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Effective Speed +153% Effective Speed 153%Average Score +141% Read 516%, Write 51%, 4K Read 477%, 4K Write -55%, Mixed 49%, 4K Mixed -41%, SusWrite -9%Peak Score +258% Read 776%, Write 143%, 4K Read 726%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed 136%, 4K Mixed 1%, SusWrite 34%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +153% DQ Read 142%, DQ Write 75%, DQ Mixed 124%, ADQ Read 172%, ADQ Write 117%, ADQ Mixed 186%, Age 235%, AS-SSD Total 174%

Average Bench: 249% (57^th of 1071)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202

Poor: 174%Average: 249% Great: 324%

Popular builds with this SSD

Asus ROG Strix GL10DH_GL10DH (1)

Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 512GB averaged 148.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 743MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 198MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 272MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 56.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 57249%

Min	Avg	Max
1,191	Read 2,815	4,439
42.6	Write 611	1180
71.6	Mixed 536	1,000
23.7	SusWrite 272	520
228% 1,059 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
41.1	4K Read 198	355
2.6	4K Write 56.6	111
5.2	4K Mixed 32	58.7
371% 95.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
888	DQ Read 888	888
628	DQ Write 628	628
743	DQ Mixed 743	743
559% 753 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 21 months ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 23 26 23 23 23 MB/s

324% Outstanding

Write 42.6

Mixed 71.6

SusWrite 23.7

238% 1,144 MB/s

4K Read 355

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 5.2

546% 121 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

139GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 599 541 521 503 491 468 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 1180

Mixed 1,000

SusWrite 520

218% 973 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 58.7

196% 70.1 MB/s

DQ Read 888

DQ Write 628

DQ Mixed 743

559% 753 MB/s

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System: Asus ROG Strix GL10DH_GL10DH

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Ryzen 5 3400GAMD $98Bench 68%, 93,718 samples	228x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	161x
Ryzen 7 2700AMD $185Bench 74%, 123,820 samples	44x

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GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	112x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	81x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 47%, 22,284 samples	77x

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 512GBWDCBench 249%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	120x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	48x
HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 48%, 5,791 samples	43x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $241

Popular PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 512GB systems:

Asus ROG Strix GL10DH_GL10DH (1)

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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 512GB

Average Bench: 249% (57^th of 1071)

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