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PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 89.9% (331st of 1072)

Based on 52 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G
Poor: 63%Average: 89.9% Great: 103%

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Very good average bench

The WDC PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G 256GB averaged just 10.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 230MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 42.2MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G 256GB is 40.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 208MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 251MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 52 samples)
Rank 33189.9%
Min Avg Max
264 Read 406 504
222 Write 328 474
135 Mixed 251 353
128 SusWrite 208 231
66.7% 298 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.8 4K Read 32.9 42.6
50.1 4K Write 86.8 119
15.4 4K Mixed 42.2 54
150% 54 MB/s
Min Avg Max
280 DQ Read 368 388
234 DQ Write 291 324
120 DQ Mixed 230 267
199% 296 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 202 201 187 114 146 MB/s
75.4% Very good
Read 387
Write 251
Mixed 274
SusWrite 167
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 60.2
4K Mixed 32.7
114% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 272
DQ Mixed 185
176% 278 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40103000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 215 224 224 224 224 MB/s
66.3% Good
Read 415
Write 305
Mixed 222
SusWrite 222
65% 291 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 40.6
4K Mixed 25.7
91% 30.1 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 149
120% 171 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40103000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 216 212 211 215 214 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 306
Write 225
Mixed 210
SusWrite 215
54% 239 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 41.7
4K Mixed 15.6
76% 26.5 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 179
DQ Mixed 182
136% 179 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40103000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 204 192 222 218 193 MB/s
47.3% Average
Read 371
Write 230
Mixed 215
SusWrite 194
56% 252 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 10.5
4K Mixed 14
58% 15.8 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 20.8
DQ Mixed 34.6
34% 56.7 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples15x
Core i5-10200HIntelBench 73%, 5,051 samples1x
GPU
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples11x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples4x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 3%, 2,203 samples1x
SSD
PC SA530 SDASN8Y256G 256GBWDCBench 90%, 52 samples3x
RAM
CT16G4SFD8266.C16FD1 CT16G4SFD826.C16FBR1 32GBCrucialBench 88%, 7 samples4x
CT8G4SFS8266.C8FN 2x8GBCrucialBench 76%, 386 samples3x
CT8G4SFS8266.C8FD1 2x8GBCrucialBench 77%, 758 samples1x
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