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WD WD_BLACK Gen4 SDCPNRY-512G-1106 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 331% (22nd of 1072)

Based on 261 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe WD WD_BLACK Gen4 SDCPNRY-512G-1106
Poor: 254%Average: 331% Great: 406%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD WD_BLACK Gen4 SDCPNRY-512G-1106 512GB averaged 230.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WD WD_BLACK Gen4 SDCPNRY-512G-1106 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 993MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 3,235MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WD WD_BLACK Gen4 SDCPNRY-512G-1106 512GB is 152%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WD WD_BLACK Gen4 SDCPNRY-512G-1106 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 143MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 539MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 261 samples)
Rank 22331%
Min Avg Max
1,995 Read 3,235 4,084
1,610 Write 2,590 3,705
1,400 Mixed 2,022 2,532
724 SusWrite 1,300 1,880
510% 2,287 MB/s
Min Avg Max
45.3 4K Read 61 74.5
86.8 4K Write 143 218
54 4K Mixed 74.8 93.9
264% 92.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
937 DQ Read 1,279 1,652
350 DQ Write 539 1,228
641 DQ Mixed 993 1,350
713% 937 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
338GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3609 3907 2457 824 741 772 MB/s
490% Outstanding
Read 4,411
Write 3,877
Mixed 2,617
SusWrite 2,052
724% 3,239 MB/s
4K Read 59.6
4K Write 254
4K Mixed 99.8
353% 138 MB/s
DQ Read 2,033
DQ Write 1,564
DQ Mixed 1,734
1,315% 1,777 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 599 564 547 564 636 603 MB/s
236% Outstanding
Read 2,750
Write 713
Mixed 1,303
SusWrite 586
293% 1,338 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 51.5
174% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,190
DQ Write 420
DQ Mixed 685
538% 765 MB/s
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Typical WD WD_BLACK Gen4 SDCPNRY-512G-1106 512GB Builds (Compare 858 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 159%
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Desktop 110%
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Workstation 173%
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System: HP OMEN by HP 25L Gaming Desktop GT15-0xxx

CPU
Core i7-12700IntelBench 108%, 25,535 samples286x
Ryzen 7 5700GAMD  $174Bench 88%, 17,091 samples163x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD  $139Bench 86%, 14,368 samples159x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples252x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples223x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples113x
SSD
WD WD_BLACK Gen4 SDCPNRY-512G-1106 512GBNvmeBench 331%, 261 samples116x
RAM
HP37D4U1S8MR-8XR 2x8GBKingstonBench 93%, 2,265 samples237x
HP37D4U1S8ME-8XR 2x8GBKingstonBench 90%, 6,088 samples217x
HP37D4U1S8MR-8XR 1x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 221 samples68x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $400

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