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SN850 NVMe 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 420% (11th of 1072)

Based on 568 user benchmarks.  Model: WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe 1TB
Poor: 260%Average: 420% Great: 604%

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Outstanding average bench

The Wd_black SN850 NVMe 1TB averaged 319.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Wd_black SN850 NVMe 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,351MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,564MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Wd_black SN850 NVMe 1TB is 344%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Wd_black SN850 NVMe 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 202MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 71.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 568 samples)
Rank 11420%
Min Avg Max
1,849 Read 3,049 3,795
1,565 Write 3,564 4,769
1,597 Mixed 2,758 3,317
783 SusWrite 2,194 4,257
652% 2,891 MB/s
Min Avg Max
52.2 4K Read 71.3 86.1
70 4K Write 202 325
53.6 4K Mixed 91.3 120
332% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
889 DQ Read 1,596 2,338
169 DQ Write 1,198 1,975
296 DQ Mixed 1,351 2,148
1,022% 1,382 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
930GB free
Firmware: 613200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4145 4139 4101 4093 4102 4087 MB/s
531% Outstanding
Read 3,028
Write 4,090
Mixed 3,108
SusWrite 4,111
813% 3,584 MB/s
4K Read 67.2
4K Write 165
4K Mixed 86.5
300% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,533
DQ Write 1,436
DQ Mixed 1,501
1,122% 1,490 MB/s
836GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 613200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4025 4073 4045 3975 2070 1486 MB/s
496% Outstanding
Read 2,884
Write 3,798
Mixed 2,905
SusWrite 3,279
728% 3,216 MB/s
4K Read 67.9
4K Write 214
4K Mixed 96
339% 126 MB/s
DQ Read 1,913
DQ Write 1488
DQ Mixed 1,672
1,259% 1,691 MB/s
816GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 613200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4359 3444 2429 2488 2412 2285 MB/s
478% Outstanding
Read 3,217
Write 4,618
Mixed 3,260
SusWrite 2,903
792% 3,500 MB/s
4K Read 75.8
4K Write 216
4K Mixed 99.6
357% 130 MB/s
DQ Read 1,607
DQ Write 1,213
DQ Mixed 1382
1,041% 1,401 MB/s
848GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 613200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4003 4015 4101 2223 1975 1795 MB/s
459% Outstanding
Read 2,962
Write 4,038
Mixed 2907
SusWrite 3,019
731% 3,231 MB/s
4K Read 53
4K Write 172
4K Mixed 74.8
268% 100 MB/s
DQ Read 1,843
DQ Write 1,493
DQ Mixed 1,667
1,248% 1,668 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,719,086 SSDs tested

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Typical SN850 NVMe 1TB Builds (Compare 25,808 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 129%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $192

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,643x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,263x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,411x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,235x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,073x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,467x
SSD
SN850 NVMe 1TBWd_blackBench 420%, 568 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples770x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples724x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples646x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $842

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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