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WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB

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Effective Speed +43% Effective Speed 43%Average Score +58% Read 137%, Write 102%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 42%, Mixed 120%, 4K Mixed 19%, SusWrite -38%Peak Score +70% Read 192%, Write 90%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 72%, Mixed 142%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite -55%Value & Sentiment -846%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,678%Nice To Haves +95% DQ Read 86%, DQ Write 142%, DQ Mixed 74%, ADQ Read 89%, ADQ Write 44%, ADQ Mixed 92%, Age 135%, AS-SSD Total 101%

Average Bench: 141% (167^th of 1072)

Based on 942 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101

Poor: 91%Average: 141% Great: 192%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB averaged 40.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 500MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 618MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB is 101%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 215MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 790MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 942 samples)

Rank 167141%

Min	Avg	Max
656	Read 1,085	1,477
487	Write 818	923
438	Mixed 790	1,023
163	SusWrite 215	249
162% 727 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.6	4K Read 43.5	54.2
49.2	4K Write 124	210
28.1	4K Mixed 53.5	73.8
200% 73.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
357	DQ Read 618	684
187	DQ Write 416	866
219	DQ Mixed 500	575
378% 511 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 30 days ago.

129GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21160001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 215 218 210 195 196 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 919

Mixed 1,031

SusWrite 240

203% 915 MB/s

4K Read 53.1

4K Write 215

4K Mixed 65.5

278% 111 MB/s

DQ Read 681

DQ Write 916

DQ Mixed 563

491% 720 MB/s

TUR-User, 29 days ago.

131GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21160001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 200 214 202 216 220 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 878

Mixed 985

SusWrite 210

186% 838 MB/s

4K Read 42.4

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 55.5

193% 68.8 MB/s

DQ Read 675

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 194

228% 403 MB/s

USA-User, 12 days ago.

78GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21160001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 200 143 142 140 140 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 912

Mixed 874

SusWrite 185

172% 774 MB/s

4K Read 43.6

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 55.4

193% 68 MB/s

DQ Read 674

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 539

388% 510 MB/s

HKG-User, 27 days ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21160001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 191 111 102 106 108 MB/s

133% Outstanding

Write 861

Mixed 825

SusWrite 162

166% 746 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 52.4

191% 68.3 MB/s

DQ Read 600

DQ Write 252

DQ Mixed 453

328% 435 MB/s

FRA-User, 25 days ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21160001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 229 127 132 133 130 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 793

Mixed 674

SusWrite 178

146% 657 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 72.9

4K Mixed 35.4

126% 45.3 MB/s

DQ Read 332

DQ Write 231

DQ Mixed 368

252% 310 MB/s

IND-User, 12 days ago.

165GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 21110001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 206 177 168 178 173 MB/s

91.6% Outstanding

Write 794

Mixed 600

SusWrite 211

137% 611 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 46.8

4K Mixed 29.3

104% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 211

DQ Mixed 400

269% 329 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Lenovo 82K1

CPU
Core i5-11300HIntelBench 71%, 8,880 samples	2,869x
Gen Intel Core i5-11320H11thBench 70%, 3,048 samples	1,451x
Core i7-11370HIntelBench 74%, 12,227 samples	638x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	3,262x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples	764x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 39%, 8,686 samples	601x

SSD
WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GBNvmeBench 141%, 942 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples	1,036x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples	542x
RMSA3320MR78HAF-3200 1x8GBRAMAXELBench 43%, 878 samples	476x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101 256GB

Average Bench: 141% (167^th of 1072)

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