WD WDS256G1X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2...
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Effective Speed +23% Effective Speed 23%Average Score +6% Read 90%, Write 6%, 4K Read 10%, 4K Write 18%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -0%, SusWrite -76%Peak Score +18% Read 111%, Write 40%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write 12%, Mixed 34%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite -76%Value & Sentiment -237%User Rating -11%, Market Share -839%, Price -46%, Value -50%Nice To Haves +49% DQ Read 81%, DQ Write 47%, DQ Mixed 20%, ADQ Read 93%, ADQ Write 56%, ADQ Mixed 30%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total 58%

Average Bench: 121% (189^th of 1072)

Based on 28,136 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS256G1X0C-00ENX0, NVMe WDC WDS256G1X0C-

Poor: 86%Average: 121% Great: 144%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017) averaged 20.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 337MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 630MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017) is 58.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 168MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 343MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 28,136 samples)

Rank 189121%

Min	Avg	Max
436	Read 868	1,069
213	Write 429	679
199	Mixed 343	568
77.3	SusWrite 168	220
99.5% 452 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.9	4K Read 37.9	44.9
48.7	4K Write 103	137
24.1	4K Mixed 44.8	59.2
169% 61.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
479	DQ Read 630	665
129	DQ Write 452	525
180	DQ Mixed 337	397
307% 473 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BEL-User, 5 days ago.

50GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 138 70 110 95 54 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 461

Mixed 335

SusWrite 103

107% 490 MB/s

4K Read 39.7

4K Write 97.6

4K Mixed 51.8

178% 63 MB/s

DQ Read 451

DQ Write 470

DQ Mixed 168

207% 363 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

54GB free

Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 190 205 181 175 204 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 677

Mixed 358

SusWrite 200

124% 560 MB/s

4K Read 41.6

4K Write 42.7

4K Mixed 37.2

133% 40.5 MB/s

DQ Read 662

DQ Write 144

DQ Mixed 259

228% 355 MB/s

THA-User, 2 days ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 179 186 190 191 185 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 280

Mixed 279

SusWrite 188

92% 421 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 60.9

4K Mixed 26.1

113% 39.4 MB/s

DQ Read 571

DQ Write 450

DQ Mixed 296

280% 439 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

31GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 92 53 48 67 41 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 180

Mixed 266

SusWrite 74.1

46% 209 MB/s

4K Read 47.5

4K Write 129

4K Mixed 55

211% 77.2 MB/s

DQ Read 546

DQ Write 488

DQ Mixed 361

314% 465 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 148 67 101 93 71 MB/s

99.9% Outstanding

Write 276

Mixed 278

SusWrite 106

78% 357 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 79.9

4K Mixed 30.1

120% 45.3 MB/s

DQ Read 662

DQ Write 519

DQ Mixed 308

307% 496 MB/s

ESP-User, 4 days ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 97 88 32 63 76 MB/s

90% Outstanding

Write 219

Mixed 167

SusWrite 84.6

63% 288 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 50.1

4K Mixed 29.2

108% 36.1 MB/s

DQ Read 596

DQ Write 512

DQ Mixed 335

311% 481 MB/s

HKG-User, 18 hrs ago.

75GB free

Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 213 210 195 196 197 MB/s

81.8% Excellent

Write 606

Mixed 285

SusWrite 210

92% 412 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 45.5

4K Mixed 17.9

72% 26.7 MB/s

DQ Read 640

DQ Write 500

DQ Mixed 318

306% 486 MB/s

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Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	370x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	337x

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GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	358x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	310x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	259x

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Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)WD $135Bench 121%, 28,136 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	230x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	118x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	111x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $527

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came too late to the market, pricing is too high, after few months it got easily obsoleted/replaced by the intel 760p which is cheaper and faster

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WD WDS256G1X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)

Average Bench: 121% (189^th of 1072)

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