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WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 123% (186th of 1071)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0
Poor: 123%Average: 123% Great: 124%

Outstanding average bench

The WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 512GB averaged 23.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 170MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.8MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 527MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 503MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 186123%
Min Avg Max
526 Read 527 527
501 Write 503 504
514 Mixed 515 518
115% 515 MB/s
Min Avg Max
37.1 4K Read 37.4 37.6
107 4K Write 108 110
50.5 4K Mixed 50.8 51.3
179% 65.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
372 DQ Read 375 378
331 DQ Write 336 340
168 DQ Mixed 170 173
178% 294 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
92GB free
Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 527
Write 504
Mixed 514
115% 515 MB/s
4K Read 37.6
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 51.3
181% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 169
178% 294 MB/s
91GB free
Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 526
Write 504
Mixed 514
115% 515 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 50.7
179% 65.5 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 168
177% 293 MB/s
91GB free
Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 527
Write 501
Mixed 518
115% 515 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 50.5
178% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 173
179% 294 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,750,180 SSDs tested

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