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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1010 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 125% (186th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1010
Poor: 119%Average: 125% Great: 134%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1010 128GB averaged 24.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1010 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 334MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 55MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 221MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 388MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 186125%
Min Avg Max
744 Read 849 914
638 Write 700 742
504 Mixed 630 719
212 SusWrite 221 229
134% 600 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.7 4K Read 38.3 45.4
93.5 4K Write 118 159
46.8 4K Mixed 55 62.9
191% 70.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
282 DQ Read 388 436
314 DQ Write 411 562
298 DQ Mixed 334 363
269% 378 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20170000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 212 212 213 213 213 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 914
Write 742
Mixed 719
SusWrite 229
145% 651 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 62.9
215% 77.5 MB/s
DQ Read 436
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 363
274% 371 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20170000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 248 205 212 213 214 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 744
Write 687
Mixed 504
SusWrite 218
120% 538 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 56
212% 84 MB/s
DQ Read 414
DQ Write 383
DQ Mixed 325
264% 374 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20170000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 221 218 185 166 158 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 824
Write 638
Mixed 710
SusWrite 212
133% 596 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 93.5
4K Mixed 54.1
178% 62.3 MB/s
DQ Read 418
DQ Write 387
DQ Mixed 298
252% 368 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20170000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 209 207 220 220 221 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 914
Write 732
Mixed 585
SusWrite 225
137% 614 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 96.9
4K Mixed 46.8
159% 58.5 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 562
DQ Mixed 352
287% 398 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,911,511 SSDs tested

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Typical PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1010 128GB Builds (Compare 4,647 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock B450M-HDV R4.0 - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples766x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples710x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples297x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples305x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $235Bench 71%, 428,800 samples283x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples249x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1010 128GBWDCBench 125%, 4 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples207x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples180x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples155x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $389

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