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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 140% (166th of 1071)

Based on 9,143 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006
Poor: 68%Average: 140% Great: 190%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB averaged 40.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 473MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 539MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB is 122%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 203MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 103MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,143 samples)
Rank 166140%
Min Avg Max
602 Read 1,177 1,483
262 Write 778 925
374 Mixed 790 983
141 SusWrite 203 252
164% 737 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17 4K Read 41.1 51.8
27.1 4K Write 103 185
16.3 4K Mixed 49.9 73.7
181% 64.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
197 DQ Read 589 684
105 DQ Write 539 919
138 DQ Mixed 473 579
380% 534 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 210 161 159 161 161 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 1,216
Write 918
Mixed 921
SusWrite 212
182% 817 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 68.6
236% 87 MB/s
DQ Read 679
DQ Write 898
DQ Mixed 567
490% 715 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 214 138 129 113 106 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 1,117
Write 850
Mixed 879
SusWrite 167
168% 753 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 56.1
198% 72.1 MB/s
DQ Read 677
DQ Write 798
DQ Mixed 571
476% 682 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 70,930,985 SSDs tested.

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Typical PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB Builds (Compare 4,603 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 56%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 51%
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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop TG01-1xxx

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples2,348x
Core i5-10400Intel  $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples430x
Ryzen 5 4600GAMDBench 78%, 3,156 samples425x
GPU
GTX 1650S (Super)Nvidia  $299Bench 59%, 180,577 samples1,074x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples842x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $285Bench 100%, 447,556 samples651x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 140%, 9,143 samples323x
RAM
HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 91%, 9,246 samples378x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 2,680 samples253x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 6,089 samples245x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $397

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