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Blue SA510 2. 4TB

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Effective Speed -747%Effective Speed -747%Average Score -950%Read -1,326%, Write -1,798%, 4K Read -346%, 4K Write -808%, Mixed -1,138%, 4K Mixed -525%, SusWrite -711%Peak Score -1,173%Read -1,306%, Write -1,814%, 4K Read -588%, 4K Write -1,268%, Mixed -1,193%, 4K Mixed -1,023%, SusWrite -1,015%Value & Sentiment -37%User Rating -37%Nice To Haves -865%DQ Read -766%, DQ Write -727%, DQ Mixed -1,774%, ADQ Read -543%, ADQ Write -838%, ADQ Mixed -1,448%, Age 30%, AS-SSD Total -853%

Average Bench: 64.4% (754^th of 1079)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: WD Blue SA510 2.

Poor: 59%Average: 64.4% Great: 69%

Above average average bench

The WD Blue SA510 2. 4TB averaged 35.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 95.9MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 266MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 22.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 245MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 75464.4%

Min	Avg	Max
166	Read 294	422
154	Write 245	336
162	Mixed 261	361
369	SusWrite 389	410
67.2% 298 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.2	4K Read 20	27.9
17.8	4K Write 22.8	27.7
15.9	4K Mixed 17.7	19.5
65.1% 20.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
266	DQ Read 266	268
38.1	DQ Write 134	230
79.6	DQ Mixed 95.9	112
99.1% 166 MB/s

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

USA-User, 14 months ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: 09WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 372 366 368 372 371 MB/s

69.5% Good

Write 336

Mixed 361

SusWrite 369

84% 372 MB/s

4K Read 27.9

4K Write 17.8

4K Mixed 19.5

77% 21.7 MB/s

DQ Read 266

DQ Write 38.1

DQ Mixed 79.6

77% 128 MB/s

NLD-User, 11 months ago.

478GB free

Firmware: 09WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 381 400 409 442 443 MB/s

59.3% Above average

Write 154

Mixed 162

SusWrite 410

51% 223 MB/s

4K Read 12.2

4K Write 27.7

4K Mixed 15.9

54% 18.6 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 230

DQ Mixed 112

121% 203 MB/s

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
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