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WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB

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Effective Speed +43% Effective Speed 43%Average Score +61% Read 143%, Write 116%, 4K Read 21%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 130%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite -30%Peak Score +69% Read 194%, Write 91%, 4K Read 15%, 4K Write 76%, Mixed 142%, 4K Mixed 21%, SusWrite -56%Value & Sentiment -420%User Rating -13%, Market Share -826%Nice To Haves +143% DQ Read 86%, DQ Write 148%, DQ Mixed 74%, ADQ Read 99%, ADQ Write 42%, ADQ Mixed 100%, Age 496%, AS-SSD Total 103%

Average Bench: 142% (152^nd of 1058)

Based on 388 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006

Poor: 107%Average: 142% Great: 192%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB averaged 42.1% 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 526MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 652MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB is 85.3%. 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 229MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 414MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 388 samples)

Rank 152142%

Min	Avg	Max
876	Read 1,129	1,491
749	Write 882	929
622	Mixed 833	1,025
188	SusWrite 229	248
171% 768 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.9	4K Read 42.3	49.5
59.3	4K Write 123	211
28.6	4K Mixed 50.4	70.9
194% 72 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
498	DQ Read 652	684
235	DQ Write 414	888
253	DQ Mixed 526	576
394% 531 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

200GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 219 220 220 220 220 MB/s

154% Outstanding

Write 920

Mixed 894

SusWrite 247

173% 772 MB/s

4K Read 49.1

4K Write 145

4K Mixed 67.2

237% 87.1 MB/s

DQ Read 681

DQ Write 418

DQ Mixed 573

420% 557 MB/s

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

108GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 105 79 60 53 51 MB/s

149% Outstanding

Write 909

Mixed 936

SusWrite 79

187% 846 MB/s

4K Read 46.8

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 55.8

212% 78.1 MB/s

DQ Read 630

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 236

240% 396 MB/s

NLD-User, 2 hrs ago.

118GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 267 218 199 197 191 MB/s

137% Outstanding

Write 891

Mixed 711

SusWrite 227

157% 702 MB/s

4K Read 40.8

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 61.2

198% 70.4 MB/s

DQ Read 674

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 516

379% 506 MB/s

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

199GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 212 208 190 207 212 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 786

Mixed 715

SusWrite 222

142% 632 MB/s

4K Read 42.4

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 47.6

188% 69.5 MB/s

DQ Read 659

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 565

403% 522 MB/s

DOM-User, 15 hrs ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 246 205 207 210 211 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 676

Mixed 579

SusWrite 224

136% 614 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 28.8

147% 59.8 MB/s

DQ Read 675

DQ Write 375

DQ Mixed 513

385% 521 MB/s

CAN-User, 8 hrs ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 213 206 177 160 146 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 736

Mixed 653

SusWrite 208

137% 611 MB/s

4K Read 23.1

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 34

134% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 471

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 376

280% 376 MB/s

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Typical WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB Builds (Compare 291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 14%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 13%

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System: HP Laptop 14-dq2xxx

CPU
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 63%, 4,653 samples	103x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 73%, 29,537 samples	100x
Gen Intel Core i3-1125G411thBench 72%, 392 samples	64x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 10%, 4,602 samples	175x
Iris XeIntelBench 18%, 50,183 samples	116x

SSD
WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GBNvmeBench 142%, 388 samples	57x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CWE 2x4GBSamsungBench 71%, 16,624 samples	31x
NT8GA64D88CX3S-JR 1x8GBNanyaBench 43%, 953 samples	23x
M471A5244CB0-CWE 1x4GBSamsungBench 36%, 3,660 samples	21x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11400F $196	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GB

Average Bench: 142% (152^nd of 1058)

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Average Bench: 142% (152nd of 1058)

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