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PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1016 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 143% (164th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1016
Poor: 79%Average: 143% Great: 181%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1016 256GB averaged 42.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1016 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 451MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,181MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1016 256GB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1016 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 222MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 114MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 164143%
Min Avg Max
586 Read 1,181 1,475
148 Write 792 934
260 Mixed 791 1,001
120 SusWrite 222 259
166% 746 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.8 4K Read 40.2 51.2
34.8 4K Write 114 174
10.1 4K Mixed 52.8 73.6
189% 69.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.3 DQ Read 549 687
84 DQ Write 508 935
93.5 DQ Mixed 451 582
360% 503 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21106000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 220 219 219 220 218 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 1,079
Write 827
Mixed 806
SusWrite 242
165% 739 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 74.5
4K Mixed 47.1
153% 52.2 MB/s
DQ Read 608
DQ Write 760
DQ Mixed 572
463% 647 MB/s
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21106000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 211 207 209 204 207 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 1,051
Write 898
Mixed 928
SusWrite 230
174% 777 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 44.8
161% 61.1 MB/s
DQ Read 203
DQ Write 369
DQ Mixed 281
215% 284 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21106000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 128 115 122 121 79 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 868
Write 199
Mixed 248
SusWrite 121
78% 359 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 42.2
144% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 509
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 207
190% 302 MB/s
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21106000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 219 220 220 220 224 MB/s
95.2% Outstanding
Read 701
Write 244
Mixed 348
SusWrite 221
83% 378 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 68.2
4K Mixed 37.5
126% 44.4 MB/s
DQ Read 429
DQ Write 220
DQ Mixed 231
197% 294 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21106000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 181 158 138 130 117 MB/s
89.1% Excellent
Read 794
Write 599
Mixed 526
SusWrite 173
116% 523 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 39.9
4K Mixed 29.4
93% 30.7 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 467
DQ Mixed 389
296% 394 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 56%
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Workstation 8%
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System: Fujitsu LIFEBOOK E5510

CPU
Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples27x
Core i7-10610UIntelBench 64%, 3,304 samples13x
Core i7-10510UIntelBench 56%, 51,080 samples11x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples54x
SSD
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1016 256GBWDCBench 143%, 50 samples14x
RAM
M471A4G43AB1-CWE 1x31GBSamsungBench 48%, 1,553 samples10x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 54,121 samples10x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 73,050 samples4x
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