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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1027 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 183% (115th of 1071)

Based on 845 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1027
Poor: 141%Average: 183% Great: 226%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1027 512GB averaged 83.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1027 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 776MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 961MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1027 512GB is 85.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1027 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 465MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 38.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 845 samples)
Rank 115183%
Min Avg Max
1,072 Read 1,436 1,571
923 Write 1,399 1,638
781 Mixed 1,112 1,280
392 SusWrite 465 497
247% 1,103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.2 4K Read 38.6 50.7
75 4K Write 129 205
31.5 4K Mixed 54.9 74.5
197% 74.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
596 DQ Read 961 1,259
338 DQ Write 691 1,154
446 DQ Mixed 776 1,007
593% 809 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
443GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21112000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 795 421 423 423 422 422 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,573
Write 1,642
Mixed 1,307
SusWrite 484
281% 1,252 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 57.5
190% 66.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,195
DQ Write 760
DQ Mixed 1,008
743% 988 MB/s
248GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21117000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 715 501 289 294 286 297 MB/s
183% Outstanding
Read 1481
Write 1,529
Mixed 1,129
SusWrite 397
254% 1,134 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 93.4
4K Mixed 53.2
175% 61.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,163
DQ Write 843
DQ Mixed 989
743% 998 MB/s
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21112000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 649 410 338 323 325 330 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 1,433
Write 1,258
Mixed 1,038
SusWrite 396
230% 1,031 MB/s
4K Read 42.7
4K Write 97.9
4K Mixed 51.7
183% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 731
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 608
429% 555 MB/s
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21117000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 756 407 162 162 162 160 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 1,463
Write 1,471
Mixed 1,156
SusWrite 301
246% 1,098 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 58.9
4K Mixed 36.5
123% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 322
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 304
221% 288 MB/s
408GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21117000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 754 420 298 290 297 287 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 1,256
Write 1,133
Mixed 964
SusWrite 391
209% 936 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 47.4
4K Mixed 27.3
94% 32.3 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 286
209% 274 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 57%
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Workstation 12%
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CPU
Ryzen 7 3700UAMDBench 49%, 23,686 samples134x
Ryzen 5 3500UAMDBench 48%, 78,189 samples84x
GPU
Radeon RX Vega 10 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 37,264 samples134x
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 115,953 samples84x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1027 512GBWDCBench 183%, 845 samples134x
RAM
M471A1G44AB0-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 3,552 samples74x
HMAA1GS6CMR6N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 2,000 samples68x
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 15,613 samples41x
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