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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 120% (191st of 1072)

Based on 3,015 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114
Poor: 54%Average: 120% Great: 177%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114 256GB averaged 19.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 418MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,035MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114 256GB is 123%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 208MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 75.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,015 samples)
Rank 191120%
Min Avg Max
440 Read 1,035 1,465
216 Write 739 923
288 Mixed 740 973
145 SusWrite 208 250
151% 681 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.4 4K Read 33.4 49.4
17.6 4K Write 75.9 162
13.8 4K Mixed 41.5 70.5
144% 50.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
145 DQ Read 541 684
73.1 DQ Write 413 833
109 DQ Mixed 418 579
329% 457 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 272 218 218 219 215 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 1477
Write 909
Mixed 927
SusWrite 247
197% 890 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 81.6
4K Mixed 52.2
168% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 472
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 400
298% 400 MB/s
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 282 216 218 218 219 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 958
Write 749
Mixed 707
SusWrite 241
148% 664 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 58.8
4K Mixed 38.7
124% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 680
DQ Write 257
DQ Mixed 576
397% 504 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 71%
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Workstation 8%
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System: Acer Nitro AN515-55

CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples12,221x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples3,597x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples41x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples8,372x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples1,596x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples1,524x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114 256GBWDCBench 120%, 3,015 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples2,330x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples1,695x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 38%, 20,126 samples1,623x
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