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WD Black NVMe 500GB

Price and performance details for the WD Black NVMe 500GB can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

WD Black NVMe 500GB

Description:  Model: WDS500G2X0C M2 SSD

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  NVMe WDS500G2X0C-00L3, WDS500G2X0C-00L350

Drive First Benchmarked: 2018-04-21

Drive Rating/$Price: 103.06

Overall Rank:  2136

Last Price Change:  $203 USD (2025-03-28)

Average Drive Rating
20922
Samples: 684

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WD Black NVMe 500GB

Sequential Read2,805 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,986 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)1,427 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD157 MBytes/Sec
MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$309.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNADrive Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 SSDs Common Drives
As of 29th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,525
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
50,124
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,968
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
48,840
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
47,336
Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRS 1000G
45,378
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
44,895
WD BLACK SN850 1TB
42,901
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB
41,923
WD Black NVMe 500GB
20,922
Last 5 Baselines for WD Black NVMe 500GB
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2501549 - Mar 23 2025
22539
BL2493624 - Mar 19 2025
22792
BL2493433 - Mar 19 2025
21359
BL2487924 - Mar 17 2025
22975
BL2485072 - Mar 16 2025
21849