WD Blue SSD 3D NAND WDS500G2B0A 500 GB

High-performance and capacious internal SSD drive with SATA 3 connection interface. Despite the use of TLC memory, this model shows consistently high performance both in read operations (550 Mbps) and in write operations (at least 400 Mbps). Such results are achieved by using a hardware platform based on the Marvell 88SS1074 controller with a 512 MB LDDR3-1866 DRAM buffer and Sandisk's high-tech 64-layer BiCS3 3D TLC NAND flash memory.

The controller is based on two ARM Dragonite v5 cores, supports error correction based on LDPC codes and works with memory in a 4-channel scheme. BiCS3 3D memory provides much higher performance and lower latency compared to the old planar memory. The overall performance of the WD Blue SSD 3D NAND [WDS500G2B0A] drive is ahead of many competing products, allowing the manufacturer to position this model in the middle price category. The drive can be used to create hardware configurations for modern home/office personal computers and entry-level workstations (with a small disk load). The specifications claim a guaranteed recording capacity of 200 TB, which makes it possible to record up to 55 GB of data daily for 10 years. In addition, there is a full three-year warranty.