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Wl500gsa

1672 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 42.4% (454th of 1015)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: WL500GSA 1672
Poor: 21%Average: 42.4% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Wl500gsa 1672 500GB averaged 57.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.56MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Wl500gsa 1672 500GB is 40.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Wl500gsa 1672 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 54.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 64.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 45442.4%
Min Avg Max
44 Read 81.4 116
36.7 Write 64.9 93
31.4 Mixed 54.5 70.5
26.8 SusWrite 68.2 96.8
49.6% 67.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.5 0.9
0.35 4K Write 1.56 2.3
0.12 4K Mixed 0.6 1
116% 0.88 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 88 106 102 103 107 MB/s
61% Good
Read 116
Write 72.4
Mixed 40
SusWrite 96.8
59% 81.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.9
121% 0.63 MB/s
324GB free
Firmware: 05.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 88 94 100 103 98 MB/s
55.3% Above average
Read 96.5
Write 88.3
Mixed 70.5
SusWrite 96.3
65% 87.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.03 MB/s
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 66 71 79 60 63 MB/s
50.5% Above average
Read 106
Write 65.8
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 69.9
56% 76.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.3 MB/s
278GB free
Firmware: HPG4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 77 77 77 77 MB/s
49.9% Average
Read 96.7
Write 93
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 76.9
60% 81.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
179% 1.3 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 59.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
34.6% Below average
Read 61.2
Write 59
Mixed 60.3
45% 60.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.93
4K Mixed 0.34
94% 0.92 MB/s
293GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 34 52 50 30 41 MB/s
27% Poor
Read 51.3
Write 36.7
Mixed 31.4
SusWrite 42.7
30% 40.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.2
56% 0.6 MB/s
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 06.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 22 28 19 29 36 MB/s
20.5% Poor
Read 44
Write 43.4
Mixed 44.8
SusWrite 26.8
30% 39.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.4
119% 1.1 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Killer - $154

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FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples139x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples29x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples19x
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RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples22x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples18x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples12x
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860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples7x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples6x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples10x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples5x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples5x
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