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WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 210% (90th of 1072)

Based on 3,022 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106
Poor: 149%Average: 210% Great: 285%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GB averaged 109.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 914MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,719MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GB is 137%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 765MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,022 samples)
Rank 90210%
Min Avg Max
1,039 Read 1,637 2012
912 Write 1,719 2,234
944 Mixed 1,406 1,761
432 SusWrite 765 1,034
310% 1,382 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.5 4K Read 39.7 50.6
54.2 4K Write 115 204
35.6 4K Mixed 55.9 76.5
193% 70.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
693 DQ Read 1,068 1,602
214 DQ Write 650 1,373
421 DQ Mixed 914 1,468
666% 877 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
315GB free
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1322 992 993 991 994 990 MB/s
313% Outstanding
Read 2,022
Write 2,050
Mixed 1,682
SusWrite 1,047
382% 1,700 MB/s
4K Read 43.2
4K Write 246
4K Mixed 80.3
298% 123 MB/s
DQ Read 1,800
DQ Write 1,634
DQ Mixed 1,555
1,211% 1,663 MB/s
441GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1122 994 995 994 995 998 MB/s
280% Outstanding
Read 2,032
Write 2,320
Mixed 1,753
SusWrite 1,016
400% 1,780 MB/s
4K Read 51.8
4K Write 179
4K Mixed 77.1
272% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,288
DQ Write 1,098
DQ Mixed 1,177
886% 1,188 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 792 532 546 570 541 495 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 924
Write 845
Mixed 795
SusWrite 579
177% 786 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 25.8
4K Mixed 21.5
70% 22 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 144
108% 145 MB/s
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Typical WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GB Builds (Compare 5,311 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 178%
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Desktop
Desktop 99%
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Workstation
Workstation 177%
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System: HP OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-0xxx

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples1,574x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples1,301x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples746x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,698x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples805x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples571x
SSD
WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GBWDCBench 210%, 3,022 samples556x
RAM
HP32D4U8D8HC-16X 2x16GBKingstonBench 97%, 1,949 samples844x
HP32D4U8S8HC-8XR 2x8GBKingstonBench 84%, 3,401 samples600x
HP32D4U8D8HC-16XR 2x16GBKingstonBench 98%, 1,304 samples497x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $861

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