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Elements SE SSD 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 46.8% (912th of 1080)

Based on 146 user benchmarks.  Model: WD Elements SE SSD
Poor: 29%Average: 46.8% Great: 79%

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Below average average bench

The WD Elements SE SSD 1TB averaged 53.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 62.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 320MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Elements SE SSD 1TB is 49.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Elements SE SSD 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 72.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 78.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 146 samples)
Rank 91246.8%
Min Avg Max
294 Read 349 387
169 Write 320 387
143 Mixed 245 365
81.1 SusWrite 210 385
63.1% 281 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.9 4K Read 16.2 26
6.42 4K Write 23 39.3
3.42 4K Mixed 14.3 32
55% 17.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.8 DQ Read 72.8 269
28.2 DQ Write 78.1 228
6.86 DQ Mixed 62.6 246
50.7% 71.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
586GB free
Firmware: 6083
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 378 382 384 378 377 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 370
Write 388
Mixed 373
SusWrite 379
85% 378 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 36.4
119% 36.4 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 262
196% 261 MB/s
865GB free
Firmware: 6083
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 376 367 368 372 371 MB/s
75.8% Very good
Read 355
Write 376
Mixed 365
SusWrite 372
83% 367 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 36.4
4K Mixed 33
107% 33.2 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 125
93% 122 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: 6083
SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 105 90 81 64 88 MB/s
71.2% Very good
Read 358
Write 351
Mixed 351
SusWrite 122
66% 296 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 37.2
4K Mixed 36.4
122% 36.8 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 239
DQ Mixed 251
190% 256 MB/s
517GB free
Firmware: 6002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 86 128 176 195 199 MB/s
40.3% Average
Read 382
Write 362
Mixed 77.4
SusWrite 159
54% 245 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 21.4
4K Mixed 10.2
46% 15.4 MB/s
DQ Read 25.3
DQ Write 38.3
DQ Mixed 15.8
16% 26.5 MB/s
106GB free
Firmware: 6083
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 7.1 8.1 7.9 17 MB/s
37.4% Below average
Read 319
Write 4
Mixed 68.4
SusWrite 9.6
21% 100 MB/s
4K Read 14.9
4K Write 22.6
4K Mixed 21.1
62% 19.5 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 37.2
DQ Mixed 52.7
51% 84.5 MB/s
389GB free
Firmware: 6002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 150 184 179 113 183 MB/s
36.7% Below average
Read 352
Write 308
Mixed 159
SusWrite 169
55% 247 MB/s
4K Read 12.7
4K Write 15.8
4K Mixed 7.3
37% 11.9 MB/s
DQ Read 27
DQ Write 36.6
DQ Mixed 15.4
16% 26.3 MB/s
400GB free
Firmware: 6002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 53 70 79 107 157 MB/s
29.4% Poor
Read 350
Write 298
Mixed 155
SusWrite 104
50% 227 MB/s
4K Read 12.9
4K Write 16.7
4K Mixed 1.8
31% 10.5 MB/s
DQ Read 17.3
DQ Write 12.8
DQ Mixed 6.3
7% 12.1 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,323,440 SSDs tested

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Typical Elements SE SSD 1TB Builds (Compare 1,342 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G43 (MS-7816) - $217

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel  $100Bench 68%, 128,482 samples411x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $75Bench 74%, 172,887 samples216x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples147x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples96x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples95x
SSD
Elements SE SSD 1TBWDBench 47%, 146 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples34x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples33x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $595

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