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Effective Speed +64% Effective Speed 64%Average Score +81% Read 145%, Write 147%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed 150%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite 97%Peak Score +81% Read 143%, Write 155%, 4K Read 3%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 155%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 98%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +124% DQ Read 172%, DQ Write 124%, DQ Mixed 166%, ADQ Read 127%, ADQ Write 74%, ADQ Mixed 135%, Age 65%, AS-SSD Total 127%

Average Bench: 161% (143^rd of 1072)

Based on 683 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1114

Poor: 109%Average: 161% Great: 199%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1114 512GB averaged 61.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1114 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 611MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 740MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1114 512GB is 89.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1114 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 583MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 91.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 683 samples)

Rank 143161%

Min	Avg	Max
772	Read 1,121	1,231
555	Write 1,000	1,235
503	Mixed 897	1,080
293	SusWrite 583	768
202% 900 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.2	4K Read 39.9	44.3
45.6	4K Write 91.9	124
27.5	4K Mixed 49.5	62.9
173% 60.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
401	DQ Read 740	998
191	DQ Write 503	801
236	DQ Mixed 611	880
459% 618 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 1 month ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20180000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 28 33 32 36 MB/s

311% Outstanding

Write 31.8

Mixed 65

SusWrite 31.3

209% 1,007 MB/s

4K Read 376

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 5.1

578% 128 MB/s

PRT-User, 9 days ago.

477GB free

Firmware: 20180000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 949 755 744 748 746 748 MB/s

195% Outstanding

Write 1,239

Mixed 1026

SusWrite 782

240% 1,066 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 58.2

195% 69.5 MB/s

DQ Read 970

DQ Write 713

DQ Mixed 815

616% 833 MB/s

IDN-User, 9 days ago.

233GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20180000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 893 742 742 748 752 747 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 1,202

Mixed 1,043

SusWrite 771

238% 1,059 MB/s

4K Read 40.7

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 57

192% 68.3 MB/s

DQ Read 962

DQ Write 721

DQ Mixed 752

586% 811 MB/s

MYS-User, 1 month ago.

218GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20180000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 670 425 427 425 417 403 MB/s

170% Outstanding

Write 1,164

Mixed 1,058

SusWrite 461

218% 974 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 55.2

190% 67.7 MB/s

DQ Read 952

DQ Write 617

DQ Mixed 757

572% 775 MB/s

IRL-User, 2 months ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20180000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 802 563 579 526 457 403 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 1,056

Mixed 936

SusWrite 555

207% 924 MB/s

4K Read 37.4

4K Write 88.7

4K Mixed 48.4

166% 58.2 MB/s

DQ Read 694

DQ Write 418

DQ Mixed 560

416% 557 MB/s

THA-User, 2 month ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20180000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 530 381 499 650 648 524 MB/s

129% Outstanding

Write 896

Mixed 768

SusWrite 538

173% 769 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 64

4K Mixed 41.8

128% 44.3 MB/s

DQ Read 584

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 479

350% 464 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 days ago.

397GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20180000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 719 715 710 731 737 735 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 729

Mixed 529

SusWrite 725

153% 678 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 65.1

4K Mixed 30.8

107% 39.3 MB/s

DQ Read 557

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 430

325% 441 MB/s

THA-User, 1 month ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20180000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 169 189 151 156 199 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 1057

Mixed 962

SusWrite 224

187% 837 MB/s

4K Read 36.3

4K Write 68.1

4K Mixed 31.9

132% 45.4 MB/s

DQ Read 661

DQ Write 358

DQ Mixed 482

366% 500 MB/s

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Acer Nitro AN515-43

CPU
Ryzen 5 3550HAMDBench 53%, 57,853 samples	1,371x
Ryzen 7 3750HAMDBench 54%, 42,271 samples	333x

GPU
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 115,953 samples	979x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 92,838 samples	343x
Radeon RX Vega 10 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 37,264 samples	233x

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1114 512GBWDCBench 161%, 683 samples	107x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 48,644 samples	220x
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 19,360 samples	184x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2J1 1x8GBMicronBench 44%, 28,935 samples	76x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1114 512GB

Average Bench: 161% (143^rd of 1072)

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