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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1032 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 158% (145th of 1072)

Based on 1,146 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1032
Poor: 105%Average: 158% Great: 187%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1032 256GB averaged 58.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1032 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 505MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,320MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1032 256GB is 82.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1032 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 215MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 845MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,146 samples)
Rank 145158%
Min Avg Max
894 Read 1,320 1,481
478 Write 845 925
489 Mixed 877 988
155 SusWrite 215 252
181% 814 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.8 4K Read 44.2 52.3
57.2 4K Write 126 181
34.4 4K Mixed 59.4 74.7
210% 76.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
410 DQ Read 638 685
169 DQ Write 590 914
193 DQ Mixed 505 580
409% 578 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21101000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 223 223 223 223 223 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,484
Write 924
Mixed 977
SusWrite 248
202% 908 MB/s
4K Read 52.4
4K Write 186
4K Mixed 74.9
274% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 682
DQ Write 927
DQ Mixed 570
496% 726 MB/s
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21111000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 277 174 175 167 158 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 1,482
Write 921
Mixed 923
SusWrite 209
196% 884 MB/s
4K Read 51.2
4K Write 173
4K Mixed 72.2
262% 98.9 MB/s
DQ Read 679
DQ Write 732
DQ Mixed 557
460% 656 MB/s
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21111000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 212 187 189 181 177 MB/s
168% Outstanding
Read 1,438
Write 908
Mixed 940
SusWrite 220
194% 876 MB/s
4K Read 45.8
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 62.9
215% 77.4 MB/s
DQ Read 683
DQ Write 672
DQ Mixed 578
462% 644 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21111000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 189 96 96 93 94 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,475
Write 915
Mixed 982
SusWrite 157
195% 882 MB/s
4K Read 46.5
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 63.6
216% 77.3 MB/s
DQ Read 681
DQ Write 621
DQ Mixed 576
453% 626 MB/s
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21111000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 219 212 205 209 207 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,383
Write 878
Mixed 914
SusWrite 233
189% 852 MB/s
4K Read 42.8
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 60.1
206% 75 MB/s
DQ Read 682
DQ Write 669
DQ Mixed 576
460% 643 MB/s
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21111000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 220 168 90 162 160 MB/s
160% Outstanding
Read 1,462
Write 919
Mixed 970
SusWrite 191
196% 886 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 60.1
204% 72.3 MB/s
DQ Read 678
DQ Write 492
DQ Mixed 572
431% 580 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 9%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-16R5

CPU
Core i5-10500HIntelBench 80%, 12,921 samples3,402x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples826x
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples522x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples2,791x
GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 35%, 2,293 samples1,426x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples440x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1032 256GBWDCBench 158%, 1,146 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples879x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 1x8GBMicronBench 42%, 8,707 samples394x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples345x
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