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WDS512G1X0C- 512GB

WDS512G1X0C- 512GB
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Effective Speed -35%Effective Speed -35%Average Score -42%Read 16%, Write 8%, 4K Read -90%, 4K Write -85%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -131%, SusWrite -3%Peak Score -36%Read 14%, Write -10%, 4K Read -52%, 4K Write -43%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -127%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -45%DQ Read -128%, DQ Write 13%, DQ Mixed -98%, ADQ Read -145%, ADQ Write 20%, ADQ Mixed -91%, Age 106%, AS-SSD Total -36%

Average Bench: 73.1% (612^th of 1074)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS512G1X0C-

Poor: 65%Average: 73.1% Great: 81%

Popular builds with this SSD

Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME (1)

Good average bench

The WDC WDS512G1X0C- 512GB averaged 26.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 136MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 348MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 133MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 287MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 61273.1%

Min	Avg	Max
486	Read 532	578
434	Write 437	440
322	Mixed 328	335
216	SusWrite 287	358
88.6% 396 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.9	4K Read 18.1	28.3
9.2	4K Write 47.4	85.6
13.2	4K Mixed 19.5	25.7
77.4% 28.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
106	DQ Read 133	161
293	DQ Write 348	404
105	DQ Mixed 136	167
134% 206 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 12 months ago.

57GB free

Firmware: B355

SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 229 224 229 156 175 MB/s

81.4% Excellent

Write 440

Mixed 322

SusWrite 216

87% 389 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 85.6

4K Mixed 25.7

121% 46.5 MB/s

DQ Read 106

DQ Write 293

DQ Mixed 105

107% 168 MB/s

USA-User, 22 months ago.

456GB free

Firmware: B355

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 354 350 336 350 344 MB/s

64.7% Good

Write 434

Mixed 335

SusWrite 358

90% 403 MB/s

4K Read 7.9

4K Write 9.2

4K Mixed 13.2

34% 10.1 MB/s

DQ Read 161

DQ Write 404

DQ Mixed 167

160% 244 MB/s

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 247%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	172x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	39x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $158Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	13x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	66x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	36x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	28x

SSD
WDS512G1X0C- 512GBWDCBench 73%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x16GBTeamBench 100%, 8,891 samples	7x
CMT64GX4M4Z3600C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 118%, 441 samples	7x
Skill Intl F4-3600C14-16GTZN 2x16GBGBench 117%, 634 samples	7x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,614

Popular WDS512G1X0C- 512GB compatible motherboards:

Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME (1)

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WDS512G1X0C- 512GB

Average Bench: 73.1% (612^th of 1074)

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Average Bench: 73.1% (612th of 1074)

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Average Bench: 73.1% (612^th of 1074)