WD WDS512G1X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2...
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Effective Speed +33% Effective Speed 33%Average Score +27% Read 94%, Write 47%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 19%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed 1%, SusWrite 2%Peak Score +34% Read 111%, Write 61%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write 11%, Mixed 49%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite 3%Value & Sentiment -403%User Rating -11%, Market Share -1,456%, Price -131%, Value -15%Nice To Haves +57% DQ Read 81%, DQ Write 47%, DQ Mixed 46%, ADQ Read 94%, ADQ Write 58%, ADQ Mixed 58%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total 59%

Average Bench: 131% (163^rd of 1058)

Based on 13,180 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS512G1X0C-00ENX0

Poor: 89%Average: 131% Great: 154%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017) averaged 30.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 408MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 623MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017) is 65.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 304MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 411MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,180 samples)

Rank 163131%

Min	Avg	Max
423	Read 893	1,068
376	Write 593	781
264	Mixed 411	631
121	SusWrite 304	397
122% 550 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.1	4K Read 39.3	44.8
55.2	4K Write 103	132
26.4	4K Mixed 45.3	59.5
172% 62.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
500	DQ Read 623	663
197	DQ Write 450	526
200	DQ Mixed 408	483
340% 494 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

THA-User, 1 day ago.

260GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 352 371 369 376 356 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 768

Mixed 612

SusWrite 374

154% 689 MB/s

4K Read 42

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 55.5

200% 73.4 MB/s

DQ Read 651

DQ Write 510

DQ Mixed 448

372% 537 MB/s

THA-User, 1 day ago.

261GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 363 367 376 376 375 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 470

Mixed 366

SusWrite 374

121% 550 MB/s

4K Read 37.3

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 52.9

187% 69.7 MB/s

DQ Read 655

DQ Write 515

DQ Mixed 400

350% 523 MB/s

TWN-User, 22 hrs ago.

89GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 374 374 348 251 203 MB/s

142% Outstanding

Write 765

Mixed 450

SusWrite 329

140% 627 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 56

195% 70.8 MB/s

DQ Read 504

DQ Write 514

DQ Mixed 384

323% 467 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

425GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 363 359 340 331 362 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 441

SusWrite 356

119% 535 MB/s

4K Read 33.7

4K Write 134

4K Mixed 52.9

190% 73.7 MB/s

DQ Read 618

DQ Write 528

DQ Mixed 431

362% 525 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

442GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 374 376 372 379 378 MB/s

140% Outstanding

Write 772

Mixed 358

SusWrite 379

138% 619 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 99.8

4K Mixed 50.4

168% 61.3 MB/s

DQ Read 662

DQ Write 482

DQ Mixed 437

363% 527 MB/s

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

124GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 174 157 114 79 148 MB/s

99.4% Outstanding

Write 472

Mixed 386

SusWrite 150

89% 397 MB/s

4K Read 28

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 44.4

152% 57.5 MB/s

DQ Read 662

DQ Write 222

DQ Mixed 318

267% 401 MB/s

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 92%, 630,213 samples	7,912x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 92%, 224,293 samples	3,122x
Core i7-8700Intel $312Bench 89%, 290,244 samples	1,144x

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GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 878,504 samples	1,924x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $1,089Bench 136%, 754,041 samples	1,848x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,151,383 samples	1,274x

SSD
Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)WD $285Bench 131%, 13,180 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $77Bench 84%, 507,810 samples	1,395x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $88Bench 86%, 201,751 samples	576x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 85%, 253,738 samples	453x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $1,354

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $394	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS512G1X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)

Average Bench: 131% (163^rd of 1058)

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Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)

Average Bench: 131% (163rd of 1058)

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