WD Black 500GB WDS500G2X0C SSD

Name: WD Black 500GB WDS500G2X0C
Brand: Western Digital
SKU: WDS500G2X0C
Rating: 5.0 (141 reviews)

WD Black 500GB NVMe PCIe Gen3 8 Gb/s M.2 2280 - WDS500G2X0C

★★★★★

(141 reviews)

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	1TB $139.99
	250GB $65.00

Sequential read speeds up to 3,400MB/s (for 1000GB model), up to 60% faster than the previous generation of WD Black SSD**
Built on the Western Digital NVMe SSD storage architecture for low latency, power efficiency, and compatibility
Low power efficiency down to 2.5mW, half the mW of the previous WD Black SSD
WD F.I.T. Lab certified to work with a wide range of high-performance PC configurations
Free downloadable WD SSD Dashboard software and free downloadable cloning and backup software
5-year limited warranty

Specifications Overview

Model	WDS500G2X0C
Release Date	May 2018 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	Black NVMe
Capacity	500 GB
Interface	PCIe Gen3 x4
NVME	Yes
Form Factor	M.2-2280
Max Sequential Read	Up to 3400 MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 2500 MB/s

WD Black 500GB WDS500G2X0C Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Pangoly Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

WD BLACK SN750 500GB (82nd)		104%
SanDisk Extreme PRO 500GB (82nd)		104%
XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB (84th)		103%
Samsung 960 EVO Series 1TB (84th)		103%
WD_BLACK 1TB SN750 SE (86th)		102%
CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 1920GB (87th)		101%
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB (88th)		~
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB (89th)		~
Sabrent Rocket 2TB (90th)		~
Seagate FireCuda 510 1TB (90th)		~
WD Black 500GB WDS500G2X0C (90th)		100%
Sabrent Rocket 2TB NVMe 4.0 with Heatsink (93rd)		99%
HP EX920 512GB (94th)		98%
CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 960GB (94th)		98%
WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe (96th)		98%
Intel SSD 760P Series 512GB (96th)		98%
Corsair Force Series MP510 960GB CSSD-F960GBMP510B (98th)		96%
Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 (98th)		96%
Samsung 980 500GB (98th)		96%
WD_BLACK 500GB SN750 SE (101st)		93%
Crucial P5 250GB (101st)		93%

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Expert reviews

100

The WD Black NVMe SSD is the first real threat to Samsung’s solid-state storage supremacy as the fastest writing drive we’ve ever tested.

TechRadar

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The Western Digital Black 3D NVMe SSD is as fast as Samsung's 960 Pro, but it costs a lot less. In fact, it's only slightly more expensive than entry-level drives. It's the drive that smart buyers should go for.

PCWorld

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WD/SanDisk makes this even more attractive with a 5-year limited warranty and, to top it all off, they made sure they undercut the Samsung 960 Pro NVMe SSD, the only SSD that provides any real competition for the speed and quality that these SSDs exhibit. They never undercut that price by a few bucks , but rather, we are seeing MSRP for the 500...

TechnologyX

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