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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

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Average Bench: 149% (115th of 1011)

Based on 981 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101
Poor: 111%Average: 149% Great: 173%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GB averaged 48.6% 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 632MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 673MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GB is 62%. 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 413MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 726MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 981 samples)
Rank 115149%
Min Avg Max
609 Read 864 1,189
575 Write 826 1,150
477 Mixed 726 993
319 SusWrite 413 447
159% 707 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 4K Read 37.8 47.2
64.5 4K Write 115 155
26 4K Mixed 52.7 68.5
185% 68.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
410 DQ Read 744 861
310 DQ Write 673 961
341 DQ Mixed 632 733
495% 683 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20210001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 564 412 407 402 398 404 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 1,153
Write 985
Mixed 979
SusWrite 431
199% 887 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 88.4
4K Mixed 43.4
151% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 824
DQ Write 676
DQ Mixed 643
511% 714 MB/s
212GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20210001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 404 412 419 420 422 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 1,030
Write 1,009
Mixed 886
SusWrite 422
188% 836 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 40.8
162% 62.2 MB/s
DQ Read 760
DQ Write 654
DQ Mixed 691
522% 701 MB/s
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 46%
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System: Lenovo 81LB

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 71%, 150,201 samples864x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 62%, 45,668 samples338x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 96,251 samples679x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 46%, 73,826 samples523x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GBWDCBench 149%, 981 samples251x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 41%, 17,239 samples443x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 17,689 samples251x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 45%, 11,590 samples237x
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