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Black SN850X M.2 1TB

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Release date: Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 443% (12th of 1080)

Based on 37,972 user benchmarks.  Models: WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB, WD_BLACK SN850X HS 1000GB

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: 256%Average: 443% Great: 615%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB averaged 342.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,519MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,769MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB is 358%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 184MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 68.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 37,972 samples)
Rank 12443%
Min Avg Max
2,030 Read 3,711 4,629
1,853 Write 3,769 4,976
1,755 Mixed 2,835 3,409
1,042 SusWrite 2,152 4,096
700% 3,117 MB/s
Min Avg Max
46.6 4K Read 68.6 85.4
73.4 4K Write 184 314
49.7 4K Mixed 82.8 113
308% 112 MB/s
Min Avg Max
849 DQ Read 1,741 2,433
261 DQ Write 1,362 2,047
464 DQ Mixed 1,519 2,253
1,146% 1,541 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
568GB free
Firmware: 620331WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4247 4363 4519 2904 1345 1356 MB/s
555% Outstanding
Read 4,496
Write 4,586
Mixed 3,252
SusWrite 3,122
868% 3,864 MB/s
4K Read 67.4
4K Write 236
4K Mixed 88.7
341% 131 MB/s
DQ Read 2,000
DQ Write 1654
DQ Mixed 1,829
1,369% 1,827 MB/s
877GB free
Firmware: 620361WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4102 3921 4213 4278 4203 1675 MB/s
541% Outstanding
Read 4,352
Write 4,516
Mixed 3270
SusWrite 3,732
893% 3,967 MB/s
4K Read 67.8
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 79.3
282% 97.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,240
DQ Write 1,097
DQ Mixed 1,097
842% 1,145 MB/s
808GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 620361WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4440 2401 2221 1394 1271 1280 MB/s
516% Outstanding
Read 4,511
Write 5,011
Mixed 3,350
SusWrite 2,168
844% 3,760 MB/s
4K Read 71.6
4K Write 265
4K Mixed 95
371% 144 MB/s
DQ Read 2,249
DQ Write 1,803
DQ Mixed 1,950
1,480% 2,001 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $160 @ launch in Aug '22
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Typical Black SN850X M.2 1TB Builds (Compare 9,698 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 291%
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Desktop
Desktop 123%
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Workstation
Workstation 346%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $200

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel  $280Bench 126%, 41,056 samples2,487x
Core i9-13900KIntel  $440Bench 129%, 49,132 samples2,022x
Core i5-13600KIntel  $235Bench 122%, 27,559 samples1,066x
GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia  $732Bench 240%, 46,082 samples1,447x
RTX 4090Nvidia  $1,739Bench 370%, 25,956 samples1,386x
RTX 4080Nvidia  $960Bench 290%, 22,998 samples1,018x
SSD
Black SN850X M.2 1TBWD  $85Bench 443%, 37,972 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 162%, 40,739 samples820x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 173%, 39,467 samples736x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL  $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples596x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $1,411

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Official site www.westerndigital.com/...

The Ultimate X Factor...

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

9 days ago.

Man, $77 on sale via Amazon is a steal for 1TB! Would recommend.

SSDrivePro
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Good

1 month ago.

maxscholes
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Excellent

10 months ago.

easily one of the fastest drives I have ever had

RuDeMaN
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Excellent

13 months ago.

Good SSD

Piepneus113
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Good

1 month ago.

I like it, picasso

Savio
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Excellent

19 months ago.

This thing is blazing fast!! I did not expect to see an FPS increase in game but wow, was I ever wrong. No stuttering or screen tearing at all when whipping the camera around, unreal. Unfortunately, userbenchmark keeps detecting my NVME as ram, and will not benchmark correctly :(

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