Western Digital WD Blue 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

Bohs Hansen / 6 years ago

PCMark 8 Storage Benchmark

PCMark 8 Storage benchmark tests the performance of SSDs, HDDs, and SSHD hybrid drives with traces recorded from Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and a selection of games. You can test any recognised storage device, including local external drives. Unlike synthetic storage tests, the PCMark 8 Storage benchmark highlights real-world performance differences between storage devices.

Fresh Drive

Conditioned Drive

Drive Comparison

For the drive comparison, we will use the performance figures from empty drives here.

WD Blue SN500 500GB ChartComparison PCmark 1 score

WD Blue SN500 500GB ChartComparison PCmark 2 bandwidth

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