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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 102% (246th of 1072)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDBNCE0020PNC
Poor: 79%Average: 102% Great: 115%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC WDBNCE0020PNC 2TB averaged 2.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDBNCE0020PNC 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 245MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.8MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDBNCE0020PNC 2TB is 36.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDBNCE0020PNC 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 333MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 441MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 246102%
Min Avg Max
294 Read 441 506
190 Write 399 486
202 Mixed 333 384
377 SusWrite 436 486
90.6% 402 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.4 4K Read 30.2 37.7
33.6 4K Write 79.2 117
20.1 4K Mixed 40.8 50.6
140% 50 MB/s
Min Avg Max
250 DQ Read 353 380
197 DQ Write 296 334
187 DQ Mixed 245 275
205% 298 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 467 428 477 485 484 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 445
Write 453
Mixed 361
SusWrite 464
97% 431 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 50.6
174% 66.3 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 260
217% 314 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 455 454 442 421 453 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 486
Mixed 380
SusWrite 442
102% 454 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 96.6
4K Mixed 39.6
159% 58 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 264
221% 319 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 460 461 463 462 461 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 408
Write 208
Mixed 292
SusWrite 459
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 95.2
4K Mixed 48.3
167% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 202
158% 218 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 414 396 433 445 441 MB/s
93.5% Outstanding
Read 425
Write 405
Mixed 337
SusWrite 412
89% 395 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 61.1
4K Mixed 34.7
121% 41.7 MB/s
DQ Read 337
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 258
208% 294 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 384 382 409 439 435 MB/s
75.5% Very good
Read 294
Write 300
Mixed 202
SusWrite 396
67% 298 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 39.7
4K Mixed 28.4
82% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 269
DQ Mixed 243
198% 282 MB/s
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Gaming 70%
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Desktop 80%
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Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,089x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples859x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples561x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples475x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples341x
SSD
WDBNCE0020PNC 2TBWDCBench 102%, 14 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples248x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $652

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