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PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 129% (179th of 1072)

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 179129%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 218 222 225 225 225 MB/s
186% Outstanding
Read 1,323
Write 924
Mixed 959
SusWrite 264
193% 867 MB/s
4K Read 50.9
4K Write 173
4K Mixed 73.2
262% 99 MB/s
DQ Read 685
DQ Write 912
DQ Mixed 570
494% 722 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 213 129 130 129 128 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 1,428
Write 845
Mixed 969
SusWrite 174
189% 854 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 63.9
219% 82.3 MB/s
DQ Read 674
DQ Write 806
DQ Mixed 574
479% 685 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 200 143 140 139 140 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,405
Write 874
Mixed 941
SusWrite 180
188% 850 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 58.7
198% 72.5 MB/s
DQ Read 679
DQ Write 629
DQ Mixed 554
443% 621 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21110001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 204 166 164 160 168 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 1,362
Write 904
Mixed 907
SusWrite 202
187% 844 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 53.3
183% 64.8 MB/s
DQ Read 642
DQ Write 430
DQ Mixed 558
411% 543 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 207 84 89 87 84 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 1,353
Write 791
Mixed 849
SusWrite 146
174% 784 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 97
4K Mixed 56.1
189% 65.5 MB/s
DQ Read 400
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 386
266% 333 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 189 139 133 142 140 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 1,299
Write 875
Mixed 813
SusWrite 177
175% 791 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 64.3
4K Mixed 48.6
157% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 224
DQ Write 111
DQ Mixed 159
120% 165 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 267 105 95 95 90 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 1,129
Write 604
Mixed 645
SusWrite 158
140% 634 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 99.8
4K Mixed 32.2
140% 54.2 MB/s
DQ Read 587
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 443
326% 437 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 173 150 151 151 151 MB/s
87.2% Excellent
Read 966
Write 220
Mixed 425
SusWrite 165
97% 444 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 39.1
4K Mixed 24.9
83% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 450
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 212
175% 260 MB/s
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation 15%
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CPU
Ryzen 5 5600HAMDBench 73%, 23,730 samples3,284x
Ryzen 7 5800HAMDBench 75%, 19,785 samples1,126x
Ryzen 5 5500H GraphicsAMDBench 75%, 88 samples16x
GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples2,871x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 39%, 8,686 samples438x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples382x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GBWDCBench 129%, 5,242 samples1x
RAM
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples997x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples502x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 66%, 21,689 samples337x
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