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Black SN850X M.2 2TB

Black SN850X M.2 2TB
BENCHMARKS (37,629)
MKT (0.9%)
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BUY • $135

Effective Speed -11%Effective Speed -11%Average Score -18%Read -10%, Write -20%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite -10%Peak Score -47%Read -27%, Write -29%, 4K Read -126%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -94%, SusWrite 0%Value & Sentiment +42% User Rating 10%, Market Share 90%, Price 53%, Value 14%Nice To Haves -1%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write 6%, DQ Mixed 4%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write 10%, ADQ Mixed 6%, Age -39%, AS-SSD Total -5%

Average Bench: 492% (8^th of 1080)

Based on 37,629 user benchmarks. Models: WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, WD_BLACK SN850X HS 2000GB

The WD Black SN850X has a superb consumer performance profile. As well as offering solid burst speeds of 5 GB/s, the SN850X also offers respectable out of cache performance. At current prices (1TB $90 USD, 2TB $145 USD and 4TB $290 USD) the WD Black SN850X is our top value pick at every capacity. ^{[Jun '24 SSDrivePro]}

Poor: 293%Average: 492% Great: 666%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB averaged 391.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,570MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,872MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB is 372%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 184MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 82.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 37,629 samples)

Rank 8492%

Min	Avg	Max
2,150	Read 3,802	4,680
1,941	Write 3,872	4,993
1,729	Mixed 2,917	3,538
1,249	SusWrite 2,856	4,587
756% 3,362 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
47.6	4K Read 70.9	84.8
72	4K Write 184	310
54.2	4K Mixed 82.8	113
311% 113 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
903	DQ Read 1,799	2,409
432	DQ Write 1,387	2,012
618	DQ Mixed 1,570	2,180
1,180% 1,585 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ESP-User, 51 mins ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4966 4767 4699 4648 4516 4545 MB/s

682% Outstanding

Write 4,821

Mixed 3,131

SusWrite 4,690

958% 4,246 MB/s

4K Read 79.5

4K Write 285

4K Mixed 111

413% 158 MB/s

DQ Read 2,312

DQ Write 2,022

DQ Mixed 2,206

1,643% 2,180 MB/s

ESP-User, 52 mins ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4419 4316 4441 5018 5004 5000 MB/s

656% Outstanding

Write 5,139

Mixed 3,410

SusWrite 4,700

1,002% 4,441 MB/s

4K Read 69.1

4K Write 262

4K Mixed 92.7

362% 141 MB/s

DQ Read 1,956

DQ Write 1,555

DQ Mixed 1,764

1,318% 1,758 MB/s

GBR-User, 55 mins ago.

864GB free

Firmware: 620331WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 925 2239 4613 4795 4798 4125 MB/s

589% Outstanding

Write 4,727

Mixed 3,378

SusWrite 3,583

912% 4,054 MB/s

4K Read 68.6

4K Write 215

4K Mixed 89.3

332% 124 MB/s

DQ Read 2,329

DQ Write 1,632

DQ Mixed 1,959

1,469% 1,973 MB/s

FIN-User, 1 hr ago.

1TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4220 4129 4245 2293 2222 1983 MB/s

547% Outstanding

Write 4,487

Mixed 3,075

SusWrite 3,182

838% 3,721 MB/s

4K Read 62.6

4K Write 246

4K Mixed 82.1

330% 130 MB/s

DQ Read 2,188

DQ Write 1,747

DQ Mixed 1,978

1,477% 1,971 MB/s

USA-User, 4 mins ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 620361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4501 4528 4538 4538 4530 3170 MB/s

542% Outstanding

Write 4,611

Mixed 3,359

SusWrite 4,301

931% 4,126 MB/s

4K Read 62.8

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 76.4

267% 93.2 MB/s

DQ Read 643

DQ Write 608

DQ Mixed 632

472% 627 MB/s

GBR-User, 18 mins ago.

773GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620281WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4568 3008 1683 1709 1609 1572 MB/s

531% Outstanding

Write 4,384

Mixed 3,191

SusWrite 2,358

801% 3,570 MB/s

4K Read 81.5

4K Write 290

4K Mixed 110

418% 161 MB/s

DQ Read 2,123

DQ Write 1,723

DQ Mixed 1,925

1,440% 1,924 MB/s

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Desktop 123%

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Workstation 346%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $200

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel $284Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,664x
Core i9-13900KIntel $401Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	2,127x
Core i5-13600KIntel $210Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	1,137x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $762Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,549x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,802Bench 370%, 37,290 samples	1,486x
RTX 4080Nvidia $993Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	1,079x

SSD
Black SN850X M.2 2TBWD $135Bench 492%, 37,629 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair $105Bench 162%, 40,739 samples	851x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $83Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	773x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	649x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,486

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
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WD WDS200T2X0E

Black SN850X M.2 2TB

Average Bench: 492% (8^th of 1080)

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Black SN850X M.2 2TB

Average Bench: 492% (8th of 1080)

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