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PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101 128GB

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Effective Speed -384%Effective Speed -384%Average Score -534%Read -459%, Write -732%, 4K Read -121%, 4K Write -97%, Mixed -568%, 4K Mixed -129%, SusWrite -1,632%Peak Score -627%Read -547%, Write -757%, 4K Read -304%, 4K Write -132%, Mixed -553%, 4K Mixed -220%, SusWrite -1,877%Value & Sentiment -3,124%User Rating -37%, Market Share -6,211%Nice To Haves -343%DQ Read -429%, DQ Write -233%, DQ Mixed -419%, ADQ Read -345%, ADQ Write -240%, ADQ Mixed -465%, Age -255%, AS-SSD Total -355%

Average Bench: 113% (210^th of 1080)

Based on 2,317 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101

Poor: 64%Average: 113% Great: 145%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101 128GB averaged 12.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 263MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 48.3MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101 128GB is 80.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 183MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 483MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,317 samples)

Rank 210113%

Min	Avg	Max
400	Read 748	916
115	Write 558	749
197	Mixed 483	716
102	SusWrite 183	231
110% 493 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16	4K Read 40.4	47.6
34.8	4K Write 105	164
17.8	4K Mixed 48.3	68.7
179% 64.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
232	DQ Read 385	438
137	DQ Write 370	570
159	DQ Mixed 263	403
229% 339 MB/s

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

CHE-User, 7 days ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20240001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 169 146 154 148 156 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 674

Mixed 632

SusWrite 170

130% 583 MB/s

4K Read 47.8

4K Write 160

4K Mixed 69

246% 92.3 MB/s

DQ Read 422

DQ Write 497

DQ Mixed 295

268% 405 MB/s

POL-User, 8 days ago.

84GB free

Firmware: 20290001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 259 214 216 216 216 MB/s

134% Outstanding

Write 748

Mixed 726

SusWrite 227

146% 655 MB/s

4K Read 42.7

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 59.8

203% 72.9 MB/s

DQ Read 423

DQ Write 493

DQ Mixed 288

264% 402 MB/s

USA-User, 19 days ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20240001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 175 171 167 169 172 MB/s

99.6% Outstanding

Write 564

Mixed 355

SusWrite 172

96% 429 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 74.8

4K Mixed 46

145% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 436

DQ Write 389

DQ Mixed 265

239% 363 MB/s

CHL-User, 5 days ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20370001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 221 212 183 189 183 MB/s

95.9% Outstanding

Write 646

Mixed 421

SusWrite 203

113% 509 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 38.6

138% 55.4 MB/s

DQ Read 245

DQ Write 215

DQ Mixed 322

216% 261 MB/s

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Workstation 25%

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System: Lenovo 81SY

CPU
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples	980x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	924x
Core i5-9300HFIntelBench 73%, 6,965 samples	306x

GPU
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 92,838 samples	2,116x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	226x
GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 45%, 1 sample	1x

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101 128GBWDCBench 113%, 2,317 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 54,121 samples	357x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples	285x
RMSA3260ME78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 16,227 samples	249x

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PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101 128GB