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SN850 PS5 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 484% (3rd of 1072)

Based on 308 user benchmarks.  Model: WD_BLACK SN850 PS5 2TB
Poor: 287%Average: 484% Great: 661%

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Outstanding average bench

The Wd_black SN850 PS5 2TB averaged 383.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Wd_black SN850 PS5 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,571MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,606MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Wd_black SN850 PS5 2TB is 374%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Wd_black SN850 PS5 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 62.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 83.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 308 samples)
Rank 3484%
Min Avg Max
2,008 Read 3,392 4,296
1,832 Write 3,606 4,770
1,615 Mixed 2,671 3,211
1,463 SusWrite 2,986 4,634
713% 3,164 MB/s
Min Avg Max
47.3 4K Read 62.2 74
84.1 4K Write 207 297
54.7 4K Mixed 83.9 104
311% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
835 DQ Read 1,767 2,500
475 DQ Write 1,402 2,159
591 DQ Mixed 1,571 2,335
1,180% 1,580 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 615000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4502 4727 4738 4574 4530 4754 MB/s
627% Outstanding
Read 4055
Write 4,557
Mixed 3,082
SusWrite 4,638
922% 4,083 MB/s
4K Read 62.8
4K Write 188
4K Mixed 90.3
311% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 2,190
DQ Write 1,679
DQ Mixed 1,813
1,389% 1,894 MB/s
459GB free
Firmware: 615000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3943 3793 1410 1254 952 1114 MB/s
490% Outstanding
Read 3,597
Write 3,841
Mixed 2830
SusWrite 2,078
694% 3,086 MB/s
4K Read 57.7
4K Write 311
4K Mixed 96.7
376% 155 MB/s
DQ Read 2658
DQ Write 2,052
DQ Mixed 2,306
1,738% 2339 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 615000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2090 3324 3380 3731 1998 1107 MB/s
437% Outstanding
Read 3416
Write 3,635
Mixed 2,748
SusWrite 2,605
698% 3,101 MB/s
4K Read 53.5
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 59.3
211% 71.3 MB/s
DQ Read 2,064
DQ Write 1,386
DQ Mixed 1,698
1,274% 1,716 MB/s
657GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 615000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3170 3400 3190 1224 1219 1060 MB/s
371% Outstanding
Read 3,467
Write 3502
Mixed 2,612
SusWrite 2,210
662% 2,948 MB/s
4K Read 52.8
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 62
213% 71.8 MB/s
DQ Read 799
DQ Write 617
DQ Mixed 692
522% 703 MB/s
339GB free
Firmware: 615000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1968 1860 875 719 804 809 MB/s
274% Outstanding
Read 2,428
Write 2,057
Mixed 1,989
SusWrite 1,172
428% 1,912 MB/s
4K Read 51.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 63.8
217% 74.7 MB/s
DQ Read 987
DQ Write 742
DQ Mixed 848
639% 859 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 615000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 882 952 788 346 371 MB/s
235% Outstanding
Read 1,145
Write 1,090
Mixed 1,096
SusWrite 628
222% 990 MB/s
4K Read 57.8
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 80.5
276% 99.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,611
DQ Write 1,351
DQ Mixed 1,477
1,107% 1,479 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,704,916 SSDs tested

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Typical SN850 PS5 2TB Builds (Compare 3,082 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 453%
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Desktop
Desktop 125%
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Workstation
Workstation 596%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO

CPU
Core i9-13900KIntel  $501Bench 129%, 49,132 samples1,821x
Core i9-13900KSIntel  $510Bench 131%, 4,204 samples285x
Core i9-14900KIntel  $540Bench 131%, 8,839 samples263x
GPU
RTX 4090Nvidia  $1,800Bench 370%, 25,956 samples1,512x
RTX 4080Nvidia  $720Bench 290%, 22,998 samples257x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples173x
SSD
SN850 PS5 2TBWd_blackBench 484%, 308 samples1x
RAM
Skill Intl F5-6400J3239G322x31.5GBGBench 190%, 6,603 samples194x
Skill Intl F5-6400J3239G162x16GBGBench 186%, 14,947 samples130x
Skill Intl F5-7200J3445G162x16GBGBench 201%, 3,562 samples117x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $2,301

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