WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 SSD

Name: WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2
Brand: Western Digital
SKU: WDS500G2B0B
Rating: 5.0 (290 reviews)

WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB SATA III 6 Gb/s M.2 2280 WDS500G2B0B

★★★★★

(290 reviews)

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Options (3)

	1TB $89.99
	2TB $444.45
	250GB $54.99

3D NAND SATA SSD for capacities up to 2TB with enhanced reliability.
An active power draw up to 25% lower than previous generations of WD Blue SSD
Sequential read speeds up to 560MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 530MB/s.
An industry-leading 1.75M hours mean time to failure (MTTF) and up to 500 terabytes written (TBW) for enhanced reliability.
WD F.I.T. Lab certification for compatibility with a wide range of computers.
Free downloadable software to monitor the status of your drive and clone a drive, or backup your data.
Includes a 3-year limited warranty so upgrading your storage is worry-free.

Specifications Overview

Model	WDS500G2B0B
Release Date	July 2017 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	Blue
Capacity	500 GB
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
NVME	No
Form Factor	M.2-2280
NAND Flash Type	3D NAND
Max Sequential Read	Up to 560 MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 530 MB/s
MTBF	Up to 1.75M hours

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 Performance

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

Samsung 860 QVO 4TB (243rd)		102%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB (243rd)		102%
WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB (243rd)		102%
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB (250th)		101%
SanDisk Extreme PRO 240GB (250th)		101%
WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB M.2 (250th)		101%
Crucial M550 512GB (250th)		101%
WD Blue 2TB WDS200T2B0A (250th)		101%
Crucial M550 256GB (255th)		~
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB (255th)		~
WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 (255th)		100%
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (258th)		98%
PNY CS2211 960GB (258th)		98%
OCZ Vector 150 240GB (258th)		98%
Samsung 840 PRO 128GB (258th)		98%
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB (258th)		98%
OCZ Vertex 460A Series 480GB (258th)		98%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB (258th)		98%
Plextor M6S 256GB (265th)		97%
OCZ Vertex 460A Series 240GB (265th)		97%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB (265th)		97%

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WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 Price/Performance Analysis

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

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Premium pricing: 34.4% below average.
4 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB offers 65.8% better value priced at $200.