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Real World Speed
Performance profile from 8,772 user samples
8,772 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 683% 3.5TB free
Poor bench: 288% 2.5TB free (System drive)
Poor: 288% Great: 683%
SPEED RANK: 7th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
522 % 545 % +4%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
3,793 MB/s 4,190 MB/s Faster read speed.
+10%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
3,816 MB/s 4,671 MB/s Faster write speed.
+22%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
67.2 MB/s 87.8 MB/s Much faster random read.
+31%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
189 MB/s 207 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+10%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
2,970 MB/s 3,235 MB/s Slightly faster mixed IO speed.
+9%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
83.5 MB/s 110 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+32%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
3,370 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+7%
3,164 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
4,696 MB/s 5,940 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+26%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
4,940 MB/s 6,437 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+30%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
84.7 MB/s 189 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+123%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
315 MB/s 378 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+20%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
3,586 MB/s 4,683 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+31%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
113 MB/s 218 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+93%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
4,656 MB/s +2% 4,580 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 77,603,115 SSDs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
72 % Slightly more popular.
+5%
68.4 %
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.2 % 0.54 % Hugely higher market share.
+170%
Price
Price (score)
$250 186 USD Much cheaper.
+35%
Value
Value For Money
272 % Better value.
+19%
228 %
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
2,486 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue read.
+7%
2,321 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
2,073 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+9%
1,899 MB/s
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
2,284 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+9%
2,100 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
1,787 MB/s +4% 1,711 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
1,382 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+10%
1,255 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
1,548 MB/s +4% 1,484 MB/s
Age
Newest
27 Months 19.4 Months Much more recent.
+39%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
7,497 Pts 7,696 Pts +3%
Capacity
Capacity
4TB   —

The WD Black SN850X has a superb consumer performance profile. As well as offering solid burst speeds of 5 GB/s, the SN850X also offers respectable out of cache performance. At current prices (1TB $90 USD, 2TB $145 USD and 4TB $290 USD) the WD Black SN850X is our top value pick at every capacity. [Jun '24 SSDrivePro]

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Solid State Drive Rankings (Price vs Performance) November 2024 SSD Rankings

Welcome to our SSD comparison. We calculate effective speed for both SATA and NVMe drives based on real world performance then adjust by current prices per GB to yield a value for money rating. Our calculated values are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top SSDs. [SSDrivePro]

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210Nvidia RTX 4060 $285WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
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