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 User Bench +28% Read 98%, Write 50%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed 0%, SusWrite 3%Peak Lab Bench +35% Read 117%, Write 62%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 48%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 0%Value & Sentiment -292%User Rating -36%, Market Share -1,042%, Price -92%, Value 3%Nice To Haves +62% DQ Read 81%, DQ Write 47%, DQ Mixed 49%, ADQ Read 93%, ADQ Write 56%, ADQ Mixed 60%, Age 50%, AS-SSD Total 59%

Average Bench: 131% (140^th of 1016)

Based on 7,516 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 30.9% 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 403MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 607MB/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 64.2%. 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 310MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 410MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,516 samples)

Rank 140131%

Min	Avg	Max
475	Read 907	1,089
391	Write 621	784
270	Mixed 410	615
133	SusWrite 310	391
125% 562 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.2	4K Read 38.7	44.5
60	4K Write 103	134
25.9	4K Mixed 45.3	59.1
171% 62.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
264	DQ Read 607	663
198	DQ Write 449	526
164	DQ Mixed 403	475
335% 486 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 11 hrs ago.

310GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 378 377 377 378 378 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 778

Mixed 602

SusWrite 405

154% 688 MB/s

4K Read 44.5

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 58.8

201% 70.9 MB/s

DQ Read 658

DQ Write 534

DQ Mixed 446

375% 546 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

280GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 378 377 376 376 376 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 783

Mixed 576

SusWrite 384

152% 681 MB/s

4K Read 41.2

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 56.6

199% 72.7 MB/s

DQ Read 663

DQ Write 510

DQ Mixed 437

368% 537 MB/s

USA-User, 18 hrs ago.

432GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 378 378 379 378 378 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 783

Mixed 614

SusWrite 398

154% 690 MB/s

4K Read 42.5

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 56.1

195% 69.8 MB/s

DQ Read 660

DQ Write 524

DQ Mixed 452

376% 546 MB/s

CAN-User, 8 hrs ago.

220GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 361 363 347 274 215 MB/s

130% Outstanding

Write 457

Mixed 362

SusWrite 324

114% 517 MB/s

4K Read 29.8

4K Write 90.6

4K Mixed 50.5

158% 57 MB/s

DQ Read 659

DQ Write 408

DQ Mixed 492

378% 520 MB/s

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

325GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 362 369 373 363 369 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 398

Mixed 448

SusWrite 365

128% 579 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 31.2

126% 51.9 MB/s

DQ Read 554

DQ Write 405

DQ Mixed 458

348% 472 MB/s

GBR-User, 15 hrs ago.

153GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 251 246 193 185 228 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 766

Mixed 374

SusWrite 240

122% 550 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 79.1

4K Mixed 44.2

148% 52.1 MB/s

DQ Read 473

DQ Write 356

DQ Mixed 374

291% 401 MB/s

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 83%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $232

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Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 93%, 383,533 samples	21,181x
Core i5-8600KIntel $245Bench 91%, 141,514 samples	4,038x
Core i7-8700Intel $370Bench 89%, 150,954 samples	1,342x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 129%, 435,255 samples	7,245x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples	5,828x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 78%, 703,911 samples	2,503x

SSD
Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)WD $241Bench 131%, 7,516 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $95Bench 88%, 111,841 samples	2,840x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 294,777 samples	2,359x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $80Bench 84%, 46,152 samples	1,208x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,731

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS512G1X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)

Average Bench: 131% (140^th of 1016)

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Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)

Average Bench: 131% (140th of 1016)

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Average Bench: 131% (140^th of 1016)