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Sn520

SDAPNUW-512G-1004 512GB

SDAPNUW-512G-1004 512GB
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Effective Speed -262%Effective Speed -262%Average Score -293%Read -421%, Write -484%, 4K Read -149%, 4K Write -95%, Mixed -369%, 4K Mixed -120%, SusWrite -412%Peak Score -312%Read -384%, Write -378%, 4K Read -300%, 4K Write -111%, Mixed -321%, 4K Mixed -210%, SusWrite -481%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -136%DQ Read -114%, DQ Write -68%, DQ Mixed -94%, ADQ Read -140%, ADQ Write -159%, ADQ Mixed -149%, Age -235%, AS-SSD Total -129%

Average Bench: 151% (163^rd of 1080)

Based on 40 user benchmarks. Model: SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1004

Poor: 96%Average: 151% Great: 201%

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Outstanding average bench

The Sn520 SDAPNUW-512G-1004 512GB averaged 50.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sn520 SDAPNUW-512G-1004 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 596MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 714MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sn520 SDAPNUW-512G-1004 512GB is 105%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Sn520 SDAPNUW-512G-1004 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 616MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 689MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 40 samples)

Rank 163151%

Min	Avg	Max
391	Read 804	1225
233	Write 796	1,345
248	Mixed 689	1,110
274	SusWrite 616	787
163% 726 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.5	4K Read 35.8	48
42.7	4K Write 106	180
20.8	4K Mixed 50.2	70.6
175% 64.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
39.6	DQ Read 714	1,084
36.6	DQ Write 485	1,133
58.5	DQ Mixed 596	1,084
446% 599 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 13 months ago.

42GB free

Firmware: 20300004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 38 40 26 18 19 MB/s

298% Outstanding

Write 43.4

Mixed 76.3

SusWrite 26.9

158% 757 MB/s

4K Read 447

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 5

685% 151 MB/s

USA-User, 12 months ago.

413GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20300004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 761 678 713 716 745 746 MB/s

165% Outstanding

Write 814

Mixed 754

SusWrite 726

178% 788 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 50.6

181% 68.1 MB/s

DQ Read 850

DQ Write 504

DQ Mixed 576

456% 644 MB/s

KOR-User, 1 month ago.

267GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20300004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 510 493 485 487 493 MB/s

163% Outstanding

Write 969

Mixed 880

SusWrite 548

194% 864 MB/s

4K Read 42.1

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 61.2

208% 75.8 MB/s

DQ Read 619

DQ Write 408

DQ Mixed 538

395% 522 MB/s

KOR-User, 1 month ago.

340GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20300004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 650 373 568 523 491 515 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 1,033

Mixed 967

SusWrite 520

204% 907 MB/s

4K Read 37.3

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 51.4

167% 57.9 MB/s

DQ Read 523

DQ Write 263

DQ Mixed 394

292% 393 MB/s

KOR-User, 1 month ago.

330GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20300004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 500 530 476 515 519 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 908

Mixed 795

SusWrite 519

181% 806 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 40.6

4K Mixed 30.6

103% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 172

DQ Mixed 276

202% 270 MB/s

VNM-User, 1 day ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20300004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 362 293 282 250 209 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 932

Mixed 829

SusWrite 338

172% 770 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 51.9

4K Mixed 31.4

112% 37.4 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 227

DQ Mixed 307

227% 303 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20300004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 269 283 231 197 199 MB/s

51.9% Above average

Write 284

Mixed 284

SusWrite 248

68% 305 MB/s

4K Read 10.2

4K Write 12.3

4K Mixed 10.3

35% 10.9 MB/s

DQ Read 294

DQ Write 143

DQ Mixed 249

177% 229 MB/s

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Typical SDAPNUW-512G-1004 512GB Builds (Compare 333 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Samsung 550XBE/350XBE

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	173x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	82x
Celeron 4205UIntelBench 40%, 584 samples	38x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	220x
UHD Graphics 610IntelBench 2%, 3,878 samples	74x
MX110NvidiaBench 6%, 6,322 samples	37x

SSD
SDAPNUW-512G-1004 512GBSn520Bench 151%, 40 samples	1x

RAM
HTH5AN8G6NAFR-UHD 0194 SMS4TDC3C0K0446SCG 8GBUnknownBench 62%, 332 samples	102x
SF4641G8CK8IEHLSBG 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 5,660 samples	43x
SMS4TDC3C0K0446SCG 1x4GBUnknownBench 34%, 1,143 samples	41x

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Sn520

SDAPNUW-512G-1004 512GB

Average Bench: 151% (163^rd of 1080)

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Sn520

SDAPNUW-512G-1004 512GB

Average Bench: 151% (163rd of 1080)

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Outstanding average bench

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Terrible consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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System: Samsung 550XBE/350XBE

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Average Bench: 151% (163^rd of 1080)