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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1014 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 169% (134th of 1072)

Based on 12,303 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1014
Poor: 116%Average: 169% Great: 217%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1014 512GB averaged 69.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1014 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 722MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,475MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1014 512GB is 101%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1014 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 406MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 110MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,303 samples)
Rank 134169%
Min Avg Max
787 Read 1,262 1,606
732 Write 1,475 1,655
594 Mixed 1,109 1394
274 SusWrite 406 496
239% 1,063 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.2 4K Read 42.8 49.4
57.4 4K Write 110 165
30.8 4K Mixed 55.5 70.8
194% 69.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
443 DQ Read 914 1,246
274 DQ Write 631 976
320 DQ Mixed 722 1,001
553% 756 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
279GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21103900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 693 463 317 327 302 376 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,581
Write 1628
Mixed 1,421
SusWrite 413
283% 1,261 MB/s
4K Read 42.9
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 61.3
206% 73.8 MB/s
DQ Read 868
DQ Write 676
DQ Mixed 742
563% 762 MB/s
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21103900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 714 495 307 292 291 263 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,567
Write 1611
Mixed 1,419
SusWrite 393
280% 1,248 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 61.8
207% 74.5 MB/s
DQ Read 913
DQ Write 684
DQ Mixed 763
580% 787 MB/s
347GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21103900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 724 492 401 389 375 381 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,463
Write 1,625
Mixed 1,419
SusWrite 460
279% 1,242 MB/s
4K Read 43.5
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 62.5
207% 73.7 MB/s
DQ Read 711
DQ Write 527
DQ Mixed 596
452% 611 MB/s
413GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21103900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 762 428 429 435 435 435 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 1,444
Write 1617
Mixed 1367
SusWrite 488
276% 1,229 MB/s
4K Read 42.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 61
199% 69.7 MB/s
DQ Read 774
DQ Write 446
DQ Mixed 530
416% 584 MB/s
292GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21103900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 786 421 325 327 306 316 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 1,067
Write 1,582
Mixed 1,178
SusWrite 414
239% 1,060 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 91.4
4K Mixed 51.3
170% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 730
DQ Write 480
DQ Mixed 544
422% 585 MB/s
238GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21103900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 662 293 345 270 230 280 MB/s
86.4% Excellent
Read 624
Write 999
Mixed 577
SusWrite 347
144% 637 MB/s
4K Read 10.7
4K Write 50.4
4K Mixed 25.1
75% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 460
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 365
274% 369 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 9%
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CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples12,214x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples3,597x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples41x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples8,368x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples1,595x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples1,524x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1014 512GBWDCBench 169%, 12,303 samples2,455x
RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples2,330x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples1,695x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 38%, 20,126 samples1,622x
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