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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1002 512GB

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Effective Speed +105% Effective Speed 105%Average Score +134% Read 223%, Write 266%, 4K Read 39%, 4K Write 83%, Mixed 227%, 4K Mixed 51%, SusWrite 51%Peak Score +120% Read 215%, Write 246%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 70%, Mixed 212%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite 30%Value & Sentiment -143%User Rating -13%, Market Share -273%Nice To Haves +290% DQ Read 243%, DQ Write 215%, DQ Mixed 205%, ADQ Read 216%, ADQ Write 169%, ADQ Mixed 227%, Age 843%, AS-SSD Total 202%

Average Bench: 202% (79^th of 1053)

Based on 3,581 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1002

Poor: 148%Average: 202% Great: 236%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1002 512GB averaged 102.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1002 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 857MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,011MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1002 512GB is 87.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1002 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 456MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 47.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,581 samples)

Rank 79202%

Min	Avg	Max
1,109	Read 1,495	1598
1,057	Write 1,492	1,679
932	Mixed 1,182	1,322
370	SusWrite 456	503
259% 1,156 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.5	4K Read 47.8	53.8
85.5	4K Write 158	202
43.6	4K Mixed 68.4	81.3
244% 91.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
554	DQ Read 1,011	1,260
309	DQ Write 773	1,126
446	DQ Mixed 857	1,008
651% 881 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 4 hrs ago.

166GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 780 431 426 393 380 377 MB/s

232% Outstanding

Write 1,638

Mixed 1,254

SusWrite 465

277% 1,238 MB/s

4K Read 53.5

4K Write 198

4K Mixed 80.5

289% 110 MB/s

DQ Read 1,219

DQ Write 1,065

DQ Mixed 1,008

792% 1,097 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

316GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 443 416 426 427 421 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 1,621

Mixed 1,262

SusWrite 462

274% 1,220 MB/s

4K Read 51.6

4K Write 184

4K Mixed 79

277% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 1,236

DQ Write 1,021

DQ Mixed 1,007

787% 1,088 MB/s

COL-User, 2 hrs ago.

399GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 736 435 439 439 438 440 MB/s

220% Outstanding

Write 1,631

Mixed 1,237

SusWrite 488

277% 1,239 MB/s

4K Read 50.1

4K Write 179

4K Mixed 76.2

268% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1,066

DQ Write 874

DQ Mixed 988

735% 976 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

219GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 649 472 389 412 399 396 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 1,596

Mixed 1,285

SusWrite 453

276% 1,233 MB/s

4K Read 51.4

4K Write 184

4K Mixed 77.1

274% 104 MB/s

DQ Read 1,057

DQ Write 874

DQ Mixed 971

726% 967 MB/s

NOR-User, 3 hrs ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 404 238 247 233 229 MB/s

197% Outstanding

Write 1,437

Mixed 1,111

SusWrite 341

239% 1,067 MB/s

4K Read 45.2

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 69.9

242% 90.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,160

DQ Write 932

DQ Mixed 998

760% 1,030 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

141GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 172 162 144 133 137 MB/s

177% Outstanding

Write 1,531

Mixed 1,166

SusWrite 212

242% 1,082 MB/s

4K Read 37.4

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 66.6

196% 68.7 MB/s

DQ Read 984

DQ Write 1059

DQ Mixed 965

742% 1,003 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 hrs ago.

125GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 699 424 398 370 353 348 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 1171

Mixed 977

SusWrite 432

207% 922 MB/s

4K Read 41.9

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 50.1

184% 65.8 MB/s

DQ Read 695

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 690

464% 570 MB/s

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 20%

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System: Asus TUF Gaming FA506IV_FA506IV

CPU
Ryzen 7 4800HAMDBench 84%, 25,759 samples	2,113x
Ryzen 9 4900HAMDBench 85%, 1,898 samples	391x

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RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 58,184 samples	1,455x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 54,635 samples	1,049x

SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1002 512GBWDCBench 202%, 3,581 samples	543x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2J1 2x8GBMicronBench 87%, 22,139 samples	532x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,856 samples	424x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2J1 1x8GBMicronBench 44%, 15,765 samples	286x

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Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-10400F $143	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $325	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1002 512GB

Average Bench: 202% (79^th of 1053)

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