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PC SN520 SDAPTUW-128G-1006 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 72.6% (622nd of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPTUW-128G-1006
Poor: 45%Average: 72.6% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPTUW-128G-1006 128GB averaged 27.4% 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 219MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 602MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPTUW-128G-1006 128GB is 51.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPTUW-128G-1006 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 186MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 40.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 62272.6%
Min Avg Max
376 Read 602 840
172 Write 491 738
239 Mixed 435 621
147 SusWrite 186 221
95.7% 429 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.3 4K Read 21.3 40.2
16.8 4K Write 40.3 88.8
9.1 4K Mixed 25.1 39
85.8% 28.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
53.6 DQ Read 286 426
44.9 DQ Write 184 360
50.1 DQ Mixed 219 390
168% 230 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20210006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 173 178 173 152 173 MB/s
72.2% Very good
Read 558
Write 172
Mixed 239
SusWrite 169
62% 284 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 48.5
4K Mixed 26.8
94% 32.6 MB/s
DQ Read 285
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 180
149% 217 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20210006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 139 126 124 124 120 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 484
Write 308
Mixed 342
SusWrite 136
71% 317 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 29.7
4K Mixed 18.9
66% 22 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 140
104% 139 MB/s
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Gaming 3%
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Desktop 38%
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Workstation 2%
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System: HP Tablet 11m-be0xxx

CPU
Pentium Silver N6000IntelBench 34%, 1,823 samples8x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 4%, 1,242 samples8x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPTUW-128G-1006 128GBWDCBench 73%, 25 samples9x
RAM
HCNNNBKMMLXR-NEE 1x4GBHynixBench 36%, 50 samples5x
U6E3S4AA-MGCR 1x4GBSamsungBench 31%, 120 samples2x
H9HCNNNBKMMLXR-NEE 1x4GBHynixBench 30%, 24 samples1x
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