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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 145% (162nd of 1072)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,455 samples)
Rank 162145%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21112012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 282 221 220 221 220 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 1,459
Write 910
Mixed 972
SusWrite 246
199% 897 MB/s
4K Read 50.9
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 68.1
228% 79.5 MB/s
DQ Read 686
DQ Write 916
DQ Mixed 577
498% 727 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 200 146 151 145 142 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,375
Write 887
Mixed 889
SusWrite 189
185% 835 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 60.3
211% 76.9 MB/s
DQ Read 683
DQ Write 848
DQ Mixed 579
488% 703 MB/s
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 214 218 216 217 217 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 1,410
Write 850
Mixed 864
SusWrite 232
186% 839 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 49.4
175% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 406
285% 360 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21112012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 203 147 136 134 131 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 1,137
Write 827
Mixed 838
SusWrite 175
166% 744 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 49.1
183% 67.4 MB/s
DQ Read 675
DQ Write 421
DQ Mixed 564
416% 553 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 232 130 116 113 104 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 1,367
Write 867
Mixed 842
SusWrite 161
179% 809 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 57.8
196% 68.8 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 216
168% 233 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 260 125 129 126 123 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 1,118
Write 838
Mixed 826
SusWrite 177
165% 740 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 99.2
4K Mixed 43.9
152% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 681
DQ Write 524
DQ Mixed 563
432% 589 MB/s
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 202 151 144 145 144 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 1,151
Write 875
Mixed 827
SusWrite 188
169% 760 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 44.6
4K Mixed 37.4
131% 40.3 MB/s
DQ Read 667
DQ Write 121
DQ Mixed 214
203% 334 MB/s
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Gaming 15%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
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System: Dell Latitude 5420

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples1,420x
Core i5-1145G7IntelBench 69%, 4,608 samples1,123x
Core i7-1185G7IntelBench 67%, 9,588 samples765x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples3,594x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples64x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples24x
SSD
SN530 NVMe WDC 256GBPCBench 145%, 4,455 samples325x
RAM
HMAA2GS6AJR8N-XN 1x16GBUnknownBench 48%, 1,650 samples885x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,085 samples451x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples294x
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