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WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1102 256GB

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Effective Speed -150%Effective Speed -150%Average Score -771%Read -116%, Write -1,685%, 4K Read 194%, 4K Write -389%, Mixed -1,007%, 4K Mixed -351%, SusWrite -2,044%Peak Score -346%Read -20%, Write -622%, 4K Read 269%, 4K Write -309%, Mixed -431%, 4K Mixed -341%, SusWrite -969%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -253%DQ Read -182%, DQ Write -519%, DQ Mixed -241%, ADQ Read -173%, ADQ Write -501%, ADQ Mixed -234%, Age -65%, AS-SSD Total -109%

Average Bench: 218% (91^st of 1080)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1102

Poor: 80%Average: 218% Great: 489%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1102 256GB averaged 118.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1102 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 261MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 445MB/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 147MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 261MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 91218%

Min	Avg	Max
630	Read 1,938	4,950
19.9	Write 261	891
36.4	Mixed 292	879
18.6	SusWrite 147	428
141% 659 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.2	4K Read 261	709
1.7	4K Write 42.4	92.5
3.4	4K Mixed 24.5	49.6
449% 109 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
431	DQ Read 626	821
110	DQ Write 209	307
274	DQ Mixed 445	616
321% 427 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 years ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20180000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 58 60 60 60 MB/s

489% Outstanding

Write 60

Mixed 118

SusWrite 58.9

270% 1,297 MB/s

4K Read 709

4K Write 3.4

4K Mixed 7.2

1,085% 240 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20180000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 18 18 21 20 19 MB/s

162% Outstanding

Write 19.9

Mixed 36.4

SusWrite 18.6

66% 318 MB/s

4K Read 279

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 3.4

428% 94.7 MB/s

FRA-User, 15 months ago.

83GB free

Firmware: 20180000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 467 406 406 414 420 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 891

Mixed 879

SusWrite 428

178% 794 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 92.5

4K Mixed 49.6

163% 58.6 MB/s

DQ Read 821

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 616

442% 581 MB/s

IND-User, 2 years ago.

10GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20180000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 81 74 72 71 83 MB/s

80% Excellent

Write 73.2

Mixed 132

SusWrite 80.1

49% 229 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 71.8

4K Mixed 38

120% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 431

DQ Write 110

DQ Mixed 274

201% 272 MB/s

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 113%

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System: Asus ROG Strix G15CX

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $240Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	171x
Core i7-9700FIntel $286Bench 92%, 54,980 samples	4x
Core i3-9100FIntel $110Bench 80%, 34,310 samples	3x

GPU
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	157x
RTX 3060Nvidia $254Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	4x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x

SSD
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1102 256GBNvmeBench 218%, 4 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 48%, 5,791 samples	88x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	19x
CMT32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 98%, 2,656 samples	5x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $706

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WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1102 256GB