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PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G-1001 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 164% (137th of 1072)

Based on 743 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G-1001
Poor: 112%Average: 164% Great: 204%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G-1001 512GB averaged 64.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G-1001 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 652MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 623MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G-1001 512GB is 91.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G-1001 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 638MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 110MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 743 samples)
Rank 137164%
Min Avg Max
600 Read 942 1,207
547 Write 908 1,246
511 Mixed 830 1,074
364 SusWrite 638 775
187% 829 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.3 4K Read 38.5 46.6
46.5 4K Write 110 159
24.2 4K Mixed 52.9 68.6
184% 67.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
252 DQ Read 753 1,089
180 DQ Write 623 1,023
146 DQ Mixed 652 1,070
498% 676 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20240001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 671 408 356 361 351 337 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,195
Write 1,286
Mixed 1,075
SusWrite 414
223% 992 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 91.4
4K Mixed 53.4
175% 61.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,082
DQ Write 870
DQ Mixed 981
733% 978 MB/s
306GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20370001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 756 742 577 492 453 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 940
Write 669
Mixed 835
SusWrite 635
173% 770 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 76.2
4K Mixed 43.1
148% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 859
DQ Write 769
DQ Mixed 746
578% 791 MB/s
275GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20370001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 734 745 753 758 617 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 775
Write 847
Mixed 742
SusWrite 739
175% 776 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 94.6
4K Mixed 56.9
186% 64.3 MB/s
DQ Read 407
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 364
270% 358 MB/s
239GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20370001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 735 695 690 721 752 729 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 828
Write 809
Mixed 827
SusWrite 720
180% 796 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 55.6
4K Mixed 43.6
133% 43.5 MB/s
DQ Read 421
DQ Write 422
DQ Mixed 360
287% 401 MB/s
313GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20370001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 444 477 459 436 461 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 724
Write 517
Mixed 480
SusWrite 459
122% 545 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 75.9
4K Mixed 46.9
143% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 781
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 621
419% 525 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 59%
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Workstation 7%
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CPU
Core i7-10510UIntelBench 56%, 51,080 samples12x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples10x
Radeon RX 640AMDBench 12%, 86 samples2x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G-1001 512GBWDCBench 164%, 743 samples13x
RAM
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 7,471 samples12x
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