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WL500GSA6472E 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 57.9% (209th of 1015)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: WL500GSA6472E
Poor: 41%Average: 57.9% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The WL500GSA6472E 500GB averaged 42.0% 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 0.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.05MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL500GSA6472E 500GB is 34.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WL500GSA6472E 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 87.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 96.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 20957.9%
Min Avg Max
15 Read 107 141
39.5 Write 96.6 131
21.7 Mixed 84.3 127
36.7 SusWrite 87.5 118
69.5% 93.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.9 1.4
0.5 4K Write 2.05 2.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.61 1.1
143% 1.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
464GB free
Firmware: 01.01S03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 122 118 120 115 MB/s
74.2% Very good
Read 141
Write 113
Mixed 99
SusWrite 118
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
149% 1.13 MB/s
464GB free
Firmware: 01.01S03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 118 123 112 123 MB/s
71.8% Very good
Read 132
Write 119
Mixed 96.9
SusWrite 118
86% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.27 MB/s
266GB free
Firmware: 01.01S02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 111 110 112 111 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 128
Write 119
Mixed 81
SusWrite 111
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.27 MB/s
117GB free
Firmware: HPG3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 91 95 95 95 95 MB/s
57.5% Above average
Read 105
Write 105
Mixed 73.9
SusWrite 94.4
70% 94.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
218% 1.67 MB/s
103GB free
Firmware: HPG3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 91 91 91 91 MB/s
54.6% Above average
Read 99
Write 101
Mixed 89.5
SusWrite 90.6
70% 95 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.57 MB/s
49GB free
Firmware: HPG3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s
44.2% Average
Read 77
Write 75.8
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 76.5
58% 77.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
195% 1.47 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,394,242 HDDs tested

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Typical WL500GSA6472E 500GB Builds (Compare 554 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 67%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 61%
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System: Acer Predator PO3-630G

CPU
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples539x
Core i9-11900Intel  $270Bench 100%, 3,353 samples9x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples2x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $235Bench 71%, 428,800 samples452x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples19x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples14x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1114 512GBWDCBench 167%, 6,790 samples246x
OM8PDP3512B-AA1 512GBKingstonBench 148%, 5,978 samples177x
WD_BLACK SN770 1TBNvmeBench 428%, 1,211 samples10x
RAM
AM2P32NC8W1-BCFS 1x8GBAdataBench 34%, 1,264 samples86x
4ATF1G64AZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 36%, 1,124 samples47x
M378A1K43EB2-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 47%, 2,549 samples44x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $351

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