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PC SN530 WDC 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 148% (158th of 1072)

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 158148%
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%
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 30 27 43 43 43 MB/s
454% Outstanding
Read 3,840
Write 48.5
Mixed 92.6
SusWrite 36.7
209% 1,004 MB/s
4K Read 739
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 6
1,129% 249 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 268 150 153 150 148 MB/s
174% Outstanding
Read 1,304
Write 908
Mixed 1,013
SusWrite 195
190% 855 MB/s
4K Read 51.3
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 71.5
258% 96.8 MB/s
DQ Read 679
DQ Write 680
DQ Mixed 563
455% 641 MB/s
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 216 218 218 220 218 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1,393
Write 924
Mixed 1,015
SusWrite 255
199% 897 MB/s
4K Read 47.9
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 60.4
210% 74.2 MB/s
DQ Read 681
DQ Write 686
DQ Mixed 572
461% 646 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 211 97 95 95 100 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1,144
Write 764
Mixed 777
SusWrite 148
157% 708 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 55.1
204% 75 MB/s
DQ Read 662
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 552
385% 492 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 271 120 120 117 115 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 1,048
Write 898
Mixed 954
SusWrite 172
172% 768 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 82.9
4K Mixed 48.8
164% 56.5 MB/s
DQ Read 484
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 391
298% 406 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 187 132 83 70 77 MB/s
47.5% Average
Read 351
Write 160
Mixed 375
SusWrite 134
57% 255 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 20.5
4K Mixed 19.5
67% 20.1 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 83.2
DQ Mixed 117
84% 109 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 samples1,547x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples745x
Core i3-1005G1IntelBench 44%, 22,960 samples608x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,814x
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples978x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples814x
SSD
PC SN530 WDC 256GBNvmeBench 148%, 2,021 samples431x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples335x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples266x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 1x4GBUnknownBench 35%, 612 samples151x
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