Name: WD Blue SN500 500GB
Brand: Western Digital
SKU: WDS500G1B0C
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)

WD Blue SN500 500GB NVMe Gen3 PCIe M.2 2280 3D NAND WDS500G1B0C

★★★★★

(2 reviews)

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Options (6)

	1 TB SSD with Heatsink $139.99
	2 TB PC SSD - SATA III $124.99
	500 GB SSD with Heatsink $49.99
	500 GB NVMe Internal Gaming SSD $69.99
	500 GB PC SSD - SATA III 2.5" $49.99
	500 GB PC SSD - SATA III M.2 $39.00

Sequential read speeds up to 1, 700MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 1, 450MB/s
Enables very low power draw while maintaining high performance
Fueled by Western Digital in-house controller and 3D NAND
5-Year manufacturer's limited

Specifications Overview

Model	WDS500G1B0C
Release Date	March 2019 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	Blue SN500 NVMe
Capacity	500 GB
Interface	PCIe Gen3 x2
NVME	Yes
Form Factor	M.2-2280
NAND Flash Type	3D NAND
Max Sequential Read	Up to 1700 MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 1450 MB/s
MTBF	1.75M hours

WD Blue SN500 500GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Pangoly Performance

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

Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2 (113th)		103%
WD Black 250GB WDS250G2X0C (114th)		102%
Plextor M8Pe 1TB M.2 PX-1TM8PeG (114th)		102%
XPG SX6000 Pro 512GB (116th)		102%
Plextor M8Pe 1TB M.2 PX-1TM8PeGN (117th)		101%
Samsung 980 250GB (118th)		101%
Intel SSD 760p Series 256GB M.2 (118th)		101%
Intel 660p 1GB (118th)		101%
Corsair Neutron Series NX500 800GB (121st)		~
WD_BLACK 250GB SN750 SE (121st)		~
WD Blue SN500 500GB (123rd)		100%
Sabrent 512GB Rocket NVMe (124th)		99%
HP EX900 1TB (125th)		97%
HP EX900 500GB (126th)		96%
HP EX920 256GB (127th)		95%
Corsair NX500 400GB (127th)		95%
Crucial P1 500GB (129th)		94%
Plextor M8Pe 256GB M.2 PX-256M8PeG (129th)		94%
Plextor M8Pe 256GB (129th)		94%
Samsung PM961 256GB (132nd)		93%
XPG SX6000 Pro 256GB (133rd)		93%