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WD BLACK SDBPNTY-256G-1106 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 171% (134th of 1072)

Based on 833 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-256G-1106
Poor: 77%Average: 171% Great: 229%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-256G-1106 256GB averaged 70.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-256G-1106 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 619MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,447MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-256G-1106 256GB is 152%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-256G-1106 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 427MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 102MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 833 samples)
Rank 134171%
Min Avg Max
568 Read 1,459 1,788
420 Write 1,447 2,069
420 Mixed 1,162 1,521
225 SusWrite 427 538
252% 1,124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.3 4K Read 41.3 51.6
24.1 4K Write 102 180
15 4K Mixed 50.3 75.1
181% 64.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
274 DQ Read 858 1,064
134 DQ Write 531 1,049
195 DQ Mixed 619 900
482% 669 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 361 361 371 347 359 MB/s
198% Outstanding
Read 1,752
Write 2,004
Mixed 1498
SusWrite 378
316% 1,408 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 60.6
205% 73.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,057
DQ Write 786
DQ Mixed 821
641% 888 MB/s
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 502 528 505 337 308 323 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,593
Write 1,456
Mixed 1,204
SusWrite 417
261% 1,168 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 70.9
4K Mixed 41.8
139% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 893
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 594
429% 574 MB/s
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 556 534 513 493 465 460 MB/s
86.7% Excellent
Read 737
Write 711
Mixed 629
SusWrite 503
145% 645 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 41.8
4K Mixed 20.6
75% 26.7 MB/s
DQ Read 109
DQ Write 38.3
DQ Mixed 79.2
57% 75.4 MB/s
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Gaming 101%
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Desktop 100%
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Workstation 99%
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System: HP OMEN 25L Desktop GT12-1xxx

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 21,161 samples370x
Ryzen 7 5700GAMD  $164Bench 88%, 17,091 samples225x
Core i7-11700Intel  $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples176x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples522x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples297x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples259x
SSD
WD BLACK SDBPNTY-256G-1106 256GBWDCBench 171%, 833 samples1x
RAM
HP37D4U1S8ME-8X 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 2,284 samples404x
HP37D4U1S8ME-8XR 2x8GBKingstonBench 90%, 6,088 samples336x
HP37D4U1S8ME-16X 2x16GBKingstonBench 95%, 439 samples92x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $274

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