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PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 113% (202nd of 1072)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,317 samples)
Rank 202113%
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
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20240001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 38 39 39 37 37 MB/s
439% Outstanding
Read 5,174
Write 44.3
Mixed 88.4
SusWrite 38.5
278% 1,336 MB/s
4K Read 569
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 5
870% 192 MB/s
118GB free
Firmware: 20290001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 229 216 216 216 217 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 765
Write 664
Mixed 633
SusWrite 231
128% 573 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 34.4
149% 60.5 MB/s
DQ Read 424
DQ Write 488
DQ Mixed 405
319% 439 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20290001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 202 204 200 204 198 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 466
Write 212
Mixed 254
SusWrite 200
63% 283 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 63
4K Mixed 34.9
117% 41.2 MB/s
DQ Read 305
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 181
146% 211 MB/s
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Gaming 30%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 25%
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System: Lenovo 81SY

CPU
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples943x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples885x
Core i5-9300HFIntelBench 73%, 6,965 samples297x
GPU
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 92,838 samples2,031x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples220x
GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 45%, 1 sample1x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G-1101 128GBWDCBench 113%, 2,317 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 54,121 samples348x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples269x
RMSA3260ME78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 16,227 samples244x
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