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PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 146% (115th of 1012)

Based on 1,741 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101
Poor: 109%Average: 146% Great: 173%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GB averaged 46.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 613MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 636MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GB is 64%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 407MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 36.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,741 samples)
Rank 115146%
Min Avg Max
639 Read 906 1,190
592 Write 855 1,153
515 Mixed 748 1,001
296 SusWrite 407 447
163% 729 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.9 4K Read 36.7 46.8
60.7 4K Write 111 154
24.6 4K Mixed 50.3 67.6
179% 66.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
395 DQ Read 723 859
284 DQ Write 636 955
358 DQ Mixed 613 732
478% 657 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
160GB free
Firmware: 20210001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 430 432 431 432 408 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 1,076
Write 1,177
Mixed 948
SusWrite 458
206% 915 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 56.8
203% 74.8 MB/s
DQ Read 854
DQ Write 773
DQ Mixed 725
568% 784 MB/s
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20240001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 327 354 344 350 361 MB/s
168% Outstanding
Read 1,198
Write 1,167
Mixed 1,000
SusWrite 378
210% 936 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 54.4
200% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 860
DQ Write 730
DQ Mixed 499
455% 697 MB/s
213GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20210001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 423 418 424 423 424 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 734
Write 696
Mixed 674
SusWrite 447
143% 638 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 57.1
198% 77.2 MB/s
DQ Read 847
DQ Write 847
DQ Mixed 725
578% 806 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20240001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 420 422 423 424 424 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 1,113
Write 1,125
Mixed 980
SusWrite 446
206% 916 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 43.5
170% 61.3 MB/s
DQ Read 696
DQ Write 639
DQ Mixed 669
501% 668 MB/s
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20240001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 525 417 418 419 419 418 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 1,057
Write 1,083
Mixed 888
SusWrite 436
194% 866 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 43.2
160% 61.1 MB/s
DQ Read 777
DQ Write 623
DQ Mixed 657
504% 686 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20240001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 446 418 419 425 424 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 676
Write 784
Mixed 644
SusWrite 419
142% 631 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 54.9
195% 72.2 MB/s
DQ Read 800
DQ Write 642
DQ Mixed 689
524% 710 MB/s
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20110001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 351 280 274 264 270 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 930
Write 1,051
Mixed 520
SusWrite 299
157% 700 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 53.6
182% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 680
DQ Mixed 349
311% 456 MB/s
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20210001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 293 309 305 303 306 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 979
Write 864
Mixed 659
SusWrite 314
157% 704 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 64.4
4K Mixed 40.7
117% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 501
DQ Write 420
DQ Mixed 647
434% 523 MB/s
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 46%
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CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 72%, 181,003 samples1,152x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 67%, 63,076 samples431x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 131,733 samples888x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 84,662 samples695x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GBWDCBench 146%, 1,741 samples342x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 42%, 25,366 samples539x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 77%, 27,268 samples325x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 45%, 16,117 samples318x
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