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WDC WD BLACK SDB 1TB

WDC WD BLACK SDB 1TB
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Effective Speed +163% Effective Speed 163%Average Score +222% Read 272%, Write 408%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 31%, Mixed 393%, 4K Mixed 32%, SusWrite 396%Peak Score +239% Read 317%, Write 402%, 4K Read 32%, 4K Write 119%, Mixed 388%, 4K Mixed 56%, SusWrite 363%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +267% DQ Read 385%, DQ Write 325%, DQ Mixed 390%, ADQ Read 204%, ADQ Write 155%, ADQ Mixed 226%, Age 136%, AS-SSD Total 315%

Average Bench: 259% (53^rd of 1072)

Based on 38 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC WD BLACK SDB

Poor: 182%Average: 259% Great: 298%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC WD BLACK SDB 1TB averaged 158.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC WD BLACK SDB 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 849MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,059MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC WD BLACK SDB 1TB is 116%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC WD BLACK SDB 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)

Rank 53259%

Min	Avg	Max
743	Read 1,703	2,112
757	Write 2,059	2,433
748	Mixed 1,769	2,064
595	SusWrite 1,469	1,792
395% 1,750 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.5	4K Read 42.4	56.7
49.8	4K Write 115	268
34.7	4K Mixed 59.3	90.8
201% 72.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
252	DQ Read 992	1,781
141	DQ Write 737	1522
172	DQ Mixed 849	1,624
639% 859 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FIN-User, 4 months ago.

827GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1715 1597 1614 1707 1681 1642 MB/s

279% Outstanding

Write 2156

Mixed 1,867

SusWrite 1,659

417% 1,844 MB/s

4K Read 42.6

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 58.6

199% 71 MB/s

DQ Read 1,240

DQ Write 924

DQ Mixed 1,045

791% 1,070 MB/s

SWE-User, 3 months ago.

281GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1159 829 889 851 915 841 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 1756

Mixed 1,512

SusWrite 914

314% 1,393 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 93.6

4K Mixed 48

160% 58 MB/s

DQ Read 373

DQ Write 179

DQ Mixed 172

155% 241 MB/s

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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System: HP OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-0xxx

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,581x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,305x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	748x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,703x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	805x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	573x

SSD
WDC WD BLACK SDB 1TBNvmeBench 259%, 38 samples	1x

RAM
HP32D4U8D8HC-16X 2x16GBKingstonBench 97%, 1,949 samples	846x
HP32D4U8S8HC-8XR 2x8GBKingstonBench 84%, 3,401 samples	603x
HP32D4U8D8HC-16XR 2x16GBKingstonBench 98%, 1,304 samples	499x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,130

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Average Bench: 259% (53^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 259% (53rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 259% (53^rd of 1072)