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WL500GSA1672B 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 51.6% (282nd of 1015)

Based on 100 user benchmarks.  Model: WL500GSA1672B
Poor: 28%Average: 51.6% Great: 69%

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Average average bench

The WL500GSA1672B 500GB averaged 48.3% 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 1.63MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL500GSA1672B 500GB is 40.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WL500GSA1672B 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 76.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 100 samples)
Rank 28251.6%
Min Avg Max
30.3 Read 94 122
48.1 Write 93 126
22.6 Mixed 66.4 106
29.5 SusWrite 76.9 120
61% 82.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.17 4K Read 0.57 0.8
0.51 4K Write 1.63 2.5
0.19 4K Mixed 0.6 1
120% 0.93 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
229GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 115 116 116 115 MB/s
66.3% Good
Read 116
Write 114
Mixed 71
SusWrite 115
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.9 MB/s
338GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 116 114 115 115 MB/s
64.7% Good
Read 111
Write 114
Mixed 68.7
SusWrite 114
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
338GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 115 115 114 115 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 101
Write 108
Mixed 66.3
SusWrite 114
72% 97.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
205GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 102 99 100 99 MB/s
58.3% Above average
Read 103
Write 100
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 99.8
69% 93.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.1 MB/s
256GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 103 102 102 104 MB/s
58.3% Above average
Read 100
Write 102
Mixed 64.5
SusWrite 103
68% 92.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.13 MB/s
161GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 84 85 85 86 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 109
Write 100
Mixed 69.4
SusWrite 84.7
67% 90.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
169GB free
Firmware: 19.01H19
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 95 97 95 95 96 MB/s
51.7% Above average
Read 86.3
Write 79.1
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 93.7
58% 78.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1.03 MB/s
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 18.01H18
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 94 59 72 100 MB/s
48.3% Average
Read 87.4
Write 107
Mixed 58.9
SusWrite 80.6
61% 83.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples7,765x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,752x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,849x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,290x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,114x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples523x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,919x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples976x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples751x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $548

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