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PC SN530 WDC 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 148% (166th of 1080)

Based on 2,021 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB
Poor: 102%Average: 148% Great: 200%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC SN530 WDC 256GB averaged 48.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC SN530 WDC 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 500MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,147MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC SN530 WDC 256GB is 98.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC SN530 WDC 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 212MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 832MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,021 samples)
Rank 166148%
Min Avg Max
747 Read 1,147 1,521
603 Write 848 924
557 Mixed 832 1,047
155 SusWrite 212 247
169% 760 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.7 4K Read 45.3 54.5
66.5 4K Write 134 230
27.8 4K Mixed 56.6 77.8
212% 78.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
350 DQ Read 626 683
192 DQ Write 462 911
228 DQ Mixed 500 575
386% 530 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 213 199 181 178 176 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 1,090
Write 890
Mixed 838
SusWrite 215
169% 758 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 95
4K Mixed 51.9
179% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 648
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 440
328% 447 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 256 165 130 123 120 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 1,108
Write 886
Mixed 846
SusWrite 180
168% 755 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 73.2
4K Mixed 46.3
155% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 502
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 387
278% 366 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 210 187 184 183 180 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 946
Write 859
Mixed 817
SusWrite 209
158% 708 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 93.8
4K Mixed 44.6
168% 59.6 MB/s
DQ Read 523
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 243
204% 308 MB/s
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21112012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 203 152 151 146 158 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 967
Write 884
Mixed 807
SusWrite 192
159% 713 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 80.6
4K Mixed 31.8
121% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 526
DQ Write 352
DQ Mixed 393
306% 424 MB/s
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 262 150 155 163 168 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 781
Write 895
Mixed 746
SusWrite 200
147% 655 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 59.9
4K Mixed 39
129% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 188
DQ Write 626
DQ Mixed 278
250% 364 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 209 121 90 92 95 MB/s
49.2% Average
Read 459
Write 342
Mixed 280
SusWrite 153
69% 309 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 21.8
4K Mixed 14.7
54% 17.4 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 66.7
DQ Mixed 131
91% 117 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Dell Inspiron 3501

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples1,557x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples760x
Core i3-1005G1IntelBench 44%, 22,960 samples619x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,827x
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples997x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples829x
SSD
PC SN530 WDC 256GBNvmeBench 148%, 2,021 samples437x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples336x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples270x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 1x4GBUnknownBench 35%, 612 samples153x
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