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WDC PC SN530 SDB 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 194% (102nd of 1072)

Based on 1,252 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDB
Poor: 151%Average: 194% Great: 230%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDB 1TB averaged 93.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDB 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 745MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,610MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDB 1TB is 79.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDB 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 106MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,252 samples)
Rank 102194%
Min Avg Max
903 Read 1,267 1,646
1,161 Write 1,610 1,820
965 Mixed 1,265 1,563
594 SusWrite 836 953
281% 1,244 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.5 4K Read 42.2 47.6
73.2 4K Write 106 127
42.4 4K Mixed 56.8 65.9
193% 68.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
511 DQ Read 860 1,128
312 DQ Write 600 866
426 DQ Mixed 745 962
552% 735 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
251GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21106000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1429 839 402 251 282 282 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,619
Write 1,725
Mixed 1,508
SusWrite 581
305% 1,358 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 62.7
214% 77.1 MB/s
DQ Read 722
DQ Write 567
DQ Mixed 623
472% 637 MB/s
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21106000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1426 839 425 372 364 361 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,286
Write 1,738
Mixed 1,511
SusWrite 631
292% 1,292 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 76.7
4K Mixed 48
165% 55.4 MB/s
DQ Read 792
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 429
349% 509 MB/s
540GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21106000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 956 826 588 566 537 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,066
Write 916
Mixed 1,135
SusWrite 664
213% 945 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 88.4
4K Mixed 50.3
171% 59.3 MB/s
DQ Read 505
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 386
296% 406 MB/s
331GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3900 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1286 802 492 344 356 334 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 827
Write 1,672
Mixed 1,116
SusWrite 602
239% 1,054 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 42.4
139% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 587
DQ Write 464
DQ Mixed 432
349% 494 MB/s
912GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21106000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 814 600 602 513 556 562 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 596
Write 1,273
Mixed 479
SusWrite 608
168% 739 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 24.1
4K Mixed 22.4
95% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 691
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 170
184% 325 MB/s
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Typical WDC PC SN530 SDB 1TB Builds (Compare 15,862 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop 73%
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Workstation 9%
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System: Acer Nitro AN515-55

CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples12,221x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples3,597x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples41x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples8,372x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples1,596x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples1,524x
SSD
WDC PC SN530 SDB 1TBNvmeBench 194%, 1,252 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples2,330x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples1,695x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 38%, 20,126 samples1,623x
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