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WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 447% (5th of 1072)

Based on 487 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB
Poor: 225%Average: 447% Great: 604%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB averaged 346.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,388MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,690MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB is 379%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 69.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 202MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 487 samples)
Rank 5447%
Min Avg Max
1,372 Read 3,774 4,731
1,205 Write 3,690 4,900
1,178 Mixed 2,555 3,117
1,029 SusWrite 2,223 4,149
687% 3,061 MB/s
Min Avg Max
43 4K Read 69.7 86.5
75.3 4K Write 202 312
49 4K Mixed 84.7 111
321% 119 MB/s
Min Avg Max
663 DQ Read 1,578 2,407
298 DQ Write 1,223 2,013
526 DQ Mixed 1,388 2,158
1,042% 1,396 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
800GB free
Firmware: 620361WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3387 4472 4446 4442 3027 919 MB/s
572% Outstanding
Read 4,364
Write 3,894
Mixed 2,967
SusWrite 3,449
824% 3,669 MB/s
4K Read 71.7
4K Write 220
4K Mixed 96.7
349% 129 MB/s
DQ Read 2,019
DQ Write 1,565
DQ Mixed 1,695
1,294% 1,760 MB/s
800GB free
Firmware: 620361WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4569 4556 4572 4239 1587 896 MB/s
564% Outstanding
Read 4,375
Write 4321
Mixed 2,998
SusWrite 3,403
848% 3,774 MB/s
4K Read 71.1
4K Write 214
4K Mixed 93.2
340% 126 MB/s
DQ Read 1,921
DQ Write 1,537
DQ Mixed 1,646
1,255% 1,701 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 620331WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2097 2507 2519 2345 2517 2520 MB/s
366% Outstanding
Read 2,508
Write 2,398
Mixed 2,088
SusWrite 2,417
530% 2,353 MB/s
4K Read 61.7
4K Write 99.1
4K Mixed 68.1
233% 76.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,257
DQ Write 796
DQ Mixed 925
717% 993 MB/s
344GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 620311WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1361 768 392 614 877 918 MB/s
249% Outstanding
Read 2,745
Write 2,069
Mixed 1,836
SusWrite 822
416% 1,868 MB/s
4K Read 52.8
4K Write 95.8
4K Mixed 62.3
211% 70.3 MB/s
DQ Read 733
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 549
400% 533 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 73,440,116 SSDs tested

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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 16%
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System: HP OMEN by HP Laptop 16-b0xxx

CPU
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples2,344x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples201x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples990x
RTX 3070 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 114%, 45,297 samples758x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples595x
SSD
WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GBNvmeBench 447%, 487 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples767x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples556x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples227x
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