WD Blue SN550 500GB SSD

Name: WD Blue SN550 500GB
Brand: Western Digital
SKU: WDS500G2B0C
Rating: 5.0 (80 reviews)

WD Blue SN550 500GB NVMe Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s M.2 2280 3D NAND WDS500G2B0C

★★★★★

(80 reviews)

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Options (3)

	250GB $44.99
	1TB $178.27
	2TB $165.99

Boost Your System's Performance With Next-Gen Nvme Ssds
Over 4 Times Faster Than Our SATA Ssds
Western Digital Designed Controller And Firmware For Optimized Performance
Western Digital SSD Dashboard Constantly Monitors The Health Of Your SSD
Nvme Drive Not Compatible With SATA Interface

Specifications Overview

Model	WDS500G2B0C
Release Date	December 2019 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	Blue SN550 NVMe
Capacity	500 GB
Interface	PCIe Gen3 x4
NVME	Yes
Form Factor	M.2-2280
NAND Flash Type	3D NAND
Max Sequential Read	Up to 2400 MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 1750 MB/s
MTBF	1.7M 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 SN550 500GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

WD Blue SN550 500GB Performance

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

Intel 660p 2TB (121st)		107%
Crucial P2 2TB (121st)		107%
XPG SX8200 480GB 3D NAND (123rd)		105%
Crucial P1 1TB (123rd)		105%
HP EX920 512GB (123rd)		105%
Plextor M8Pe 1TB M.2 PX-1TM8PeG (126th)		105%
Plextor M8Pe 1TB M.2 PX-1TM8PeGN (127th)		104%
HP EX900 1TB (128th)		103%
Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB (129th)		101%
Corsair Neutron Series NX500 800GB (130th)		~
WD Blue SN550 500GB (131st)		100%
WD BLACK SN750 250GB (132nd)		98%
Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2 (132nd)		98%
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2 (132nd)		98%
Samsung 980 250GB (135th)		98%
XPG SX6000 Pro 512GB (136th)		97%
XPG SX6000 Pro 1TB (137th)		96%
WD Black 250GB WDS250G2X0C (138th)		95%
Crucial P2 1TB (139th)		95%
Plextor M8Pe 256GB (139th)		95%
Plextor M8Pe 256GB M.2 PX-256M8PeG (139th)		95%

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WD Blue SN550 500GB Price/Performance Analysis

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

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Excellent value: 25.3% better price-to-performance ratio than average.
4 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: WD BLACK SN750 500GB offers 46.3% better value priced at $123.

Expert reviews

If you want ultimate speeds, especially in respect of writing, or hardware encryption then look elsewhere. The WD Blue SN550 is more of a family people-carrier than a head-turning roadster, to use a vehicle analogy.That said, the benchmark numbers still...

techadvisor.co.uk

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The WD SN550 basically takes all of the incentive away from other DRAMless solution producing a top performing drive at a budget price!

TweakTown

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The WD Blue SN550 is positioned as a significant upgrade over their previous SN500 SSD, and the performance is impressive for a DRAM-less drive. It would make an excellent upgrade over a SATA SSD, and the competitive pricing helps it stack up favorably against other low-cost NVMe options as well.

PCPer

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