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ELEMENTS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 24.3% (170th of 639)

Based on 85 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 1f75 PID 0621 Model: WD ELEMENTS
Poor: 5%Average: 24.3% Great: 45%

Very poor average bench

The WD ELEMENTS 500GB averaged 75.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 23.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 18.3MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD ELEMENTS 500GB is 39.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD ELEMENTS 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.06MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 50.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 85 samples)
Rank 17024.3%
Min Avg Max
7.36 Read 50.3 105
5.37 Write 48.6 111
5.55 Mixed 32.9 66.6
6.04 SusWrite 47.2 107
60% 44.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.02 4K Read 1.06 7.45
0.13 4K Write 2.01 10.2
0.1 4K Mixed 1.15 7.69
111% 1.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.6 DQ Read 14.9 18.9
15.9 DQ Write 23.3 31.7
13.6 DQ Mixed 18.3 23.6
1,470% 18.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
440GB free (System drive), PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 131 134 131 131 MB/s
53.4% Above average
Read 135
Write 143
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 132
148% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
81% 1 MB/s
6GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 92 85 91 87 79 MB/s
36.9% Below average
Read 85.3
Write 93.1
Mixed 32.9
SusWrite 86.6
100% 74.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
84% 0.97 MB/s
216GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 77 82 84 82 MB/s
35.7% Below average
Read 86.6
Write 88.1
Mixed 43
SusWrite 78.7
99% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
90% 1.03 MB/s
59GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 88 82 79 70 86 MB/s
35.6% Below average
Read 106
Write 89.2
Mixed 47
SusWrite 81.1
105% 80.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
50% 0.63 MB/s
177GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s
35% Below average
Read 91.4
Write 99.2
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 74
100% 75.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
80% 0.93 MB/s
38GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 88 88 88 84 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 92.9
Write 104
Mixed 25.8
SusWrite 86.8
102% 77.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.3
22% 0.33 MB/s
38GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 88 88 50 29 52 MB/s
31.2% Below average
Read 111
Write 104
Mixed 27.9
SusWrite 64.7
97% 76.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.3
22% 0.33 MB/s
273GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 49 49 50 49 61 MB/s
28.5% Poor
Read 81.3
Write 80.4
Mixed 41.3
SusWrite 50.6
83% 63.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
84% 0.97 MB/s
196GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s
14.8% Very poor
Read 54.9
Write 27.4
Mixed 17.2
SusWrite 29.2
39% 32.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.4
20% 0.43 MB/s
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