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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1027 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 154% (150th of 1072)

Based on 158 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1027
Poor: 110%Average: 154% Great: 184%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1027 256GB averaged 53.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1027 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 513MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 624MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1027 256GB is 73.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1027 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 225MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 158 samples)
Rank 150154%
Min Avg Max
838 Read 1,217 1,471
252 Write 833 925
393 Mixed 814 972
185 SusWrite 225 249
172% 772 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 4K Read 40.1 50.8
79.8 4K Write 135 176
25.6 4K Mixed 56.9 74
205% 77.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
459 DQ Read 641 685
195 DQ Write 624 926
223 DQ Mixed 513 580
418% 593 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21112000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 188 201 165 159 157 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 950
Write 587
Mixed 574
SusWrite 191
128% 576 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 74.3
4K Mixed 31.4
118% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 424
DQ Write 269
DQ Mixed 357
263% 350 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21112000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 200 206 204 184 173 MB/s
91% Outstanding
Read 683
Write 615
Mixed 640
SusWrite 209
120% 537 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 60.1
4K Mixed 34.1
118% 40.6 MB/s
DQ Read 413
DQ Write 241
DQ Mixed 350
255% 335 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21112000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 193 198 173 176 185 MB/s
90.5% Outstanding
Read 806
Write 203
Mixed 388
SusWrite 185
87% 395 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 83.2
4K Mixed 27.6
111% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 192
171% 261 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 54%
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Workstation 9%
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System: Huawei BOHB-WAX9

CPU
Core i3-10110UIntelBench 47%, 11,481 samples724x
Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples557x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples1,276x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples5x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1027 256GBWDCBench 154%, 158 samples1x
RAM
K4A8G165WC-BCTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 63%, 1,724 samples462x
MT40A512M16LY-075:E 2x4GBMicronBench 63%, 974 samples323x
H5AN8G6NCJR-VKC 2x4GBHynixBench 58%, 822 samples214x
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