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WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1014 256GB

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Effective Speed +61% Effective Speed 61%Average Score +76% Read 180%, Write 108%, 4K Read 58%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 152%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite -37%Peak Score +73% Read 199%, Write 92%, 4K Read 21%, 4K Write 68%, Mixed 150%, 4K Mixed 31%, SusWrite -51%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +106% DQ Read 86%, DQ Write 158%, DQ Mixed 75%, ADQ Read 88%, ADQ Write 112%, ADQ Mixed 91%, Age 131%, AS-SSD Total 106%

Average Bench: 159% (144^th of 1072)

Based on 100 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1014

Poor: 85%Average: 159% Great: 198%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1014 256GB averaged 58.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1014 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 498MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 611MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1014 256GB is 113%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1014 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 216MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 842MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 100 samples)

Rank 144159%

Min	Avg	Max
597	Read 1,282	1,513
363	Write 842	930
421	Mixed 903	1,060
156	SusWrite 216	256
180% 811 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20	4K Read 54.4	51.8
22.9	4K Write 127	206
13	4K Mixed 56.1	76.4
221% 79.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
282	DQ Read 615	684
139	DQ Write 611	924
189	DQ Mixed 498	579
406% 575 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 3 months ago.

166GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21103900 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 206 179 174 191 173 MB/s

188% Outstanding

Write 924

Mixed 1,024

SusWrite 208

201% 905 MB/s

4K Read 49.2

4K Write 184

4K Mixed 72.4

264% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 680

DQ Write 908

DQ Mixed 579

497% 722 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 month ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21103900 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 249 152 158 153 148 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 904

Mixed 1,006

SusWrite 194

200% 900 MB/s

4K Read 48.1

4K Write 169

4K Mixed 69.7

252% 95.5 MB/s

DQ Read 680

DQ Write 885

DQ Mixed 576

493% 714 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

188GB free

Firmware: 21103900 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 208 212 216 216 215 MB/s

183% Outstanding

Write 934

Mixed 1,045

SusWrite 232

199% 894 MB/s

4K Read 50.4

4K Write 180

4K Mixed 71.3

263% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 685

DQ Write 818

DQ Mixed 578

484% 694 MB/s

ROU-User, 4 months ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21103900 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 215 189 143 139 114 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 834

Mixed 937

SusWrite 192

184% 831 MB/s

4K Read 47.9

4K Write 167

4K Mixed 66.1

246% 93.8 MB/s

DQ Read 682

DQ Write 752

DQ Mixed 579

474% 671 MB/s

UKR-User, 2 months ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21103900 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 206 159 163 157 162 MB/s

167% Outstanding

Write 916

Mixed 1,027

SusWrite 204

194% 873 MB/s

4K Read 49.8

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 65.3

243% 90.9 MB/s

DQ Read 677

DQ Write 505

DQ Mixed 524

410% 569 MB/s

IND-User, 2 months ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21103900 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 259 167 152 155 153 MB/s

124% Outstanding

Write 880

Mixed 833

SusWrite 196

160% 714 MB/s

4K Read 35.1

4K Write 88.1

4K Mixed 51.6

166% 58.3 MB/s

DQ Read 566

DQ Write 412

DQ Mixed 469

356% 482 MB/s

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Acer Aspire TC-1660

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Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	284x
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	203x
Core i5-10400Intel $99Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	90x

GPU
UHD Graphics 730IntelBench 6%, 14,644 samples	217x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	201x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples	89x

SSD
WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1014 256GBNvmeBench 159%, 100 samples	1x

RAM
AM2P32NC8W1-BCFS 1x8GBAdataBench 34%, 1,264 samples	165x
ACR32D4U2S1ME-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 39%, 532 samples	84x
AM2P32NC8W1-BCFS AM2P32NC4U1-BD8S 12GBAdataBench 51%, 92 samples	70x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $136

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1014 256GB

Average Bench: 159% (144^th of 1072)

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