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PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1001 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 151% (154th of 1072)

Based on 1,212 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1001
Poor: 95%Average: 151% Great: 184%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1001 256GB averaged 51.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1001 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 496MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 600MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1001 256GB is 89.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1001 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 223MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 114MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,212 samples)
Rank 154151%
Min Avg Max
811 Read 1,264 1,473
524 Write 849 934
495 Mixed 857 982
173 SusWrite 223 256
177% 798 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.4 4K Read 40.4 51.7
54.9 4K Write 114 172
28.4 4K Mixed 55.8 74
193% 70.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
364 DQ Read 614 684
200 DQ Write 600 923
211 DQ Mixed 496 580
403% 570 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21110001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 223 222 222 221 223 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,466
Write 928
Mixed 975
SusWrite 243
200% 903 MB/s
4K Read 49.5
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 69.6
243% 89.5 MB/s
DQ Read 682
DQ Write 666
DQ Mixed 578
460% 642 MB/s
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 221 222 222 222 222 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,488
Write 922
Mixed 990
SusWrite 260
203% 915 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 64.4
220% 78.6 MB/s
DQ Read 683
DQ Write 548
DQ Mixed 578
443% 603 MB/s
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 166 168 168 170 166 MB/s
96.9% Outstanding
Read 1,003
Write 217
Mixed 278
SusWrite 174
91% 418 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 60.3
4K Mixed 25.6
108% 38.2 MB/s
DQ Read 394
DQ Write 215
DQ Mixed 214
184% 274 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 73 92 103 94 126 MB/s
40.1% Average
Read 464
Write 77.3
Mixed 179
SusWrite 97.8
44% 205 MB/s
4K Read 13.8
4K Write 9.4
4K Mixed 7.7
36% 10.3 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 86.4
DQ Mixed 130
92% 118 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21160001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 130 166 181 169 126 MB/s
35.7% Below average
Read 409
Write 313
Mixed 207
SusWrite 148
60% 269 MB/s
4K Read 5.9
4K Write 13.1
4K Mixed 4.2
21% 7.73 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 66.1
DQ Mixed 135
89% 107 MB/s
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 71%
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Workstation 14%
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CPU
Ryzen 3 4300UAMDBench 68%, 4,587 samples9x
GPU
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples9x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1001 256GBWDCBench 151%, 1,212 samples9x
RAM
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 2x4GBHynixBench 71%, 7,522 samples7x
F4 DDR4 3200 C22 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 80%, 2,780 samples1x
RMSA3310MJ86H9F-3200 2x4GBRamaxelBench 72%, 238 samples1x
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