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Effective Speed -191%Effective Speed -191%Average Score -182%Read -167%, Write -158%, 4K Read -115%, 4K Write -97%, Mixed -112%, 4K Mixed -101%, SusWrite -520%Peak Score -281%Read -228%, Write -206%, 4K Read -290%, 4K Write -140%, Mixed -170%, 4K Mixed -206%, SusWrite -726%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -114%DQ Read -117%, DQ Write -107%, DQ Mixed -133%, ADQ Read -90%, ADQ Write -88%, ADQ Mixed -145%, Age -92%, AS-SSD Total -135%

Average Bench: 187% (118^th of 1080)

Based on 15 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC WD BLACK SDB

Poor: 123%Average: 187% Great: 218%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC WD BLACK SDB 256GB averaged 87.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC WD BLACK SDB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 606MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,804MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC WD BLACK SDB 256GB is 95.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC WD BLACK SDB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 508MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 105MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)

Rank 118187%

Min	Avg	Max
582	Read 1,572	1810
621	Write 1,804	2,103
566	Mixed 1,522	1,732
305	SusWrite 508	554
304% 1,352 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18	4K Read 41.4	49.2
33.8	4K Write 105	158
21.6	4K Mixed 55.1	71.5
189% 67.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
214	DQ Read 899	1,067
57.7	DQ Write 667	919
109	DQ Mixed 606	899
501% 724 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IRL-User, 15 months ago.

183GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 559 572 522 515 515 515 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 2,043

Mixed 1,702

SusWrite 533

339% 1,510 MB/s

4K Read 47.8

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 64.7

221% 79 MB/s

DQ Read 1,057

DQ Write 900

DQ Mixed 894

693% 950 MB/s

EGY-User, 15 months ago.

206GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 671 506 508 509 508 508 MB/s

212% Outstanding

Write 2,053

Mixed 1,723

SusWrite 535

344% 1,530 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 63.9

220% 78.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,039

DQ Write 702

DQ Mixed 777

605% 839 MB/s

EGY-User, 15 months ago.

195GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 713 506 509 510 511 511 MB/s

208% Outstanding

Write 2,064

Mixed 1,714

SusWrite 543

342% 1,522 MB/s

4K Read 45.3

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 62.2

213% 76.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,066

DQ Write 663

DQ Mixed 742

586% 823 MB/s

EGY-User, 15 months ago.

179GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 498 491 507 505 506 MB/s

206% Outstanding

Write 2,051

Mixed 1,732

SusWrite 502

340% 1,512 MB/s

4K Read 44.7

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 63.8

214% 76.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,025

DQ Write 702

DQ Mixed 448

447% 725 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,480,531 SSDs tested

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Typical WDC WD BLACK SDB 256GB Builds (Compare 21,349 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 98%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $159

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $245Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	4,979x
Core i5-10600KIntel $134Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	2,392x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $212Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	1,568x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,704x
RTX 3060Nvidia $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,805x
RTX 3080Nvidia $709Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,735x

SSD
WDC WD BLACK SDB 256GBNvmeBench 187%, 15 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	982x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	612x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	593x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $844

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $296	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
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