WD WDS256G1X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2...
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Effective Speed +22% Effective Speed 22%Average Score +5% Read 90%, Write 5%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite -79%Peak Score +18% Read 113%, Write 40%, 4K Read 3%, 4K Write 10%, Mixed 34%, 4K Mixed -0%, SusWrite -74%Value & Sentiment -171%User Rating -11%, Market Share -658%, Price 1%, Value -15%Nice To Haves +50% DQ Read 81%, DQ Write 47%, DQ Mixed 19%, ADQ Read 95%, ADQ Write 57%, ADQ Mixed 30%, Age 13%, AS-SSD Total 58%

Average Bench: 120% (176^th of 1058)

Based on 22,829 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS256G1X0C-00ENX0, NVMe WDC WDS256G1X0C-

Poor: 78%Average: 120% Great: 143%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017) averaged 20.5% 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 633MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017) is 65.4%. This is a particularly 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 166MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 346MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 22,829 samples)

Rank 176120%

Min	Avg	Max
430	Read 874	1,080
218	Write 425	680
209	Mixed 346	568
77.5	SusWrite 166	222
99.6% 453 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.5	4K Read 37.1	44.6
50.5	4K Write 101	134
23.6	4K Mixed 45	58.2
167% 61 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
524	DQ Read 633	664
134	DQ Write 457	525
193	DQ Mixed 337	395
308% 475 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

168GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 217 201 209 207 204 MB/s

145% Outstanding

Write 242

Mixed 370

SusWrite 212

100% 460 MB/s

4K Read 44.5

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 59.6

208% 75.4 MB/s

DQ Read 664

DQ Write 521

DQ Mixed 358

332% 514 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 hrs ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 197 195 200 204 198 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 659

Mixed 286

SusWrite 202

113% 510 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 53.1

180% 64.4 MB/s

DQ Read 660

DQ Write 510

DQ Mixed 330

316% 500 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

137GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 182 192 189 112 176 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 376

Mixed 354

SusWrite 172

105% 481 MB/s

4K Read 35.9

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 33.6

165% 65.9 MB/s

DQ Read 37.1

DQ Write 155

DQ Mixed 50.6

52% 80.8 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 hrs ago.

208GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 163 205 189 197 189 MB/s

88.9% Excellent

Write 265

Mixed 205

SusWrite 187

70% 319 MB/s

4K Read 20.3

4K Write 91.9

4K Mixed 27

114% 46.4 MB/s

DQ Read 417

DQ Write 401

DQ Mixed 196

206% 338 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 140 92 70 91 60 MB/s

58.4% Above average

Write 609

Mixed 398

SusWrite 110

82% 362 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 20

4K Mixed 20.3

71% 21.1 MB/s

DQ Read 658

DQ Write 84.3

DQ Mixed 161

171% 301 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B350-F GAMING - $120

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Ryzen 5 1600AMD $275Bench 71%, 372,653 samples	3,470x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $246Bench 77%, 720,163 samples	2,506x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $200Bench 74%, 138,123 samples	1,742x

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GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,237,858 samples	1,965x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,188,482 samples	1,656x
RX 580AMD $260Bench 54%, 809,717 samples	1,356x

SSD
Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)WD $130Bench 120%, 22,829 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 83%, 561,752 samples	1,355x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $90Bench 85%, 243,120 samples	670x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 84%, 247,343 samples	580x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $889

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3 years ago.

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $295	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $50
Intel Core i5-12400F $184	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11600K $245	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS256G1X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)

Average Bench: 120% (176^th of 1058)

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Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)

Average Bench: 120% (176th of 1058)

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