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PC SN520 WD 128GB

PC SN520 WD 128GB
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Effective Speed +17% Effective Speed 17%Average Score +27% Read 66%, Write 60%, 4K Read 15%, 4K Write 11%, Mixed 71%, 4K Mixed 12%, SusWrite -44%Peak Score +28% Read 92%, Write 55%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write 6%, Mixed 96%, 4K Mixed 5%, SusWrite -65%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +36% DQ Read 20%, DQ Write 83%, DQ Mixed 22%, ADQ Read 26%, ADQ Write 38%, ADQ Mixed 13%, Age 47%, AS-SSD Total 41%

Average Bench: 115% (198^th of 1072)

Based on 284 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PC SN520 NVMe WD

Poor: 86%Average: 115% Great: 137%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC SN520 WD 128GB averaged 15.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC SN520 WD 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 293MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.5MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC SN520 WD 128GB is 51.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC SN520 WD 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 206MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 614MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 284 samples)

Rank 198115%

Min	Avg	Max
553	Read 760	972
374	Write 649	752
339	Mixed 614	830
152	SusWrite 206	234
125% 557 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.3	4K Read 39.5	44.8
56.8	4K Write 97.5	130
32.7	4K Mixed 50.5	61
176% 62.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
276	DQ Read 410	440
186	DQ Write 400	657
191	DQ Mixed 293	403
251% 368 MB/s

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

89GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20200012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 197 202 215 216 215 MB/s

70.6% Very good

Write 608

Mixed 582

SusWrite 217

110% 486 MB/s

4K Read 14.3

4K Write 51

4K Mixed 21.5

76% 28.9 MB/s

DQ Read 324

DQ Write 225

DQ Mixed 189

164% 246 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

18GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20240012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 4.8 4.1 3.7 4.8 4.3 MB/s

58.6% Above average

Write 6.5

Mixed 13.2

SusWrite 4.5

40% 194 MB/s

4K Read 68.2

4K Write 0.9

4K Mixed 2

106% 23.7 MB/s

VNM-User, 2 months ago.

36GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20240012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 97 122 134 120 127 MB/s

41.2% Average

Write 414

Mixed 353

SusWrite 130

73% 324 MB/s

4K Read 11.2

4K Write 12.9

4K Mixed 10.7

38% 11.6 MB/s

DQ Read 186

DQ Write 74.8

DQ Mixed 127

95% 129 MB/s

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell G3 3590

CPU
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples	1,500x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1,398x
Core i7-9850HIntelBench 77%, 9,974 samples	1x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	1,456x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 57%, 12,899 samples	849x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 92,838 samples	436x

SSD
PC SN520 WD 128GBNvmeBench 115%, 284 samples	1x

RAM
HMA851S6JJR6N-VK 2x4GBUnknownBench 62%, 3,853 samples	245x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	176x
KKN2NM-MIE 2x4GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,182 samples	173x

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