WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500...
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Effective Speed +112% Effective Speed 112%Average Score +138% Read 226%, Write 274%, 4K Read 45%, 4K Write 77%, Mixed 234%, 4K Mixed 58%, SusWrite 55%Peak Score +124% Read 218%, Write 247%, 4K Read 33%, 4K Write 70%, Mixed 220%, 4K Mixed 46%, SusWrite 30%Value & Sentiment +128% User Rating -11%, Market Share 91%, Price 103%, Value 328%Nice To Haves +253% DQ Read 245%, DQ Write 230%, DQ Mixed 217%, ADQ Read 248%, ADQ Write 200%, ADQ Mixed 253%, Age 423%, AS-SSD Total 208%

Average Bench: 208% (73^rd of 1040)

Based on 34,325 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0, NVMe WDC WDS500G2B0C-, WDC WDS5 00G2B0C-00PXH0

Poor: 160%Average: 208% Great: 237%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 107.8% 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 890MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,101MB/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 76.7%. 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 461MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 48.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 34,325 samples)

Rank 73208%

Min	Avg	Max
1,137	Read 1,497	1,596
1,045	Write 1,526	1,678
927	Mixed 1,195	1,325
361	SusWrite 461	513
262% 1,170 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
37.5	4K Read 48.7	54.6
88.1	4K Write 156	204
49.6	4K Mixed 70.4	82.4
247% 91.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
714	DQ Read 1,101	1,262
336	DQ Write 855	1,182
413	DQ Mixed 890	1,007
690% 949 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

193GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 433 430 429 383 374 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 1,692

Mixed 1,333

SusWrite 489

286% 1,275 MB/s

4K Read 53.8

4K Write 204

4K Mixed 82.6

295% 114 MB/s

DQ Read 1,250

DQ Write 1,047

DQ Mixed 999

789% 1,099 MB/s

USA-User, 40 mins ago.

338GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 430 430 433 433 434 MB/s

227% Outstanding

Write 1,408

Mixed 1,204

SusWrite 512

262% 1,170 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 210

4K Mixed 65.3

252% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 1,248

DQ Write 1,311

DQ Mixed 988

824% 1,182 MB/s

LTU-User, 1 sec ago.

369GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 719 411 420 424 423 423 MB/s

218% Outstanding

Write 1,626

Mixed 1266

SusWrite 470

276% 1,232 MB/s

4K Read 48.6

4K Write 157

4K Mixed 71.5

248% 92.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,225

DQ Write 1,038

DQ Mixed 993

782% 1,085 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

244GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 762 403 419 410 415 430 MB/s

135% Outstanding

Write 1,554

Mixed 1,276

SusWrite 473

272% 1,216 MB/s

4K Read 32.3

4K Write 57.1

4K Mixed 37

127% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 95.7

DQ Write 92

DQ Mixed 96.4

72% 94.7 MB/s

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 88%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $124

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $220Bench 84%, 701,542 samples	28,265x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $329Bench 87%, 452,826 samples	9,214x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $249Bench 85%, 201,777 samples	7,261x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 307,597 samples	7,243x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 399,694 samples	6,772x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 187,806 samples	4,450x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $60Bench 208%, 34,325 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	7,502x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 85%, 191,326 samples	3,532x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 85%, 193,844 samples	3,143x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $883

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Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	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: 208% (73^rd of 1040)

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WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 208% (73rd of 1040)

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