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WDC WDS500G1B0A

Price and performance details for the WDC WDS500G1B0A 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.

WDC WDS500G1B0A

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  WDC WDS500G1B0A-00H9H0 ATA Device, WDC WDS500G1B0A-00H9H0

Drive First Benchmarked: 2016-11-26

Drive Rating/$Price: 34.21

Overall Rank:  7853

Last Price Change:  $125.99 USD (2024-04-03)

Average Drive Rating
4310
Samples: 246

Disk Test Suite Average Results for WDC WDS500G1B0A

Sequential Read506 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write418 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)378 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD135 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 6th of June 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
WDC WDS500G1B0A
4,310
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,354
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
1,305
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,241
WDC WD10EZEX
1,217
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,171
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,126
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,048
WDC WD10SPZX
896
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
808
Last 5 Baselines for WDC WDS500G1B0A
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3482732 - May 21 2026
2900
BL3439917 - Apr 28 2026
4592
BL3437705 - Apr 27 2026
4473
BL3432226 - Apr 24 2026
4425
BL3384078 - Mar 30 2026
4465