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WD_BLACK AN1500 2TB

WD_BLACK AN1500 2TB
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Effective Speed +192% Effective Speed 192%Average Score +233% Read 320%, Write 376%, 4K Read 5%, 4K Write 42%, Mixed 343%, 4K Mixed 13%, SusWrite 531%Peak Score +204% Read 323%, Write 325%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write 49%, Mixed 303%, 4K Mixed 6%, SusWrite 428%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +300% DQ Read 422%, DQ Write 298%, DQ Mixed 396%, ADQ Read 206%, ADQ Write 172%, ADQ Mixed 243%, Age 350%, AS-SSD Total 310%

Average Bench: 288% (33^rd of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WD_BLACK AN1500

Poor: 262%Average: 288% Great: 357%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD_BLACK AN1500 2TB averaged 187.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WD_BLACK AN1500 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 893MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,930MB/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. 4K Random Read Speed 36MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)

Rank 33288%

Min	Avg	Max
1,720	Read 1,920	2,145
1,755	Write 1,930	2,060
1,428	Mixed 1,589	1,705
1,744	SusWrite 1,870	2,043
412% 1,827 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.3	4K Read 36	40.3
92	4K Write 124	182
39.9	4K Mixed 50.9	61.9
185% 70.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
646	DQ Read 1,000	1,916
532	DQ Write 785	1,425
603	DQ Mixed 893	1,643
668% 893 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 10271043 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2023 2047 2048 2056 2035 2051 MB/s

357% Outstanding

Write 2,060

Mixed 1,613

SusWrite 2,043

443% 1,965 MB/s

4K Read 40.3

4K Write 182

4K Mixed 61.9

237% 94.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,916

DQ Write 1,425

DQ Mixed 1,643

1,236% 1,661 MB/s

BEL-User, 18 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1043 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1394 1843 1920 1990 1991 2028 MB/s

262% Outstanding

Write 1,902

Mixed 1537

SusWrite 1,861

406% 1,801 MB/s

4K Read 32.3

4K Write 92

4K Mixed 39.9

149% 54.7 MB/s

DQ Read 646

DQ Write 532

DQ Mixed 603

448% 594 MB/s

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Workstation 45%

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System: Dell Precision 5820 Tower

CPU
Xeon W-2123IntelBench 70%, 2,702 samples	334x
Xeon W-2133IntelBench 77%, 1,612 samples	311x
Xeon W-2125IntelBench 78%, 1,514 samples	306x

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Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples	324x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples	246x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	217x

SSD
WD_BLACK AN1500 2TBNvmeBench 288%, 5 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 56%, 828 samples	149x
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 4x8GBHynixBench 84%, 1,278 samples	141x
HMA82GR7AFR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 60%, 538 samples	124x

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WD_BLACK AN1500 2TB

Average Bench: 288% (33^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 288% (33rd of 1072)

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