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Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500...
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Effective Speed -167%Effective Speed -167%Average Score -203%Read -184%, Write -207%, 4K Read -85%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -169%, 4K Mixed -57%, SusWrite -694%Peak Score -294%Read -272%, Write -276%, 4K Read -252%, 4K Write -56%, Mixed -248%, 4K Mixed -164%, SusWrite -792%Value & Sentiment -59%User Rating -31%, Market Share -13%, Price 139%, Value -331%Nice To Haves -91%DQ Read -83%, DQ Write -50%, DQ Mixed -108%, ADQ Read -57%, ADQ Write -44%, ADQ Mixed -67%, Age -221%, AS-SSD Total -96%

Average Bench: 204% (102^nd of 1080)

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 102204%

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%

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

203GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 921 433 434 436 435 435 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 1631

Mixed 1,298

SusWrite 516

282% 1,258 MB/s

4K Read 51.6

4K Write 161

4K Mixed 76

261% 96.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,096

DQ Write 838

DQ Mixed 923

702% 952 MB/s

AUS-User, 3 hrs ago.

424GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 241 243 243 243 243 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 1,824

Mixed 1,363

SusWrite 327

281% 1,250 MB/s

4K Read 49.5

4K Write 165

4K Mixed 72.6

255% 95.6 MB/s

DQ Read 997

DQ Write 990

DQ Mixed 942

722% 976 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

151GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 722 453 302 300 306 295 MB/s

199% Outstanding

Write 1,610

Mixed 1,202

SusWrite 396

267% 1,192 MB/s

4K Read 46.6

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 63

220% 80 MB/s

DQ Read 1,185

DQ Write 789

DQ Mixed 921

705% 965 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

347GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 644 235 242 246 246 242 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 1,688

Mixed 1,315

SusWrite 309

270% 1,206 MB/s

4K Read 40.3

4K Write 97.9

4K Mixed 55.6

184% 64.6 MB/s

DQ Read 974

DQ Write 730

DQ Mixed 930

674% 878 MB/s

PHL-User, 5 hrs ago.

205GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 667 390 250 246 235 241 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 1,276

Mixed 995

SusWrite 338

224% 1,003 MB/s

4K Read 30.3

4K Write 53

4K Mixed 39.1

124% 40.8 MB/s

DQ Read 484

DQ Write 158

DQ Mixed 253

205% 298 MB/s

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Typical Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB Builds (Compare 10,739 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,635x
Core i5-11400FIntel $104Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	2,956x
Core i5-10400FIntel $90Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,144x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $271Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	2,779x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $280Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,147x
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,470x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $89Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	1,534x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	1,164x
Well Holding Limited D4U0830160B 2x8GBChunBench 71%, 1,346 samples	583x
Key Co Ltd NMUD480E82-3000D 2x8GBGoldBench 85%, 903 samples	461x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $360

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Great little performer and black Friday bargain

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2 years ago.

Pretty fast

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
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WD WDS500G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 204% (102^nd of 1080)

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Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 204% (102nd of 1080)

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