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WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB

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Effective Speed -227%Effective Speed -227%Average Score -233%Read -242%, Write -274%, 4K Read -100%, 4K Write -66%, Mixed -210%, 4K Mixed -105%, SusWrite -637%Peak Score -306%Read -263%, Write -296%, 4K Read -258%, 4K Write -69%, Mixed -234%, 4K Mixed -184%, SusWrite -835%Value & Sentiment -1,321%User Rating -37%, Market Share -2,606%Nice To Haves -111%DQ Read -85%, DQ Write -60%, DQ Mixed -110%, ADQ Read -99%, ADQ Write -158%, ADQ Mixed -121%, Age -152%, AS-SSD Total -102%

Average Bench: 167% (143^rd of 1080)

Based on 1,695 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006

Poor: 99%Average: 167% Great: 234%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB averaged 66.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 672MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 860MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB is 134%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 429MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 125MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,695 samples)

Rank 143167%

Min	Avg	Max
749	Read 1,226	1,635
523	Write 1,248	1,627
565	Mixed 1,045	1,402
312	SusWrite 429	490
221% 987 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.7	4K Read 44	52.6
45.4	4K Write 125	224
25.7	4K Mixed 53.8	76.7
202% 74.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
320	DQ Read 860	1,254
134	DQ Write 486	1,186
225	DQ Mixed 672	998
500% 673 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 4 days ago.

423GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 682 386 425 401 430 436 MB/s

149% Outstanding

Write 1,290

Mixed 1,064

SusWrite 460

230% 1,028 MB/s

4K Read 40.1

4K Write 94.3

4K Mixed 49

174% 61.1 MB/s

DQ Read 426

DQ Write 252

DQ Mixed 375

270% 351 MB/s

MYS-User, 4 days ago.

376GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 604 427 418 424 434 388 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 1,084

Mixed 854

SusWrite 449

197% 881 MB/s

4K Read 34.8

4K Write 54.3

4K Mixed 40.6

134% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 139

DQ Mixed 207

159% 220 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 days ago.

265GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 402 319 268 283 285 MB/s

124% Outstanding

Write 1,181

Mixed 1,030

SusWrite 341

206% 920 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 54.2

4K Mixed 42.7

137% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 447

DQ Write 226

DQ Mixed 356

259% 343 MB/s

JPN-User, 3 days ago.

54GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 405 289 211 213 195 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 852

Mixed 937

SusWrite 314

182% 816 MB/s

4K Read 42.6

4K Write 33.7

4K Mixed 35.6

128% 37.3 MB/s

DQ Read 443

DQ Write 85.5

DQ Mixed 147

138% 225 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 17%

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System: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-eg1xxx

CPU
Gen Intel Core i5-1155G711thBench 66%, 4,814 samples	297x
Core i7-1195G7IntelBench 69%, 3,862 samples	260x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	536x
GeForce MX450NvidiaBench 28%, 2,532 samples	11x
GeForce MX350NvidiaBench 18%, 3,277 samples	10x

SSD
WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GBNvmeBench 167%, 1,695 samples	221x

RAM
HP32D4S2S8MR-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 1,023 samples	94x
M471A5244CB0-CWE 2x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 26,749 samples	84x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples	47x

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WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GB