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Description: WDS500G2B0B
Drive Size: 465.8 GB
Other names: WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN, WDC WDBNCE5000PNC, WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70, WDC WDS500G2B0B, WD Blue SN570 500GB, WD Blue SN570 500GB SSD, NVMe WD Blue SN570 500GB, WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB, WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB, WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB ATA Device, WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB SSD, WD Blue SN580 500GB, WDC WDS500G2B0B SCSI Disk Device, WD Blue SN5000 500GB, WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB SSD, NVMe WD Blue SN580 500GB
Drive First Benchmarked: 2017-11-29
Drive Rating/$Price: 158.14
Overall Rank: 3229
Last Price Change: $96.99 USD (2025-03-25)
| Sequential Read | 2,111 MBytes/Sec |
|---|---|
| Sequential Write | 1,469 MBytes/Sec |
| Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20) | 1,102 MBytes/Sec |
| IOPS 4KQD1 | 60 MBytes/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $96.99 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | Drive Not Available. See Other Models |
| Drive | Average Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB | 51,512 | |
| Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB | 50,128 | |
| Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB | 48,998 | |
| KINGSTON KC3000 2TB | 48,839 | |
| WD BLACK SN850X 1TB | 47,326 | |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRS 1000G | 45,388 | |
| KINGSTON KC3000 1TB | 44,919 | |
| WD BLACK SN850 1TB | 42,894 | |
| Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB | 41,918 | |
| Western Digital Blue 500GB SSD | 15,338 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2025 |
| Baseline | Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2503536 - Mar 24 2025 | 3150 | |
| BL2503412 - Mar 24 2025 | 21064 | |
| BL2503231 - Mar 23 2025 | 30966 | |
| BL2503202 - Mar 23 2025 | 21495 | |
| BL2502963 - Mar 23 2025 | 32749 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2025 |
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