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WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB

Price and performance details for the WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB

Description:  WDS500G2B0C

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0, NVMe WDC WDS500G2B0C-

Drive First Benchmarked: 2020-01-11

Drive Rating/$Price: 115.66

Overall Rank:  4471

Last Price Change:  $134 USD (2026-01-27)

Average Drive Rating
15498
Samples: 5735

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB

Sequential Read2,298 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,603 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)779 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD146 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 17th of April 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD
85,191
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,370
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
50,814
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
49,460
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD
49,143
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
49,064
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,248
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
46,663
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
44,306
WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB
15,498
Last 5 Baselines for WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3413786 - Apr 15 2026
15831
BL3412072 - Apr 15 2026
15179
BL3410461 - Apr 14 2026
15527
BL3410125 - Apr 14 2026
15368
BL3409714 - Apr 14 2026
14832