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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 121% (197th 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

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
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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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 224 217 212 211 216 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 686
Write 640
Mixed 499
SusWrite 219
114% 511 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 84.3
4K Mixed 48.8
163% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 434
DQ Write 410
DQ Mixed 211
216% 351 MB/s
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 9%
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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-cx0xxx

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples2,799x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples1,210x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples101x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples2,196x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples971x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples763x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 128GBWDCBench 121%, 4,055 samples183x
RAM
M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 54,777 samples640x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples310x
4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 59%, 11,378 samples285x
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