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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GB

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Effective Speed +63% Effective Speed 63%Average Score +82% Read 113%, Write 157%, 4K Read 15%, 4K Write 19%, Mixed 168%, 4K Mixed 16%, SusWrite 86%Peak Score +92% Read 138%, Write 171%, 4K Read 8%, 4K Write 28%, Mixed 184%, 4K Mixed 18%, SusWrite 99%Value & Sentiment -84%User Rating -13%, Market Share -156%Nice To Haves +161% DQ Read 194%, DQ Write 183%, DQ Mixed 224%, ADQ Read 163%, ADQ Write 107%, ADQ Mixed 167%, Age 93%, AS-SSD Total 158%

Average Bench: 163% (124^th of 1058)

Based on 14,611 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014

Poor: 97%Average: 163% Great: 203%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GB averaged 62.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 704MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 861MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GB is 106%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 553MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 106MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,611 samples)

Rank 124163%

Min	Avg	Max
592	Read 989	1,206
375	Write 1,048	1,313
408	Mixed 970	1,200
279	SusWrite 553	771
200% 890 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.8	4K Read 40	46.8
44.3	4K Write 106	153
24.6	4K Mixed 53.4	68.7
185% 66.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
421	DQ Read 861	1,078
217	DQ Write 604	1,014
259	DQ Mixed 704	1,073
534% 723 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HUN-User, 5 hrs ago.

430GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 797 747 748 748 748 MB/s

216% Outstanding

Write 1,328

Mixed 1,011

SusWrite 775

244% 1,082 MB/s

4K Read 42.2

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 63.9

216% 79.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,076

DQ Write 1,318

DQ Mixed 1,074

844% 1,156 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

223GB free

Firmware: 20110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 770 524 523 524 534 514 MB/s

187% Outstanding

Write 1,218

Mixed 1,157

SusWrite 565

231% 1,025 MB/s

4K Read 43.6

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 62

208% 74.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,070

DQ Write 789

DQ Mixed 1062

758% 974 MB/s

IND-User, 3 hrs ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 810 723 708 710 519 536 MB/s

176% Outstanding

Write 769

Mixed 660

SusWrite 668

161% 714 MB/s

4K Read 36.1

4K Write 155

4K Mixed 67.6

223% 86.2 MB/s

DQ Read 968

DQ Write 615

DQ Mixed 754

572% 779 MB/s

IND-User, 3 hrs ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 527 514 495 508 535 MB/s

157% Outstanding

Write 764

Mixed 633

SusWrite 555

152% 673 MB/s

4K Read 34.1

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 55.3

188% 70.9 MB/s

DQ Read 965

DQ Write 617

DQ Mixed 763

577% 782 MB/s

HKG-User, 10 mins ago.

89GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 573 320 329 346 331 322 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 710

Mixed 584

SusWrite 370

129% 573 MB/s

4K Read 43.7

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 68.3

235% 88.5 MB/s

DQ Read 930

DQ Write 471

DQ Mixed 604

474% 668 MB/s

SVK-User, 1 hr ago.

417GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 779 698 635 698 744 745 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 1,058

Mixed 1,110

SusWrite 717

212% 937 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 77.5

4K Mixed 42

155% 53 MB/s

DQ Read 650

DQ Write 453

DQ Mixed 518

396% 541 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 190 201 246 273 183 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 1,112

Mixed 1078

SusWrite 271

190% 845 MB/s

4K Read 35.3

4K Write 75.3

4K Mixed 48.5

156% 53 MB/s

DQ Read 373

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 338

253% 338 MB/s

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Acer Nitro AN515-54

CPU
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 74%, 93,820 samples	10,357x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 79%, 280,844 samples	4,856x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 75%, 16,616 samples	3,006x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 411,941 samples	10,553x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 64,433 samples	4,997x
GeForce GTX 1050NvidiaBench 27%, 15,228 samples	1,455x

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GBWDCBench 163%, 14,611 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 44,789 samples	2,048x
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 17,833 samples	2,018x
ACR26D4S9S8HJ-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 3,885 samples	2,007x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11400F $196	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GB

Average Bench: 163% (124^th of 1058)

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