WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500...
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Effective Speed +108% Effective Speed 108%Average Score +136% Read 222%, Write 274%, 4K Read 41%, 4K Write 88%, Mixed 234%, 4K Mixed 57%, SusWrite 35%Peak Score +127% Read 215%, Write 252%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 99%, Mixed 217%, 4K Mixed 43%, SusWrite 32%Value & Sentiment +78% User Rating -9%, Market Share 68%, Price 38%, Value 216%Nice To Haves +209% DQ Read 244%, DQ Write 253%, DQ Mixed 203%, ADQ Read 234%, ADQ Write 203%, ADQ Mixed 241%, Age 81%, AS-SSD Total 216%

Average Bench: 204% (94^th of 1072)

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 94204%

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%

ESP-User, 3 hrs ago.

196GB free

Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 429 430 430 431 431 MB/s

217% Outstanding

Write 1,683

Mixed 1,339

SusWrite 502

287% 1,281 MB/s

4K Read 47.3

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 66.4

223% 79.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1260

DQ Write 1,126

DQ Mixed 990

798% 1,126 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

349GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 244 238 234 180 231 MB/s

195% Outstanding

Write 1,628

Mixed 1,306

SusWrite 292

264% 1,178 MB/s

4K Read 48.4

4K Write 177

4K Mixed 69.9

256% 98.4 MB/s

DQ Read 974

DQ Write 790

DQ Mixed 936

686% 900 MB/s

AUS-User, 3 hrs ago.

422GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 358 415 416 417 416 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,610

Mixed 1,273

SusWrite 473

274% 1,222 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 60.4

200% 69.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1048

DQ Write 608

DQ Mixed 779

593% 812 MB/s

BRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

423GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 605 407 429 430 431 432 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 1,595

Mixed 1,228

SusWrite 456

252% 1,120 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 98.1

4K Mixed 55.2

170% 61.5 MB/s

DQ Read 588

DQ Write 448

DQ Mixed 466

363% 500 MB/s

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 100%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B560 DS3H AC-Y1

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 21,161 samples	3,375x
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	2,776x
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,084x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	2,615x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,014x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,384x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	1,452x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	1,083x
Well Holding Limited D4U0830160B 2x8GBChunBench 71%, 1,346 samples	559x
Key Co Ltd NMUD480E82-3000D 2x8GBGoldBench 85%, 903 samples	433x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $347

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Great little performer and black Friday bargain

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2 years ago.

Pretty fast

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Excellent

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 204% (94^th of 1072)

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Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 204% (94th of 1072)

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