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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 128GB

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Effective Speed -353%Effective Speed -353%Average Score -514%Read -388%, Write -723%, 4K Read -76%, 4K Write -105%, Mixed -575%, 4K Mixed -129%, SusWrite -1,604%Peak Score -611%Read -505%, Write -762%, 4K Read -266%, 4K Write -124%, Mixed -547%, 4K Mixed -210%, SusWrite -1,860%Value & Sentiment -1,466%User Rating -37%, Market Share -2,894%Nice To Haves -331%DQ Read -427%, DQ Write -161%, DQ Mixed -417%, ADQ Read -348%, ADQ Write -221%, ADQ Mixed -457%, Age -307%, AS-SSD Total -311%

Average Bench: 121% (197^th of 1080)

Based on 4,055 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006

Poor: 70%Average: 121% Great: 155%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 128GB averaged 20.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 267MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 50.9MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 128GB is 85.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 186MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 478MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,055 samples)

Rank 197121%

Min	Avg	Max
529	Read 857	980
49.5	Write 564	745
98.3	Mixed 478	722
43.2	SusWrite 186	233
116% 521 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.4	4K Read 50.9	52.6
2.9	4K Write 101	170
5.94	4K Mixed 48.4	71
192% 66.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
218	DQ Read 382	439
127	DQ Write 392	726
128	DQ Mixed 267	405
234% 347 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

THA-User, 7 days ago.

118GB free

Firmware: 20110006

SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 214 210 213 211 214 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 741

Mixed 694

SusWrite 232

144% 646 MB/s

4K Read 33.3

4K Write 164

4K Mixed 66.3

222% 88 MB/s

DQ Read 437

DQ Write 727

DQ Mixed 405

357% 523 MB/s

DEU-User, 9 days ago.

43GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110006

SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 205 149 149 144 139 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 581

Mixed 563

SusWrite 156

107% 479 MB/s

4K Read 37.1

4K Write 77.3

4K Mixed 49.6

161% 54.7 MB/s

DQ Read 439

DQ Write 460

DQ Mixed 354

293% 418 MB/s

CYP-User, 6 days ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110006

SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 217 217 197 220 222 MB/s

98.3% Outstanding

Write 687

Mixed 715

SusWrite 224

136% 608 MB/s

4K Read 29.3

4K Write 54.6

4K Mixed 37

121% 40.3 MB/s

DQ Read 341

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 328

248% 331 MB/s

USA-User, 10 days ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20120006

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 171 171 171 176 182 MB/s

78% Very good

Write 570

Mixed 495

SusWrite 182

106% 476 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 52.5

4K Mixed 31.4

112% 37.7 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 118

DQ Mixed 141

103% 136 MB/s

GBR-User, 9 days ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110006

SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 220 223 220 221 223 MB/s

72.6% Very good

Write 222

Mixed 294

SusWrite 220

75% 342 MB/s

4K Read 12.4

4K Write 55.2

4K Mixed 20.1

74% 29.2 MB/s

DQ Read 287

DQ Write 216

DQ Mixed 200

163% 234 MB/s

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Workstation 9%

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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-cx0xxx

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples	2,834x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	1,227x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	104x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	2,227x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	983x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	769x

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 128GBWDCBench 121%, 4,055 samples	184x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 54,777 samples	649x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	312x
4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 59%, 11,378 samples	287x

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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 128GB