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MD500GBDS 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 60.2% (187th of 1015)

Based on 66 user benchmarks.  Model: MD500GBDS
Poor: 20%Average: 60.2% Great: 103%

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Above average average bench

The MD500GBDS 500GB averaged 39.8% 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 0.82MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.04MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MD500GBDS 500GB is 83.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the MD500GBDS 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 65.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 100MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 66 samples)
Rank 18760.2%
Min Avg Max
31.4 Read 109 183
11.4 Write 102 178
19.9 Mixed 65.5 103
23.6 SusWrite 100 182
69.1% 94 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.14 4K Read 0.8 1.4
0.44 4K Write 2.04 3.2
0.1 4K Mixed 0.82 1.2
162% 1.22 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
309GB free
Firmware: 05.00H.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 130 129 131 131 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 160
Write 152
Mixed 102
SusWrite 130
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
250% 1.87 MB/s
414GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.00H.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 64 68 69 59 51 MB/s
68.7% Good
Read 176
Write 29.1
Mixed 33.9
SusWrite 64.1
55% 75.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.2
49% 0.33 MB/s
256GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 53 51 53 51 MB/s
46.2% Average
Read 109
Write 21.2
Mixed 42.8
SusWrite 52.1
41% 56.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
193GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 57 59 58 59 58 MB/s
31.7% Below average
Read 59.7
Write 6.5
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 50.1
26% 35.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.17 MB/s
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.0AG.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 39 18 8.8 9.5 16 MB/s
27.6% Poor
Read 73.9
Write 60.2
Mixed 27.7
SusWrite 21.9
34% 45.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 78.06E.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 35 40 39 51 53 MB/s
24.8% Poor
Read 47
Write 41.4
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 39.5
31% 41.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
110% 0.6 MB/s
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Typical MD500GBDS 500GB Builds (Compare 7,332 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 124%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 117%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI - $140

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,356x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples929x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $142Bench 96%, 383,420 samples728x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples531x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples468x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples426x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples241x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples185x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples180x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples364x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples318x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples292x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $697

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