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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1002 256GB

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Effective Speed +56% Effective Speed 56%Average Score +67% Read 173%, Write 102%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 43%, Mixed 131%, 4K Mixed 26%, SusWrite -34%Peak Score +69% Read 194%, Write 91%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 60%, Mixed 133%, 4K Mixed 33%, SusWrite -54%Value & Sentiment -148%User Rating -13%, Market Share -283%Nice To Haves +146% DQ Read 86%, DQ Write 157%, DQ Mixed 76%, ADQ Read 92%, ADQ Write 101%, ADQ Mixed 93%, Age 460%, AS-SSD Total 105%

Average Bench: 154% (138^th of 1058)

Based on 3,741 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1002

Poor: 91%Average: 154% Great: 196%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1002 256GB averaged 53.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1002 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 501MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,265MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1002 256GB is 105%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1002 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 221MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 824MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,741 samples)

Rank 138154%

Min	Avg	Max
627	Read 1,265	1,488
459	Write 824	927
480	Mixed 838	985
176	SusWrite 221	250
175% 787 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.9	4K Read 43.6	53.3
52.3	4K Write 125	192
25.4	4K Mixed 57.1	77.6
205% 75.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
359	DQ Read 621	685
199	DQ Write 575	920
218	DQ Mixed 501	580
403% 566 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

FRA-User, 19 hrs ago.

198GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 215 215 215 215 215 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 928

Mixed 989

SusWrite 235

202% 911 MB/s

4K Read 52.1

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 74.7

256% 93.7 MB/s

DQ Read 684

DQ Write 754

DQ Mixed 492

433% 643 MB/s

UKR-User, 20 hrs ago.

172GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 218 218 219 219 219 MB/s

181% Outstanding

Write 818

Mixed 786

SusWrite 260

184% 833 MB/s

4K Read 48.7

4K Write 148

4K Mixed 68.7

240% 88.4 MB/s

DQ Read 680

DQ Write 772

DQ Mixed 576

475% 676 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

168GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 219 220 219 220 218 MB/s

181% Outstanding

Write 926

Mixed 992

SusWrite 236

201% 907 MB/s

4K Read 47.3

4K Write 151

4K Mixed 65.7

236% 87.9 MB/s

DQ Read 682

DQ Write 880

DQ Mixed 578

493% 713 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

169GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 219 219 207 188 206 MB/s

165% Outstanding

Write 909

Mixed 948

SusWrite 226

196% 886 MB/s

4K Read 47.7

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 52.1

220% 84.5 MB/s

DQ Read 658

DQ Write 533

DQ Mixed 234

274% 475 MB/s

CAN-User, 14 hrs ago.

154GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 272 220 221 220 MB/s

145% Outstanding

Write 713

Mixed 821

SusWrite 155

163% 738 MB/s

4K Read 43.5

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 61

217% 80.9 MB/s

DQ Read 469

DQ Write 354

DQ Mixed 436

319% 419 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 228 142 205 208 208 MB/s

131% Outstanding

Write 842

Mixed 779

SusWrite 203

165% 742 MB/s

4K Read 34.3

4K Write 90.9

4K Mixed 50.7

165% 58.6 MB/s

DQ Read 551

DQ Write 390

DQ Mixed 517

374% 486 MB/s

BEL-User, 10 hrs ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 229 211 213 215 215 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 756

Mixed 672

SusWrite 226

148% 666 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 67.7

4K Mixed 33.6

124% 43.8 MB/s

DQ Read 424

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 335

250% 338 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 day ago.

199GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21106000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 218 218 218 220 219 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 787

Mixed 751

SusWrite 247

151% 675 MB/s

4K Read 27.9

4K Write 60.6

4K Mixed 32

115% 40.2 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 267

DQ Mixed 347

252% 330 MB/s

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Asus TUF Gaming FX506LI_FX506LI

CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 80%, 45,895 samples	885x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 86%, 10,800 samples	98x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 84%, 130,566 samples	12x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 87,593 samples	624x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 43%, 19,671 samples	372x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 3%, 567 samples	1x

SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1002 256GBWDCBench 154%, 3,741 samples	525x

RAM
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 38%, 11,466 samples	394x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 46%, 18,958 samples	258x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 2x8GBMicronBench 71%, 9,837 samples	55x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1002 256GB

Average Bench: 154% (138^th of 1058)

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