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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1006 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 167% (135th of 1072)

Based on 8,409 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1006
Poor: 101%Average: 167% Great: 219%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1006 512GB averaged 67.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1006 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 764MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 893MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1006 512GB is 119%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1006 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 552MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,409 samples)
Rank 135167%
Min Avg Max
545 Read 958 1,231
419 Write 940 1,339
432 Mixed 825 1107
262 SusWrite 552 774
184% 819 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.2 4K Read 40.9 48.8
48.3 4K Write 118 179
24.8 4K Mixed 56 73.6
196% 71.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
408 DQ Read 893 1,098
184 DQ Write 670 1,134
289 DQ Mixed 764 1,081
576% 776 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20120006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 214 203 207 206 195 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1,103
Write 1,109
Mixed 954
SusWrite 268
192% 859 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 53
182% 66.3 MB/s
DQ Read 907
DQ Write 747
DQ Mixed 793
603% 816 MB/s
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20120006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 364 323 320 326 324 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 818
Write 754
Mixed 652
SusWrite 385
146% 652 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 78.9
4K Mixed 48.8
159% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 812
DQ Write 635
DQ Mixed 734
546% 727 MB/s
126GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20120006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 772 363 374 354 305 318 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 739
Write 878
Mixed 710
SusWrite 414
154% 685 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 80.9
4K Mixed 49.2
160% 55.3 MB/s
DQ Read 796
DQ Write 590
DQ Mixed 690
516% 692 MB/s
286GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 685 451 464 493 474 474 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 901
Write 921
Mixed 882
SusWrite 507
181% 803 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 40.2
4K Mixed 36
118% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 764
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 268
244% 390 MB/s
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Gaming 84%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 82%
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System: HP OMEN 25L Desktop GT12-0xxx

CPU
Core i7-10700FIntel  $180Bench 93%, 44,448 samples1,033x
Core i7-10700Intel  $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples1,017x
Core i5-10400Intel  $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples845x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,098x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples751x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples620x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1006 512GBWDCBench 167%, 8,409 samples269x
RAM
HP32D4U8D8HC-16X 1x16GBKingstonBench 52%, 1,327 samples728x
HP32D4U8S8HC-8X 2x8GBKingstonBench 83%, 1,751 samples364x
HP32D4U8S8ME-8X 2x8GBKingstonBench 83%, 996 samples185x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $504

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