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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 120% (190th of 1071)

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 190120%
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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 219 218 220 219 218 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,452
Write 918
Mixed 942
SusWrite 253
198% 891 MB/s
4K Read 54.3
4K Write 236
4K Mixed 81.1
311% 124 MB/s
DQ Read 676
DQ Write 916
DQ Mixed 578
497% 723 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 205 149 134 126 126 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,442
Write 912
Mixed 932
SusWrite 183
192% 867 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 71
248% 94.4 MB/s
DQ Read 682
DQ Write 900
DQ Mixed 576
495% 719 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 208 168 151 149 146 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 1,153
Write 810
Mixed 807
SusWrite 195
165% 741 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 40.5
129% 44.8 MB/s
DQ Read 677
DQ Write 431
DQ Mixed 573
422% 560 MB/s
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 221 221 220 219 220 MB/s
92.3% Outstanding
Read 962
Write 777
Mixed 483
SusWrite 220
136% 610 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 42.8
4K Mixed 24.5
77% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 515
DQ Write 214
DQ Mixed 230
206% 320 MB/s
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21113000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 220 183 182 184 173 MB/s
86.4% Excellent
Read 658
Write 746
Mixed 643
SusWrite 199
126% 562 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 48.4
4K Mixed 33.6
108% 35.9 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 301
230% 314 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 67%
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Workstation 8%
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CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 70%, 96,815 samples9,919x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples2,888x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples32x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples6,864x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 80,155 samples1,252x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples1,233x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114 256GBWDCBench 120%, 3,015 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples2,014x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 38%, 20,126 samples1,354x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples1,354x
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