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Western Digital Red SA500
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND MLC
Endurance 1300 TBW
62 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong capacity (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| 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) | 87000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 83000 |
Hardware
| NAND | MLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1300 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital Red SA500 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T710 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | MLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 1300 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital Red SA500 | 35.6 | 40.8 | 53.3 | 78.4 | 92.5 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 98.2 | 86 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 98.7 | 98.7 | 85.6 | 92.8 | 86 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.7 | 93.4 | 93.8 | 78.4 | 94 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.2 | 96.2 | 53.3 | 92.8 | 95.6 |
| SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M Compare | 97.4 | 99 | 97.4 | 92.8 | 81 |
Usage Scores
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