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PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 129% (178th of 1071)

Based on 5,242 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101
Poor: 60%Average: 129% Great: 179%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB averaged 29.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 426MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,170MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB is 119%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 202MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 86.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,242 samples)
Rank 178129%
Min Avg Max
565 Read 1,170 1,463
190 Write 729 920
273 Mixed 743 972
139 SusWrite 202 246
158% 711 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.4 4K Read 37.9 47.7
15.5 4K Write 86.1 153
10.9 4K Mixed 43.2 66.6
158% 55.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
181 DQ Read 543 684
96.5 DQ Write 431 896
134 DQ Mixed 426 578
336% 467 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 205 142 144 142 141 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 1,441
Write 902
Mixed 945
SusWrite 188
193% 869 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 94.5
4K Mixed 52.6
177% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 680
DQ Write 742
DQ Mixed 564
465% 662 MB/s
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 205 158 155 160 160 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 1,068
Write 784
Mixed 648
SusWrite 196
150% 674 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 43.6
167% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 630
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 523
380% 500 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 189 154 164 164 156 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 1,217
Write 739
Mixed 526
SusWrite 180
147% 666 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 69.8
4K Mixed 35.1
133% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 640
DQ Write 267
DQ Mixed 439
329% 449 MB/s
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 149 137 156 138 140 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 1,082
Write 676
Mixed 340
SusWrite 151
124% 563 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 54.3
4K Mixed 35.7
113% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 492
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 217
193% 298 MB/s
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation 15%
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System: Lenovo 82K2

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600HAMDBench 73%, 13,020 samples2,977x
Ryzen 7 5800HAMDBench 75%, 16,344 samples1,037x
GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples2,591x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 39%, 8,686 samples404x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 54%, 21,526 samples348x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GBWDCBench 129%, 5,242 samples1x
RAM
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples958x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples477x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 66%, 21,689 samples320x
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