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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

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Average Bench: 146% (116th of 1011)

Based on 1,817 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006
Poor: 99%Average: 146% Great: 177%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GB averaged 46.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 595MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 666MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GB is 78.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 406MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 697MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,817 samples)
Rank 116146%
Min Avg Max
573 Read 839 1,173
469 Write 759 1,112
456 Mixed 697 961
272 SusWrite 406 447
151% 675 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.5 4K Read 38 46.7
52.5 4K Write 114 161
27.7 4K Mixed 52.9 68.4
186% 68.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
180 DQ Read 698 859
149 DQ Write 666 1,065
137 DQ Mixed 595 733
470% 653 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20120006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 443 421 424 424 423 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,189
Write 1,116
Mixed 1,000
SusWrite 436
210% 935 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 59.9
201% 73.1 MB/s
DQ Read 840
DQ Write 702
DQ Mixed 727
557% 757 MB/s
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 422 423 432 430 430 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 652
Write 654
Mixed 630
SusWrite 440
134% 594 MB/s
4K Read 45.9
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 64.9
237% 90 MB/s
DQ Read 851
DQ Write 919
DQ Mixed 732
593% 834 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 326 272 230 214 217 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,063
Write 968
Mixed 906
SusWrite 294
181% 808 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 66.6
229% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 862
DQ Write 621
DQ Mixed 732
549% 738 MB/s
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20120006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 466 418 418 422 421 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 762
Write 632
Mixed 585
SusWrite 425
135% 601 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 53.7
216% 82.8 MB/s
DQ Read 840
DQ Write 644
DQ Mixed 684
527% 723 MB/s
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 419 412 412 408 410 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 677
Write 629
Mixed 596
SusWrite 423
131% 581 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 65.2
210% 80.3 MB/s
DQ Read 854
DQ Write 783
DQ Mixed 714
564% 784 MB/s
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Gaming 15%
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Desktop
Desktop 68%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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System: HP ProBook 450 G6

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 57%, 8,819 samples153x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 57%, 11,748 samples113x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 59%, 1,753 samples27x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 6%, 18,541 samples287x
MX130NvidiaBench 9%, 3,230 samples44x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 367 samples1x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 146%, 1,817 samples105x
RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 41%, 10,582 samples59x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 41%, 22,215 samples32x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 45%, 13,205 samples24x
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