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SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB

SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB
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Effective Speed -272%Effective Speed -272%Average Score -381%Read -245%, Write -464%, 4K Read -96%, 4K Write -77%, Mixed -295%, 4K Mixed -94%, SusWrite -1,400%Peak Score -492%Read -294%, Write -578%, 4K Read -257%, 4K Write -90%, Mixed -359%, 4K Mixed -181%, SusWrite -1,682%Value & Sentiment -563%User Rating -36%, Market Share -1,089%Nice To Haves -199%DQ Read -238%, DQ Write -107%, DQ Mixed -263%, ADQ Read -180%, ADQ Write -166%, ADQ Mixed -205%, Age -232%, AS-SSD Total -202%

Average Bench: 145% (170^th of 1079)

Based on 4,455 user benchmarks. Model: PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB

Poor: 86%Average: 145% Great: 196%

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Outstanding average bench

The PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB averaged 44.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 487MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,189MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB is 110%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 212MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,455 samples)

Rank 170145%

Min	Avg	Max
617	Read 1,189	1,471
219	Write 808	922
358	Mixed 793	990
142	SusWrite 212	257
167% 751 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.6	4K Read 43.2	53.7
47.5	4K Write 115	200
26.2	4K Mixed 54.2	77.9
196% 70.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
305	DQ Read 609	684
147	DQ Write 472	919
164	DQ Mixed 487	578
379% 523 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SRB-User, 4 days ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 194 134 131 127 129 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 893

Mixed 916

SusWrite 178

185% 835 MB/s

4K Read 44.4

4K Write 131

4K Mixed 62

216% 79.2 MB/s

DQ Read 683

DQ Write 748

DQ Mixed 576

472% 669 MB/s

CAN-User, 7 days ago.

238GB free

Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 221 222 222 222 222 MB/s

161% Outstanding

Write 886

Mixed 798

SusWrite 258

185% 833 MB/s

4K Read 33.8

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 52.6

176% 64.7 MB/s

DQ Read 681

DQ Write 914

DQ Mixed 580

499% 725 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 days ago.

167GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21112012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 242 219 218 219 220 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 795

Mixed 709

SusWrite 238

149% 667 MB/s

4K Read 39.7

4K Write 99.3

4K Mixed 50.6

178% 63.2 MB/s

DQ Read 550

DQ Write 311

DQ Mixed 516

361% 459 MB/s

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell Latitude 5420

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	1,426x
Core i5-1145G7IntelBench 69%, 4,608 samples	1,133x
Core i7-1185G7IntelBench 67%, 9,588 samples	777x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	3,625x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples	67x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples	24x

SSD
SN530 NVMe WDC 256GBPCBench 145%, 4,455 samples	328x

RAM
HMAA2GS6AJR8N-XN 1x16GBUnknownBench 48%, 1,650 samples	885x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,085 samples	459x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples	296x

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SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB

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