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Western Digital Blue SA510 500GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 200 TBW
49 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong affordability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (1st percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th 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
18/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 510 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 90000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 82000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital Blue SA510 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 4TB | 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 | true | false |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 2400 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 Blue SA510 | 35.2 | 42.2 | 93.9 | 26.7 | 1.2 | 79.4 | 55.8 | 70.4 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 0 | 86.1 | 99.6 | 5.1 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.9 | 90.8 | 92.6 | 29 | 93.6 | 87 | 6.3 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 95.3 | 19.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99 | 99.3 | 97.6 | 98.2 | 94.6 | 81 | 44.5 | 3.3 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.9 | 96.8 | 53.7 | 92.6 | 64.9 | 95.7 | 77.3 | 6.6 |
Usage Scores
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