Western Digital WD Blue SN580 2TB M.2 SSD

Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the M.2 NVMe SSD WD Blue SN580 with 2TB (WDS200T3B0E) from the brand Western Digital.

Performance score 
4425
Price/GB
0.20 $
Read
4,150 MB/s
Write
4,150 MB/s
Connector
M.2 2280
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x4
Technical specifications (manufacturer information)
Product image Product image WD Blue SN580
Manufacturer Western Digital  
Model number WDS200T3B0E
Capacity 2048 GB (1863 GiB)
pSLC cache >300 GB approx.
Read speed 4150 MB/s
Write speed 4150 MB/s
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Connector M.2 2280
Memory module (NAND) TLC
DRAM cache No
TBW (Total Bytes Written) 900 terabyte
Controller n/a

  Current price
~ 400 $
(= 0.20 $ / GB)
Compare product Compared to the test winner*
Read speed
57 %
Write speed
58 %
*) Test result rated by AS SSD score within the same capacity.

We put the Western Digital NVMe M.2 SSD through a detailed test. You can find the test result / test report here:


AS SSD Benchmark

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 5 GB file. A total score of 4425 points was achieved.

AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Western Digital WD Blue SN580 2TB
AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
3,442.06 MB/s
3,808.20 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
59.35 MB/s
185.89 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
873.89 MB/s
1,894.05 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0.020 ms
0.120 ms
Score
1277
2461
Total score 
4425

Copy performance test

A common everyday scenario is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

  • ISO (folder with two large files)
  • Program (folder with many small files)
  • Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using the Windows copy command (cache remains enabled). The real-world test from 28 February 2024 shows performance during simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: Western Digital WD Blue SN580 2TB
AS SSD Copy Benchmark Transfer rate: Duration:
ISO
two large files
2,280.12 MB/s
1.01 s
Program
typical program folder with many small files
1,166.14 MB/s
6.04 s
Game
a game folder with small and large files
1,943.53 MB/s
3.55 s

Compression performance test

Here, speed is measured depending on how compressible the data is.

AS SSD TEST: Western Digital WD Blue SN580 2TB

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are carried out here and the write and read speed (manufacturer: 4150 MB/s and 4150 MB/s) the Western Digital SSD is determined.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Western Digital WD Blue SN580 2TB
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
4,239.08
4,135.72
SEQ1M
Q1T1
3,175.58
4,127.54
RND4K
Q32T16
1,464.03
2,567.86
RND4K
Q1T1
50.27
219.66

IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)

CDM Read [IOPS] Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
4,042.70
3,944.10
SEQ1M
Q1T1
3,028.50
3,936.30
RND4K
Q32T16
357,428.00
626,919.00
RND4K
Q1T1
12,273.90
53,627.40

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
1,975.49
2,024.78
SEQ1M
Q1T1
329.97
253.83
RND4K
Q32T16
1,430.38
815.45
RND4K
Q1T1
81.34
18.54

HD Tune Pro long-term test

A long-term test was performed to fully utilize the storage. You can see from when a possible cache is full and write performance drops. A test file of 300 GB was written to the medium. The exact cache size could not be determined because the test file did not exhaust (push to the limit) the cache. The test file could at least be read with an average read speed of 3,909 MB/s and written at 3,846 MB/s.

HD Tune endurance test TEST: Western Digital WD Blue SN580 2TB

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 5 GB file to the Western Digital NVMe M.2 SSD. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The measured access time and burst rate are also shown.

HD Tune TEST: Western Digital WD Blue SN580 2TB

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written to the Western Digital NVMe M.2 SSD multiple times. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster writing and reading usually becomes.

ATTO Disk Benchmark TEST: Western Digital WD Blue SN580 2TB

SSD-Z Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the Western Digital NVMe M.2 SSD here. The transfer data is displayed. The more consistent the line, the better. Unfortunately, the tool no longer works correctly from around 4,000 MB/s and no line is displayed (and sometimes incorrect min/max data is shown).

SSD-Z TEST: Western Digital WD Blue SN580 2TB


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