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PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 172% (129th of 1072)

Based on 69 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G
Poor: 114%Average: 172% Great: 208%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G 512GB averaged 71.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 848MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 781MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G 512GB is 93.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 596MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 69 samples)
Rank 129172%
Min Avg Max
492 Read 885 1,206
483 Write 847 1,279
480 Mixed 795 1,093
329 SusWrite 596 790
176% 781 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28 4K Read 40 47.8
70.4 4K Write 132 180
30.5 4K Mixed 57.7 73
204% 76.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
244 DQ Read 878 1,081
235 DQ Write 781 1,147
225 DQ Mixed 848 1,078
631% 836 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20170000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 690 478 387 390 395 392 MB/s
185% Outstanding
Read 1215
Write 1,129
Mixed 820
SusWrite 455
202% 905 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 61.1
211% 77.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,061
DQ Write 869
DQ Mixed 1,004
741% 978 MB/s
413GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20170000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 747 718 749 740 741 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,176
Write 938
Mixed 1,026
SusWrite 754
219% 974 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 81
4K Mixed 48.3
159% 55 MB/s
DQ Read 977
DQ Write 759
DQ Mixed 856
644% 864 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20250000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 681 711 727 735 731 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 890
Write 798
Mixed 752
SusWrite 717
178% 789 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 82.7
4K Mixed 41.3
146% 52.2 MB/s
DQ Read 466
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 438
318% 415 MB/s
236GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20140000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 673 520 493 635 657 586 MB/s
95.3% Outstanding
Read 855
Write 922
Mixed 621
SusWrite 594
168% 748 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 19.9
4K Mixed 15.6
54% 17 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 180
136% 183 MB/s
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Typical PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G 512GB Builds (Compare 2,020 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 72%
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Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 61%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 - $206

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples708x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples451x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples204x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples291x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples287x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples183x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G 512GBWDCBench 172%, 69 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples42x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $611

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