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PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G1014 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 69.6% (676th of 1072)

Based on 26 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G1014
Poor: 53%Average: 69.6% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The WDC PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G1014 256GB averaged 30.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 188MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31.6MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G1014 256GB is 32.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G1014 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 203MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 236MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 26 samples)
Rank 67669.6%
Min Avg Max
178 Read 342 407
85.2 Write 285 386
162 Mixed 236 309
88.8 SusWrite 203 235
59.7% 266 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.2 4K Read 22.1 32.9
28.9 4K Write 54.6 67.3
11.4 4K Mixed 31.6 40
103% 36.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.8 DQ Read 282 376
102 DQ Write 227 316
69.5 DQ Mixed 188 256
159% 232 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40101000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 242 227 211 197 213 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 386
Write 371
Mixed 303
SusWrite 227
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 56.7
4K Mixed 33.8
114% 39.1 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 247
DQ Mixed 232
188% 268 MB/s
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40101000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 185 181 164 162 180 MB/s
64% Good
Read 379
Write 225
Mixed 245
SusWrite 181
58% 258 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 56.6
4K Mixed 20.2
78% 30.5 MB/s
DQ Read 339
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 141
152% 255 MB/s
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40101000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 215 215 187 170 176 MB/s
57.2% Above average
Read 325
Write 246
Mixed 233
SusWrite 196
56% 250 MB/s
4K Read 16
4K Write 40.5
4K Mixed 28.1
82% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 111
DQ Mixed 114
92% 131 MB/s
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40101000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 204 192 215 171 208 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 360
Write 295
Mixed 162
SusWrite 202
57% 255 MB/s
4K Read 16.3
4K Write 28.9
4K Mixed 18.5
64% 21.2 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 110
86% 121 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 34%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Acer Aspire A314-32

CPU
Pentium Silver N5000IntelBench 34%, 12,140 samples49x
Celeron N4100IntelBench 33%, 6,492 samples30x
Celeron N4000IntelBench 24%, 14,024 samples28x
GPU
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples97x
UHD Graphics 605IntelBench 2%, 14,651 samples68x
SSD
PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G1014 256GBWDCBench 70%, 26 samples27x
RAM
1x4GBMicronBench 22%, 5,693 samples80x
1x4GBHynixBench 19%, 8,928 samples38x
Hynix 8GBUnknownBench 37%, 25 samples3x
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