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WL500GSA3254 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 49.3% (314th of 1015)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: WL500GSA3254
Poor: 34%Average: 49.3% Great: 76%

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Below average average bench

The WL500GSA3254 500GB averaged 50.6% 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 0.44MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.71MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL500GSA3254 500GB is 42.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WL500GSA3254 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 86.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 31449.3%
Min Avg Max
49.8 Read 86.7 135
49 Write 86.7 143
7.18 Mixed 63.1 113
28.4 SusWrite 86.5 146
59.5% 80.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.12 4K Read 0.53 0.8
0.16 4K Write 1.71 2.9
0.09 4K Mixed 0.44 0.9
103% 0.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 146 148 147 145 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 135
Write 143
Mixed 64
SusWrite 146
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.8
172% 1.47 MB/s
270GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 139 141 139 139 MB/s
76.1% Very good
Read 128
Write 122
Mixed 38.7
SusWrite 138
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.6 MB/s
441GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 125 123 127 119 135 MB/s
67.4% Good
Read 110
Write 137
Mixed 94.3
SusWrite 124
86% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.8
166% 1.37 MB/s
65GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 93 92 97 97 MB/s
49.2% Average
Read 77.2
Write 80.7
Mixed 44.8
SusWrite 93.8
54% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
177% 1.43 MB/s
167GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 71 70 71 71 MB/s
39.7% Below average
Read 67.5
Write 65.5
Mixed 33
SusWrite 70.4
43% 59.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.1 MB/s
78GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 82 82 82 MB/s
37.8% Below average
Read 49.8
Write 49
Mixed 35
SusWrite 81.7
40% 53.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
88% 0.67 MB/s
243GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 55 56 55 55 MB/s
34.2% Below average
Read 64
Write 64
Mixed 42.5
SusWrite 55
42% 56.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
34GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s
33.7% Below average
Read 75.2
Write 73.2
Mixed 60
SusWrite 41.6
46% 62.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 1.13 MB/s
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Typical WL500GSA3254 500GB Builds (Compare 1,216 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples250x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples229x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples115x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples182x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples78x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples69x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples49x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples32x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x4GBKingstonBench 28%, 3,143 samples27x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $247

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