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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1202 512GB

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Effective Speed +58% Effective Speed 58%Average Score +74% Read 114%, Write 136%, 4K Read 12%, 4K Write 18%, Mixed 142%, 4K Mixed 13%, SusWrite 86%Peak Score +94% Read 143%, Write 167%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 34%, Mixed 181%, 4K Mixed 22%, SusWrite 99%Value & Sentiment -929%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,844%Nice To Haves +141% DQ Read 194%, DQ Write 151%, DQ Mixed 212%, ADQ Read 121%, ADQ Write 79%, ADQ Mixed 134%, Age 83%, AS-SSD Total 149%

Average Bench: 155% (148^th of 1072)

Based on 2,132 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1202

Poor: 83%Average: 155% Great: 210%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1202 512GB averaged 55.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1202 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 609MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 722MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1202 512GB is 127%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1202 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 550MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 103MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,132 samples)

Rank 148155%

Min	Avg	Max
348	Read 977	1,231
305	Write 955	1,293
315	Mixed 870	1,190
274	SusWrite 550	771
188% 838 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.8	4K Read 38.4	47.9
37.6	4K Write 103	164
22.8	4K Mixed 51.1	71.1
178% 64.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
192	DQ Read 722	1,079
119	DQ Write 518	899
156	DQ Mixed 609	1,034
458% 616 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

SVN-User, 9 days ago.

142GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20200000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 601 315 309 292 285 283 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 1,108

Mixed 1,003

SusWrite 347

202% 902 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 98

4K Mixed 53.5

174% 62.4 MB/s

DQ Read 793

DQ Write 486

DQ Mixed 435

379% 571 MB/s

ESP-User, 11 days ago.

148GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20200000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 365 338 327 335 339 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 1,112

Mixed 737

SusWrite 386

174% 770 MB/s

4K Read 35

4K Write 86.6

4K Mixed 48.7

161% 56.8 MB/s

DQ Read 434

DQ Write 247

DQ Mixed 279

224% 320 MB/s

POL-User, 5 days ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20200000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 117 105 119 115 112 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 1,292

Mixed 1,115

SusWrite 177

206% 918 MB/s

4K Read 43.3

4K Write 80.7

4K Mixed 48.2

170% 57.4 MB/s

DQ Read 347

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 259

209% 295 MB/s

MAR-User, 2 days ago.

356GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20200000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 449 461 444 497 455 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 971

Mixed 807

SusWrite 487

184% 823 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 51

4K Mixed 36.6

117% 38.6 MB/s

DQ Read 266

DQ Write 169

DQ Mixed 208

158% 214 MB/s

AUS-User, 4 days ago.

117GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20200000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 277 224 208 239 236 MB/s

84.2% Excellent

Write 883

Mixed 802

SusWrite 289

158% 702 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 28.3

4K Mixed 21.2

80% 24.9 MB/s

DQ Read 233

DQ Write 158

DQ Mixed 179

138% 190 MB/s

ITA-User, 7 hrs ago.

230GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20200000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 375 386 378 382 377 MB/s

57.1% Above average

Write 452

Mixed 444

SusWrite 411

102% 452 MB/s

4K Read 9.2

4K Write 10.7

4K Mixed 9.8

32% 9.9 MB/s

DQ Read 49.8

DQ Write 38

DQ Mixed 54

38% 47.3 MB/s

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Asus VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X412DA_X412DA

CPU
Ryzen 5 3500UAMDBench 48%, 78,189 samples	128x
Ryzen 3 3200UAMDBench 41%, 21,522 samples	16x
Ryzen 7 3700UAMDBench 49%, 23,686 samples	10x

GPU
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 115,953 samples	128x
Radeon Vega 3 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 27,821 samples	16x
Radeon RX Vega 10 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 37,264 samples	10x

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1202 512GBWDCBench 155%, 2,132 samples	37x

RAM
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH HMA851S6JJR6N-VK 8GBHynixBench 50%, 620 samples	61x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC 8GBHynixBench 56%, 4,116 samples	28x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBHynixBench 32%, 32,443 samples	9x

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1202 512GB

Average Bench: 155% (148^th of 1072)

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