Put NVMe Power at the Heart of Your PC

Put NVMe™ power at the heart of your PC for lightning-fast, ultra-responsive performance. The WD Blue™ SN550 NVMe™ SSD can deliver up to 4 times the speed of SATA SSDs. Whether you’re working, creating or processing large amounts of data, take advantage of this powerful internal drive’s high speeds to do more, faster. Available in an affordable M.2 2280 form factor, there’s no time like now to make the change to NVMe.


FEATURES

• Boost your system’s perfor­mance with next-gen NVMe SSDs
• Up to 4 times faster than SATA SSDs
• Slimline M.2 2280 form factor
• Western Digital®-designed controller and firmware for optimized performance
• Western Digital SSD Dashboard constantly monitors the health of your SSD

• The Right Storage for Your Next PC: NVMe goes mainstream with a powerful, cost-effective storage solution that adds to the reliability of an SSD.
• Boost Your Performance: Get breakneck sequential read speeds up to 2,600 MB/s3 to improve your productivity no matter what you’re doing or creating.
• Think Small: Build powerful small-form factor PCs with a slim single-sided M.2 2280 PCIe® Gen3 x4 NVMe SSD.
• Do More With Less: Scalable NVMe hardware, accelerated architecture for high performance and low power draw.
• Do More, Faster: Western Digital-designed controller and firmware paired with our latest 3D NAND for optimized, consistent performance.
• Continuing the Legacy: Thousands of hours of hardware, firmware and validation testing combine to advance the award-winning WD Blue heritage of quality and reliability.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Interface M.2 2280: PCIe Gen3 8 Gb/s, up to 4 Lanes
• Formatted Capacity: 500GB
• Performance:
  • Sequential Read (MB/s) up to: 2,400
  • Sequential Write (MB/s) up to: 1,750
  • Random Read 4KB IOPS up to (Queues=32, Threads=16): 250K
  • Random Write 4KB IOPS up to (Queues=32, Threads=16): 175K
  • Endurance (TBW): 300
• Power:
  • Average Active Power: 75
  • Low Power (PS3): 30mW
  • Sleep (PS4) (low power): 5mW
  • Maximum Operating Power: 3.5W
• Reliability:
  • MTTF: 1.7
• Environmental:
  • Operating Temperatures: 32°F to 158°F (0°C to 70°C)
  • Non-operating Temperatures: –67°F to 185°F (-55°C to 85°C)
  • Operating Vibration: 5.0 gRMS, 10–2000 Hz, 3 axes
  • Non-Operating Vibration: 4.9 gRMS, 7–800 Hz, 3 axes
  • Shock: 1,500 G @ 0.5 msec half sine
  • Certifications: BSMI, CAN ICES-3(B)/NMB-3(B), CE, FCC, KCC, Morocco, RCM, TUV, UL, VCCI
  • Limited Warranty: 5 years
• Physical Dimensions:
  • Form Factor: M.2 2280
  • Length: 80 ± 0.15mm
  • Width: 22 ± 0.15mm
  • Height: 2.38mm
  • Weight: 6.5g ± 1g
• Ordering Information:
  • Model Number: WDS500G2B0C