WD WDS512G1X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2...
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Effective Speed +32% Effective Speed 32%Average User Bench +27% Read 95%, Write 50%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 16%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed 1%, SusWrite 3%Peak Lab Bench +35% Read 114%, Write 62%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write 10%, Mixed 47%, 4K Mixed 6%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment -319%User Rating -36%, Market Share -1,167%, Price -77%, Value 2%Nice To Haves +63% DQ Read 81%, DQ Write 47%, DQ Mixed 51%, ADQ Read 93%, ADQ Write 54%, ADQ Mixed 60%, Age 55%, AS-SSD Total 59%

Average Bench: 131% (133^rd of 1012)

Based on 7,463 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS512G1X0C-00ENX0

Poor: 87%Average: 131% Great: 154%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017) averaged 30.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 407MB/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 67.1%. 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 308MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 413MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,463 samples)

Rank 133131%

Min	Avg	Max
454	Read 897	1,075
396	Write 621	783
287	Mixed 413	612
132	SusWrite 308	387
124% 560 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.4	4K Read 37.4	44.5
63.3	4K Write 106	136
23.9	4K Mixed 45.7	60
172% 63.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
342	DQ Read 607	663
238	DQ Write 454	526
204	DQ Mixed 407	480
338% 490 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PRI-User, 1 hr ago.

269GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 362 364 362 367 359 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 774

Mixed 566

SusWrite 371

152% 682 MB/s

4K Read 41.7

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 56.6

199% 72.6 MB/s

DQ Read 661

DQ Write 517

DQ Mixed 449

374% 542 MB/s

ESP-User, 3 hrs ago.

307GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 358 372 374 375 380 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 780

Mixed 362

SusWrite 374

140% 633 MB/s

4K Read 41.2

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 43.3

187% 71.5 MB/s

DQ Read 652

DQ Write 526

DQ Mixed 431

366% 536 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

149GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 341 312 271 263 278 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 772

Mixed 442

SusWrite 301

139% 626 MB/s

4K Read 39.9

4K Write 94.8

4K Mixed 48.9

173% 61.2 MB/s

DQ Read 660

DQ Write 516

DQ Mixed 425

362% 533 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

245GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 371 371 375 286 348 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 481

Mixed 379

SusWrite 357

119% 539 MB/s

4K Read 38.3

4K Write 89.3

4K Mixed 48.8

168% 58.8 MB/s

DQ Read 613

DQ Write 515

DQ Mixed 447

367% 525 MB/s

CAN-User, 6 hrs ago.

114GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 252 264 153 185 143 MB/s

131% Outstanding

Write 758

Mixed 396

SusWrite 219

125% 564 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 53.8

180% 64.9 MB/s

DQ Read 660

DQ Write 517

DQ Mixed 415

358% 531 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

178GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 374 333 318 300 372 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 529

Mixed 312

SusWrite 348

119% 540 MB/s

4K Read 33.1

4K Write 95

4K Mixed 28.6

137% 52.2 MB/s

DQ Read 614

DQ Write 485

DQ Mixed 434

356% 511 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

174GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 366 305 308 133 215 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 449

Mixed 362

SusWrite 267

90% 400 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 96.5

4K Mixed 53.6

177% 62.5 MB/s

DQ Read 660

DQ Write 517

DQ Mixed 436

368% 538 MB/s

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 83%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $105

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $340Bench 92%, 380,080 samples	20,350x
Core i5-8600KIntel $245Bench 91%, 144,464 samples	3,900x
Core i7-8700Intel $340Bench 88%, 146,401 samples	1,276x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 131%, 401,281 samples	6,986x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples	5,620x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	2,409x

SSD
Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)WD $241Bench 131%, 7,463 samples	1x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $75Bench 87%, 106,449 samples	2,729x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples	2,278x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $80Bench 83%, 42,505 samples	1,173x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $1,569

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

WD WDS512G1X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)

Average Bench: 131% (133^rd of 1012)

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Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)

Average Bench: 131% (133rd of 1012)

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Average Bench: 131% (133^rd of 1012)