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WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB

WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB
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Effective Speed +357% Effective Speed 357%Average Score +453% Read 741%, Write 825%, 4K Read 117%, 4K Write 137%, Mixed 620%, 4K Mixed 91%, SusWrite 636%Peak Score +535% Read 842%, Write 925%, 4K Read 104%, 4K Write 171%, Mixed 640%, 4K Mixed 97%, SusWrite 964%Value & Sentiment -401%User Rating -14%, Market Share -789%Nice To Haves +443% DQ Read 560%, DQ Write 450%, DQ Mixed 550%, ADQ Read 388%, ADQ Write 309%, ADQ Mixed 423%, Age 369%, AS-SSD Total 491%

Average Bench: 450% (5^th of 1072)

Based on 747 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB

Poor: 255%Average: 450% Great: 613%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB averaged 349.7% 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 1,360MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,751MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB is 358%. 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 Write Speed 208MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 85.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 747 samples)

Rank 5450%

Min	Avg	Max
1,889	Read 3,848	4,772
1,373	Write 3,751	4,968
1,411	Mixed 2,584	3,132
963	SusWrite 2,181	4,119
693% 3,091 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
43.7	4K Read 74.6	87.7
74.3	4K Write 208	332
50.3	4K Mixed 85.9	115
333% 123 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
604	DQ Read 1,592	2,422
266	DQ Write 1,182	1,971
400	DQ Mixed 1,360	2,154
1,024% 1,378 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

614GB free

Firmware: 620311WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4625 3893 953 1172 1113 1100 MB/s

487% Outstanding

Write 4,827

Mixed 3,082

SusWrite 2,143

822% 3,666 MB/s

4K Read 80.2

4K Write 235

4K Mixed 102

376% 139 MB/s

DQ Read 1,432

DQ Write 1095

DQ Mixed 1,230

929% 1,252 MB/s

USA-User, 21 hrs ago.

164GB free

Firmware: 620331WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2194 963 953 935 921 898 MB/s

312% Outstanding

Write 2,531

Mixed 2,157

SusWrite 1144

505% 2,264 MB/s

4K Read 60.2

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 76.1

262% 91.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,021

DQ Write 415

DQ Mixed 797

569% 744 MB/s

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Workstation 16%

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System: HP OMEN by HP Laptop 16-b0xxx

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Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples	2,451x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples	219x

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UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples	1,035x
RTX 3070 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 114%, 45,297 samples	793x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	624x

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WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GBNvmeBench 450%, 747 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples	793x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples	578x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples	242x

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Average Bench: 450% (5^th of 1072)

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