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WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 210% (89th of 1071)

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 89210%
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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
367GB free
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1363 987 988 988 988 990 MB/s
307% Outstanding
Read 2,029
Write 2,240
Mixed 1,614
SusWrite 1,050
390% 1,733 MB/s
4K Read 45.1
4K Write 213
4K Mixed 69.7
270% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 1,818
DQ Write 1,767
DQ Mixed 1,542
1,227% 1,709 MB/s
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 716 698 541 678 600 MB/s
228% Outstanding
Read 1,259
Write 1,267
Mixed 1138
SusWrite 655
243% 1,080 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 160
4K Mixed 50.5
195% 80.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,765
DQ Write 1,775
DQ Mixed 1,500
1,202% 1,680 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1034 926 968 950 972 969 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,686
Write 1,711
Mixed 1,177
SusWrite 970
311% 1,386 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 61.2
201% 77.5 MB/s
DQ Read 48.5
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 75.3
68% 99.8 MB/s
275GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 738 594 614 600 605 589 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,423
Write 1,506
Mixed 1,363
SusWrite 623
276% 1,229 MB/s
4K Read 40.1
4K Write 66.8
4K Mixed 46.1
155% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 438
296% 361 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 71,103,807 SSDs tested.

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Typical WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GB Builds (Compare 4,646 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 178%
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation
Workstation 177%
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System: HP OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-0xxx

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $230Bench 97%, 198,859 samples1,377x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $280Bench 99%, 84,873 samples1,135x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $210Bench 86%, 635,419 samples663x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $555Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,477x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,160Bench 210%, 158,856 samples714x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $235Bench 90%, 645,160 samples505x
SSD
WD BLACK SDBPNTY-512G-1106 512GBWDCBench 210%, 3,022 samples524x
RAM
HP32D4U8D8HC-16X 2x16GBKingstonBench 97%, 1,949 samples759x
HP32D4U8S8HC-8XR 2x8GBKingstonBench 84%, 3,401 samples535x
HP32D4U8D8HC-16XR 2x16GBKingstonBench 98%, 1,304 samples441x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $785

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