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WL500GSA64RA100B 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 90.6% (18th of 1015)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: WL500GSA64RA100B
Poor: 81%Average: 90.6% Great: 103%

Excellent average bench

The WL500GSA64RA100B 500GB averaged just 9.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WL500GSA64RA100B 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.95MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.55MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL500GSA64RA100B 500GB is 22%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WL500GSA64RA100B 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 121MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 158MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 1890.6%
Min Avg Max
139 Read 165 210
132 Write 158 184
134 Mixed 146 172
121 SusWrite 121 121
110% 148 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.83 4K Read 1.39 1.9
3.53 4K Write 3.95 4.7
0.29 4K Mixed 0.55 1.8
192% 1.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 177
Mixed 167
132% 176 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.82
4K Mixed 0.41
167% 1.81 MB/s
102GB free
Firmware: 04.06A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 122 122 122 121 MB/s
95.4% Outstanding
Read 210
Write 184
Mixed 138
SusWrite 121
121% 163 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 1.8
366% 2.8 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 160
Write 148
Mixed 136
111% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.17
4K Write 3.53
4K Mixed 0.29
146% 1.66 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 153
Write 151
Mixed 140
111% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.83
4K Write 3.86
4K Mixed 0.33
143% 1.67 MB/s
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
86.7% Excellent
Read 153
Write 148
Mixed 139
110% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.59
4K Write 4.09
4K Mixed 0.38
184% 2.02 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
82% Excellent
Read 153
Write 132
Mixed 143
108% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1.19
4K Write 3.57
4K Mixed 0.34
154% 1.7 MB/s

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