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PC S A530 SDASN8Y-256 256GB

PC S A530 SDASN8Y-256 256GB
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Effective Speed -51%Effective Speed -51%Average Score -58%Read -18%, Write -71%, 4K Read -46%, 4K Write -82%, Mixed -63%, 4K Mixed -75%, SusWrite -53%Peak Score -48%Read -13%, Write -78%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write -50%, Mixed -59%, 4K Mixed -45%, SusWrite -65%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -22%DQ Read -19%, DQ Write -30%, DQ Mixed -50%, ADQ Read -43%, ADQ Write -62%, ADQ Mixed -62%, Age 115%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 65.3% (737^th of 1071)

Based on 12 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC S A530 SDASN8Y-256

Poor: 54%Average: 65.3% Great: 74%

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Above average average bench

The WDC PC S A530 SDASN8Y-256 256GB averaged 34.7% 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 161MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.5MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC S A530 SDASN8Y-256 256GB is just 19.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC PC S A530 SDASN8Y-256 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 194MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 220MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)

Rank 73765.3%

Min	Avg	Max
300	Read 386	449
193	Write 237	273
167	Mixed 220	266
76	SusWrite 194	234
57.7% 259 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.4	4K Read 23.5	33.7
27.5	4K Write 48	81.7
14.3	4K Mixed 25.8	40.3
94.1% 32.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
127	DQ Read 228	309
88.2	DQ Write 178	276
98.6	DQ Mixed 161	221
132% 189 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 2 years ago.

159GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4021

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 212 231 239 226 239 MB/s

87.5% Excellent

Write 243

Mixed 246

SusWrite 226

64% 286 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 81.7

4K Mixed 40.3

141% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 304

DQ Write 266

DQ Mixed 221

183% 264 MB/s

FIN-User, 2 years ago.

169GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4021

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 236 240 240 243 242 MB/s

76.6% Very good

Write 322

Mixed 258

SusWrite 242

72% 320 MB/s

4K Read 28.6

4K Write 49.8

4K Mixed 32.6

112% 37 MB/s

DQ Read 230

DQ Write 166

DQ Mixed 191

144% 196 MB/s

PER-User, 2 years ago.

136GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4021

SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 234 237 235 189 241 MB/s

70.6% Very good

Write 273

Mixed 190

SusWrite 228

62% 279 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 47.1

4K Mixed 30.3

99% 33.6 MB/s

DQ Read 232

DQ Write 162

DQ Mixed 151

125% 182 MB/s

GRC-User, 19 months ago.

122GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4021

SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 138 122 20 92 70 MB/s

54.4% Above average

Write 214

Mixed 266

SusWrite 99.1

56% 253 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 41.1

4K Mixed 15.5

80% 27.2 MB/s

DQ Read 256

DQ Write 88.2

DQ Mixed 195

138% 180 MB/s

IDN-User, 12 months ago.

28GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4021

SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 167 110 120 104 113 MB/s

53.7% Above average

Write 193

Mixed 241

SusWrite 128

51% 229 MB/s

4K Read 17.7

4K Write 29.5

4K Mixed 21.9

70% 23 MB/s

DQ Read 237

DQ Write 199

DQ Mixed 184

147% 207 MB/s

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 2%

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System: HP Laptop 14-dk0xxx

CPU
Ryzen 3 3200UAMDBench 41%, 21,522 samples	124x
Ryzen 5 3500UAMDBench 48%, 78,189 samples	64x
A9-9425 APU (2016 M.SR)AMDBench 27%, 15,014 samples	61x

GPU
Radeon Vega 3 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 27,821 samples	129x
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 115,953 samples	64x
Radeon R5 GraphicsAMDBench 3%, 31,419 samples	61x

SSD
PC S A530 SDASN8Y-256 256GBWDCBench 65%, 12 samples	1x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 30%, 48,985 samples	45x
4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 1x4GBMicronBench 32%, 18,494 samples	25x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 54,777 samples	13x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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PC S A530 SDASN8Y-256 256GB

Average Bench: 65.3% (737^th of 1071)

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PC S A530 SDASN8Y-256 256GB

Average Bench: 65.3% (737th of 1071)

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