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Digital SN550E 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 149% (158th of 1072)

Based on 172 user benchmarks.  Model: Western Digital SN550E
Poor: 114%Average: 149% Great: 176%

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Outstanding average bench

The Western Digital SN550E 1TB averaged 48.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Western Digital SN550E 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 425MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 65.5MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Western Digital SN550E 1TB is 62%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Western Digital SN550E 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 246MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 469MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 172 samples)
Rank 158149%
Min Avg Max
880 Read 1,095 1,166
428 Write 469 488
482 Mixed 563 601
165 SusWrite 246 274
131% 593 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34.4 4K Read 46.4 55.4
62.3 4K Write 135 212
43.8 4K Mixed 65.5 84.1
226% 82.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
374 DQ Read 458 472
118 DQ Write 429 486
171 DQ Mixed 425 468
324% 437 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
231GB free
Firmware: 21004100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 40 40 43 43 MB/s
424% Outstanding
Read 2,873
Write 45
Mixed 92.1
SusWrite 41.3
159% 763 MB/s
4K Read 759
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 5.8
1,160% 256 MB/s
334GB free
Firmware: 21004100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 481 328 111 111 111 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 1,148
Write 479
Mixed 601
SusWrite 269
138% 624 MB/s
4K Read 53.1
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 73.9
249% 88.8 MB/s
DQ Read 472
DQ Write 480
DQ Mixed 466
353% 473 MB/s
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21004100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 482 165 112 112 112 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,150
Write 481
Mixed 599
SusWrite 244
136% 619 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 66.7
236% 88 MB/s
DQ Read 471
DQ Write 476
DQ Mixed 459
349% 469 MB/s
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21004100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 468 148 111 111 111 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 1112
Write 483
Mixed 548
SusWrite 237
131% 595 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 59.3
214% 78.3 MB/s
DQ Read 471
DQ Write 479
DQ Mixed 464
352% 472 MB/s
293GB free
Firmware: 21004100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 482 299 112 112 112 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 1,114
Write 488
Mixed 582
SusWrite 267
135% 613 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 50.1
4K Mixed 44.4
151% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 471
DQ Write 90
DQ Mixed 168
152% 243 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,711,885 SSDs tested

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Desktop 97%
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Workstation 83%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) - $270

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples5,558x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples5,235x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples2,945x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,620x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,541x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,318x
SSD
Digital SN550E 1TBWesternBench 149%, 172 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,080x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples989x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples695x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $886

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