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PC SA530 SDASB8Y512G1001 512GB

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Effective Speed -465%Effective Speed -465%Average Score -612%Read -911%, Write -1,104%, 4K Read -181%, 4K Write -160%, Mixed -1,007%, 4K Mixed -180%, SusWrite -738%Peak Score -745%Read -1,079%, Write -1,240%, 4K Read -388%, 4K Write -224%, Mixed -1,076%, 4K Mixed -293%, SusWrite -913%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -491%DQ Read -496%, DQ Write -487%, DQ Mixed -720%, ADQ Read -418%, ADQ Write -357%, ADQ Mixed -720%, Age -198%, AS-SSD Total -528%

Average Bench: 96.5% (278^th of 1080)

Based on 33 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SA530 SDASB8Y512G1001

Poor: 64%Average: 96.5% Great: 112%

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Excellent average bench

The WDC PC SA530 SDASB8Y512G1001 512GB averaged just 3.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SA530 SDASB8Y512G1001 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 181MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 39.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SA530 SDASB8Y512G1001 512GB is 48.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SA530 SDASB8Y512G1001 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 292MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 415MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 33 samples)

Rank 27896.5%

Min	Avg	Max
130	Read 415	503
242	Write 387	480
140	Mixed 292	397
52.4	SusWrite 376	452
82.7% 367 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.8	4K Read 31.6	39.3
48.4	4K Write 79.8	117
1	4K Mixed 39.5	55.6
141% 50.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.3	DQ Read 330	389
57.7	DQ Write 275	324
25.5	DQ Mixed 181	256
169% 262 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 17 months ago.

212GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 40101001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 323 392 406 424 426 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 453

Mixed 319

SusWrite 383

92% 411 MB/s

4K Read 37.6

4K Write 90.2

4K Mixed 50.5

169% 59.4 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 313

DQ Mixed 195

188% 298 MB/s

CHE-User, 11 months ago.

274GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 40101001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 390 396 337 423 426 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 353

Mixed 288

SusWrite 389

83% 372 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 94

4K Mixed 49.5

158% 57.7 MB/s

DQ Read 384

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 108

145% 265 MB/s

ROU-User, 10 months ago.

351GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 40101001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 400 421 415 429 426 MB/s

97.5% Outstanding

Write 357

Mixed 284

SusWrite 390

79% 348 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 78.1

4K Mixed 41.5

143% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 354

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 242

206% 301 MB/s

COL-User, 9 months ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 40101001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 402 404 414 409 416 MB/s

79.6% Very good

Write 442

Mixed 237

SusWrite 407

88% 390 MB/s

4K Read 18

4K Write 43.5

4K Mixed 21.4

78% 27.6 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 205

172% 246 MB/s

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Typical PC SA530 SDASB8Y512G1001 512GB Builds (Compare 13 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 16%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 15%

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System: Lenovo 30D1CTO1WW

CPU
Core i7-9700Intel $225Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	6x
Core i5-9400Intel $127Bench 86%, 22,187 samples	3x
Core i9-9900Intel $1,989Bench 91%, 11,853 samples	1x

GPU
Quadro P400NvidiaBench 9%, 5,817 samples	5x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	4x
Quadro P1000NvidiaBench 24%, 8,041 samples	2x

SSD
PC SA530 SDASB8Y512G1001 512GBWDCBench 97%, 33 samples	4x

RAM
M378A1K43DB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 79%, 6,043 samples	4x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 44%, 10,608 samples	2x
M378A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 47%, 6,582 samples	1x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $225

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PC SA530 SDASB8Y512G1001 512GB