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Western Digital WD Red SA500 1TB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 600 TBW
63 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong user sentiment (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average affordability (11th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
88/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 7 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 530 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 95000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 85000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 600 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital WD Red SA500 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 600 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital WD Red SA500 | 38.1 | 42.6 | 53.6 | 54.9 | 78.4 | 88.9 | 86.8 | 10.9 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 0 | 85.9 | 95.2 | 1.8 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.6 | 28.7 | 93.4 | 86.8 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 78.4 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 20.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.2 | 94.3 | 80.7 | 45.2 | 3.4 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.4 | 53.6 | 92.6 | 64.9 | 95.6 | 77.4 | 7 |
Usage Scores
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