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 +28% Read 91%, Write 49%, 4K Read 19%, 4K Write 21%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite -1%Peak Score +34% Read 108%, Write 61%, 4K Read 5%, 4K Write 11%, Mixed 45%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 3%Value & Sentiment -209%User Rating -11%, Market Share -772%, Price -64%, Value 11%Nice To Haves +55% DQ Read 81%, DQ Write 47%, DQ Mixed 44%, ADQ Read 90%, ADQ Write 53%, ADQ Mixed 53%, Age 10%, AS-SSD Total 59%

Average Bench: 131% (178^th of 1072)

Based on 14,088 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS512G1X0C-00ENX0

Poor: 84%Average: 131% Great: 155%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017) averaged 30.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 398MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 619MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017) is 70.3%. 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 294MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 408MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,088 samples)

Rank 178131%

Min	Avg	Max
336	Read 873	1,055
365	Write 604	781
261	Mixed 408	614
119	SusWrite 294	399
121% 544 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.3	4K Read 40.9	45
62.4	4K Write 106	136
25.2	4K Mixed 46.3	60.4
177% 64.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
502	DQ Read 619	663
172	DQ Write 442	526
162	DQ Mixed 398	477
333% 486 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 9 days ago.

73GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 282 238 162 215 123 MB/s

133% Outstanding

Write 740

Mixed 554

SusWrite 229

136% 611 MB/s

4K Read 40.1

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 48.8

182% 66.3 MB/s

DQ Read 656

DQ Write 519

DQ Mixed 372

337% 516 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

293GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 281 290 250 247 253 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 708

Mixed 270

SusWrite 272

113% 507 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 85.9

4K Mixed 47.4

149% 53.9 MB/s

DQ Read 617

DQ Write 516

DQ Mixed 412

351% 515 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

247GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 515 377 377 377 377 376 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 743

Mixed 547

SusWrite 400

145% 650 MB/s

4K Read 31.8

4K Write 32.1

4K Mixed 31.9

106% 31.9 MB/s

DQ Read 655

DQ Write 106

DQ Mixed 210

197% 324 MB/s

USA-User, 10 days ago.

247GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 379 380 379 376 376 MB/s

99.2% Outstanding

Write 487

Mixed 310

SusWrite 384

105% 472 MB/s

4K Read 34.1

4K Write 35.1

4K Mixed 25

102% 31.4 MB/s

DQ Read 655

DQ Write 95.4

DQ Mixed 190

186% 314 MB/s

FIN-User, 5 days ago.

119GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 176 99 101 73 117 MB/s

92.2% Outstanding

Write 410

Mixed 464

SusWrite 132

72% 318 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 30.5

164% 63.1 MB/s

DQ Read 662

DQ Write 476

DQ Mixed 335

314% 491 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 days ago.

89GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 173 100 110 94 97 MB/s

91% Outstanding

Write 400

Mixed 242

SusWrite 134

64% 284 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 99.9

4K Mixed 40.9

154% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 656

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 408

322% 455 MB/s

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Workstation 101%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

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Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,950x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,112x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	927x

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GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,061x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	739x

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Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)WD $154Bench 131%, 14,088 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	841x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,000

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS512G1X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)

Average Bench: 131% (178^th of 1072)

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Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)

Average Bench: 131% (178th of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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Average Bench: 131% (178^th of 1072)