, 41 mins ago.

257GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 175 226 216 180 239 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 1538

Mixed 1206

SusWrite 281

253% 1,129 MB/s

4K Read 46.4

4K Write 161

4K Mixed 71.7

248% 93.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,008

DQ Write 759

DQ Mixed 926

681% 898 MB/s

USA-User, 2 mins ago.

378GB free

Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 666 226 229 242 246 246 MB/s

170% Outstanding

Write 1,488

Mixed 1,042

SusWrite 309

226% 1,006 MB/s

4K Read 31.5

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 50.4

172% 65 MB/s

DQ Read 1,008

DQ Write 1,271

DQ Mixed 921

756% 1,067 MB/s

USA-User, 44 mins ago.

216GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 646 456 327 328 316 308 MB/s

166% Outstanding

Write 1,132

Mixed 1,012

SusWrite 397

208% 927 MB/s

4K Read 41.6

4K Write 93.4

4K Mixed 56.5

185% 63.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,006

DQ Write 693

DQ Mixed 799

610% 833 MB/s

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Desktop 98%

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Workstation 95%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B560 DS3H AC-Y1

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 93%, 24,456 samples	2,244x
Core i5-11400FIntel $128Bench 94%, 38,461 samples	1,813x
Core i5-10400FIntel $105Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	750x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $365Bench 100%, 301,333 samples	1,789x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $420Bench 128%, 365,409 samples	1,401x
RTX 2060Nvidia $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	931x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $72Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	1,107x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	805x
Well Holding Limited D4U0830160B 2x8GBChunBench 73%, 843 samples	415x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	309x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $437

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Pretty fast

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $365	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $155	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 204% (93^rd of 1071)

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Average Bench: 204% (93rd of 1071)

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