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WD Blue SN500 500GB SSD Review

128KB Sequential Read / Write


In our Sequential QD testing, the reads peaked at 1,742.67MB/s (QD8), a bit higher than the official maximum of 1,700MB/s. The peak Sequential write figure of 1,498.63MB/s (QD2) was also better than WD's figure of 1,450MB/s.

128KB Sequential Read Comparison



When it When it comes to Sequential read performance the drives performance tails off in relation to its competitors as the queue depth deepens.

128KB Sequential Write Comparison


When it comes to Sequential writes the Blue SN500 holds its own against many of its market segment competitors at all the tested queue depths.

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