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Western Digital Blue 500GB SSD

Price and performance details for the Western Digital Blue 500GB SSD 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.

Western Digital Blue 500GB SSD

Description:  WDS500G2B0B

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN, WDC WDBNCE5000PNC, WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70, WDC WDS500G2B0B, WD Blue SN570 500GB, WD Blue SN570 500GB SSD, NVMe WD Blue SN570 500GB, WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB, WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB, WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB ATA Device, WD Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB SSD, WD Blue SN580 500GB, WDC WDS500G2B0B SCSI Disk Device, WD Blue SN5000 500GB, WD Blue SA510 2.5 500GB SSD, NVMe WD Blue SN580 500GB

Drive First Benchmarked: 2017-11-29

Drive Rating/$Price: 400.64

Overall Rank:  3426

Last Price Change:  $39.99 USD (2025-07-09)

Average Drive Rating
16022
Samples: 6149

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Western Digital Blue 500GB SSD

Sequential Read2,231 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,569 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)1,164 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD161 MBytes/Sec
MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$43.99 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNADrive Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 SSDs Common Drives
As of 9th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
52,023
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
51,681
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD
50,298
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
50,131
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,939
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
48,831
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
47,255
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
45,284
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
44,512
Western Digital Blue 500GB SSD
16,022
Last 5 Baselines for Western Digital Blue 500GB SSD
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2751844 - Jul 09 2025
21071
BL2751698 - Jul 09 2025
30551
BL2751170 - Jul 09 2025
22026
BL2751157 - Jul 09 2025
30710
BL2751150 - Jul 09 2025
21587