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WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 131% (185th of 1080)

Based on 1,923 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006
Poor: 77%Average: 131% Great: 189%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB averaged 30.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 425MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,082MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB is 111%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 197MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 98.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,923 samples)
Rank 185131%
Min Avg Max
632 Read 1,082 1,458
391 Write 754 919
373 Mixed 743 1,023
135 SusWrite 197 244
154% 694 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 4K Read 48.8 51.6
27.2 4K Write 98.9 196
18.7 4K Mixed 44.8 67.7
184% 64.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
253 DQ Read 544 681
120 DQ Write 359 891
171 DQ Mixed 425 571
324% 443 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 281 222 221 222 224 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,480
Write 912
Mixed 1,012
SusWrite 243
202% 912 MB/s
4K Read 51.8
4K Write 165
4K Mixed 68.4
254% 95.1 MB/s
DQ Read 676
DQ Write 518
DQ Mixed 556
427% 583 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 212 207 212 215 214 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 1,208
Write 894
Mixed 911
SusWrite 230
181% 811 MB/s
4K Read 49.1
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 63.6
235% 87.4 MB/s
DQ Read 681
DQ Write 502
DQ Mixed 569
432% 584 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 155 134 130 125 129 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 1,165
Write 905
Mixed 885
SusWrite 163
174% 780 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 56.5
191% 68.1 MB/s
DQ Read 678
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 371
294% 423 MB/s
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 215 216 216 220 220 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 1,077
Write 848
Mixed 744
SusWrite 239
162% 727 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 43.8
172% 64.4 MB/s
DQ Read 613
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 558
390% 496 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 191 95 93 93 91 MB/s
93.6% Outstanding
Read 855
Write 756
Mixed 653
SusWrite 149
135% 603 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 62.9
4K Mixed 32.7
118% 41.2 MB/s
DQ Read 414
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 284
219% 305 MB/s
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Typical WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB Builds (Compare 2,731 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 17%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 15%
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System: HP Laptop 15-dy2xxx

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples1,279x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples530x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples381x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,809x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples916x
Xe GraphicsIntelBench 8%, 1 sample1x
SSD
WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GBNvmeBench 131%, 1,923 samples343x
RAM
M471A5244CB0-CWE 2x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 26,749 samples688x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 2x4GBHynixBench 71%, 7,522 samples341x
NT8GA64D88CX3S-JR 1x8GBNanyaBench 35%, 3,823 samples147x
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