Western Digital WDS500G1B0B SSD

Name: Western Digital WDS500G1B0B
Brand: Western Digital
SKU: WDS500G1B0B
Rating: 5.0 (290 reviews)

WD Blue M.2 500GB SSD SATA 6Gb/s WDS500G1B0B

★★★★★

(290 reviews)

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Options (5)

	1TB 2D NAND 2.5” SSD $139.99
	1TB 2D NAND M.2 2280 SSD $149.03
	250GB 2D NAND 2.5” SSD $88.67
	250GB 2D NAND M.2 2280 SSD
	500GB 2D NAND 2.5” SSD $139.99

Sequential read speeds of up to 545MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 525MB/s.
An industry-leading 1.75M hours Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) and several error-correction technologies for lasting reliability.
Optimized for multitasking to simultaneously run resource-heavy applications without system slow-down.
Available in 2.5"/7mm and M.2 2280 models to accommodate most PCs.
WD FIT LabTM certification for compatibility across a wide range of laptop and desktop computers.

Specifications Overview

Model	WDS500G1B0B
Release Date	April 2020 * 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	2D NAND
Max Sequential Read	Up to 545 MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 525 MB/s
MTBF	1,750,000 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

Western Digital WDS500G1B0B Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Western Digital WDS500G1B0B Performance

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

HP S700 PRO 128GB (317th)		102%
Western Digital WDS250G2B0B (317th)		102%
WD Blue 250GB Internal SSD (317th)		102%
Crucial BX300 120GB (317th)		102%
GIGABYTE UD PRO 512GB (317th)		102%
PNY CS900 960GB (317th)		102%
Plextor M6S Plus 128GB (317th)		102%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB (325th)		~
Crucial MX200 500GB (325th)		~
A-DATA Premier Pro SP920 256GB (325th)		~
Western Digital WDS500G1B0B (325th)		100%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB (329th)		98%
SanDisk X400 512GB (329th)		98%
GIGABYTE UD PRO 256GB (329th)		98%
Crucial M500 240GB (329th)		98%
Crucial BX200 240GB (333rd)		97%
PNY CS900 480GB (333rd)		97%
OCZ Vertex 450 128GB (333rd)		97%
ADATA Premier SP550 480GB (333rd)		97%
PNY CS1311 240GB (333rd)		97%
Crucial MX300 275GB (333rd)		97%