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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB

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Effective Speed -249%Effective Speed -249%Average Score -258%Read -233%, Write -277%, 4K Read -145%, 4K Write -121%, Mixed -225%, 4K Mixed -126%, SusWrite -681%Peak Score -326%Read -276%, Write -290%, 4K Read -284%, 4K Write -132%, Mixed -265%, 4K Mixed -202%, SusWrite -832%Value & Sentiment -427%User Rating -37%, Market Share -817%Nice To Haves -120%DQ Read -86%, DQ Write -97%, DQ Mixed -109%, ADQ Read -108%, ADQ Write -149%, ADQ Mixed -117%, Age -169%, AS-SSD Total -120%

Average Bench: 156% (154^th of 1080)

Based on 9,997 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006

Poor: 88%Average: 156% Great: 214%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB averaged 56.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 684MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 823MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB is 125%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 406MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 93.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,997 samples)

Rank 154156%

Min	Avg	Max
728	Read 1,257	1,576
508	Write 1,230	1,646
537	Mixed 992	1,282
289	SusWrite 406	490
218% 971 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.7	4K Read 36.5	50.1
27	4K Write 93.4	164
20.3	4K Mixed 48.9	72.7
168% 59.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
269	DQ Read 823	1,244
115	DQ Write 505	962
227	DQ Mixed 684	1,000
504% 671 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

472GB free

Firmware: HPS2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 759 488 428 431 433 433 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,614

Mixed 1,271

SusWrite 495

267% 1,186 MB/s

4K Read 43.3

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 62

207% 74.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,215

DQ Write 872

DQ Mixed 988

753% 1,025 MB/s

DNK-User, 22 hrs ago.

90GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 765 409 412 363 252 256 MB/s

166% Outstanding

Write 1,511

Mixed 956

SusWrite 410

220% 977 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 55.6

186% 67.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,097

DQ Write 772

DQ Mixed 931

696% 934 MB/s

IND-User, 2 days ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 780 450 217 221 206 210 MB/s

140% Outstanding

Write 1,489

Mixed 1,159

SusWrite 347

251% 1,123 MB/s

4K Read 35.1

4K Write 65.9

4K Mixed 45.2

146% 48.7 MB/s

DQ Read 353

DQ Write 223

DQ Mixed 293

217% 290 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 day ago.

201GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 700 462 272 266 269 273 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 1,431

Mixed 1,106

SusWrite 374

200% 879 MB/s

4K Read 37.2

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 51.4

181% 66.6 MB/s

DQ Read 984

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 727

520% 684 MB/s

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Workstation 82%

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System: HP OMEN 25L Desktop GT12-0xxx

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Core i7-10700FIntel $209Bench 93%, 44,448 samples	1,093x
Core i7-10700Intel $256Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,083x
Core i5-10400Intel $123Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	893x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,172x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $214Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	785x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	655x

SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GBWDCBench 156%, 9,997 samples	1,392x

RAM
HP32D4U8D8HC-16X 1x16GBKingstonBench 52%, 1,327 samples	769x
HP32D4U8S8HC-8X 2x8GBKingstonBench 83%, 1,751 samples	383x
HP32D4U8S8ME-8X 2x8GBKingstonBench 83%, 996 samples	195x

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Value: 121% - Outstanding

Total price: $349

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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB