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WD Blue SN500 500GB SSD Review

4K Sustained Random Write Performance


As with the 4K random read performance, the drive fell well short of the official maximum IOPS figure of 300,000 IOPS (QD32 8 Threads) using our random write tests. The drive topped at out 197, 828 IOPS (QD32) with a significant jump in performance from QD16 to QD32.


The Blue SN500 out-performs most of its entry-level competitors at both ends of our random write QD tests, at queue depths 1 and 32.

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