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SN530 NVMe WDC 512GB

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Effective Speed -215%Effective Speed -215%Average Score -231%Read -226%, Write -271%, 4K Read -98%, 4K Write -68%, Mixed -226%, 4K Mixed -91%, SusWrite -639%Peak Score -303%Read -278%, Write -296%, 4K Read -246%, 4K Write -63%, Mixed -267%, 4K Mixed -161%, SusWrite -812%Value & Sentiment -874%User Rating -37%, Market Share -1,711%Nice To Haves -105%DQ Read -85%, DQ Write -61%, DQ Mixed -109%, ADQ Read -87%, ADQ Write -140%, ADQ Mixed -88%, Age -169%, AS-SSD Total -103%

Average Bench: 173% (137^th of 1080)

Based on 5,609 user benchmarks. Model: PC SN530 NVMe WDC 512GB

Poor: 110%Average: 173% Great: 236%

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Outstanding average bench

The PC SN530 NVMe WDC 512GB averaged 73.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PC SN530 NVMe WDC 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 788MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 913MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PC SN530 NVMe WDC 512GB is 127%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PC SN530 NVMe WDC 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 428MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 123MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,609 samples)

Rank 137173%

Min	Avg	Max
674	Read 1,287	1,572
518	Write 1,259	1,627
534	Mixed 991	1,275
282	SusWrite 428	502
222% 991 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.7	4K Read 44.4	54.5
54.2	4K Write 123	232
34.6	4K Mixed 57.7	83.3
206% 75 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
465	DQ Read 913	1,253
175	DQ Write 523	1,178
288	DQ Mixed 788	1,003
568% 741 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

NOR-User, 1 day ago.

310GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 790 451 432 438 438 438 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,637

Mixed 1,301

SusWrite 498

280% 1,251 MB/s

4K Read 44.3

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 61.9

205% 72.4 MB/s

DQ Read 891

DQ Write 536

DQ Mixed 711

530% 713 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 day ago.

129GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21111012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 776 418 356 352 347 332 MB/s

163% Outstanding

Write 1,596

Mixed 1,234

SusWrite 430

248% 1,099 MB/s

4K Read 40.5

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 52.2

185% 66.7 MB/s

DQ Read 881

DQ Write 665

DQ Mixed 747

566% 765 MB/s

USA-User, 23 hrs ago.

200GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 820 434 436 439 438 438 MB/s

161% Outstanding

Write 1,096

Mixed 914

SusWrite 501

190% 843 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 58

190% 67 MB/s

DQ Read 968

DQ Write 697

DQ Mixed 783

598% 816 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

200GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 497 404 377 356 360 393 MB/s

115% Outstanding

Write 885

Mixed 775

SusWrite 398

157% 697 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 68.7

4K Mixed 26.3

114% 41.2 MB/s

DQ Read 721

DQ Write 509

DQ Mixed 571

438% 600 MB/s

GRL-User, 2 days ago.

147GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 515 392 336 177 139 129 MB/s

97.1% Outstanding

Write 1,053

Mixed 797

SusWrite 281

167% 742 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 49.6

4K Mixed 31.9

116% 38 MB/s

DQ Read 341

DQ Write 137

DQ Mixed 311

211% 263 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell G15 5510

CPU
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples	816x
Core i5-10500HIntelBench 80%, 12,921 samples	772x
Core i5-10200HIntelBench 73%, 5,051 samples	621x

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UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	869x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 39%, 8,686 samples	396x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 3%, 2,203 samples	332x

SSD
SN530 NVMe WDC 512GBPCBench 173%, 5,609 samples	255x

RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 26,875 samples	359x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples	269x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 31%, 42,476 samples	182x

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