WD WDS200T2X0E

Black SN850X M.2 2TB

Black SN850X M.2 2TB
BENCHMARKS (37,629)
MKT (0.9%)
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BUY • $145

Effective Speed -10%Effective Speed -10%Average Score -16%Read -9%, Write -19%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite -11%Peak Score -46%Read -26%, Write -27%, 4K Read -125%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -94%, SusWrite 1%Value & Sentiment +32% User Rating 10%, Market Share 69%, Price 41%, Value 9%Nice To Haves -2%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write 6%, DQ Mixed 4%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write 10%, ADQ Mixed 5%, Age -47%, 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

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

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4777 4825 4831 2248 1905 1890 MB/s

587% Outstanding

Write 4,983

Mixed 3,527

SusWrite 3,412

926% 4,110 MB/s

4K Read 81.9

4K Write 268

4K Mixed 106

402% 152 MB/s

DQ Read 1,872

DQ Write 1,519

DQ Mixed 1,710

1,276% 1,700 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

994GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620331WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4376 4468 4538 4129 1662 1713 MB/s

565% Outstanding

Write 4,591

Mixed 3,246

SusWrite 3,481

880% 3,908 MB/s

4K Read 65.2

4K Write 231

4K Mixed 86.1

332% 128 MB/s

DQ Read 1,983

DQ Write 1,559

DQ Mixed 1,720

1,301% 1,754 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 620331WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1949 4548 4082 1947 2282 2118 MB/s

512% Outstanding

Write 4,692

Mixed 3,444

SusWrite 2,821

868% 3,863 MB/s

4K Read 78.5

4K Write 171

4K Mixed 91.8

327% 114 MB/s

DQ Read 1,631

DQ Write 1,017

DQ Mixed 1,252

953% 1,300 MB/s

CAN-User, 57 mins ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2210 2113 2023 2171 2252 2213 MB/s

374% Outstanding

Write 2,362

Mixed 2,325

SusWrite 2,164

529% 2,350 MB/s

4K Read 58.2

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 75

262% 93.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,477

DQ Write 1,188

DQ Mixed 1,355

1,008% 1,340 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 $280Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,487x
Core i9-13900KIntel $440Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	2,022x
Core i5-13600KIntel $235Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	1,066x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $732Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,447x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,739Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	1,386x
RTX 4080Nvidia $960Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	1,018x

SSD
Black SN850X M.2 2TBWD $145Bench 492%, 37,629 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 162%, 40,739 samples	820x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $105Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	736x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	596x

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Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,471

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $235	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $342

WD WDS200T2X0E

Black SN850X M.2 2TB

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

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Average Bench: 492% (8th of 1080)

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