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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 256GB

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Effective Speed -276%Effective Speed -276%Average Score -327%Read -342%, Write -428%, 4K Read -129%, 4K Write -77%, Mixed -360%, 4K Mixed -103%, SusWrite -853%Peak Score -391%Read -394%, Write -439%, 4K Read -294%, 4K Write -114%, Mixed -359%, 4K Mixed -201%, SusWrite -932%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -159%DQ Read -172%, DQ Write -97%, DQ Mixed -186%, ADQ Read -149%, ADQ Write -119%, ADQ Mixed -160%, Age -218%, AS-SSD Total -173%

Average Bench: 145% (168^th of 1080)

Based on 4,206 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202

Poor: 85%Average: 145% Great: 189%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 256GB averaged 45.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 570MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 574MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 256GB is 103%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 331MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 702MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,206 samples)

Rank 168145%

Min	Avg	Max
383	Read 948	1,201
289	Write 880	1,194
317	Mixed 702	1,016
190	SusWrite 331	443
160% 715 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.7	4K Read 39	48.7
46	4K Write 117	177
25.3	4K Mixed 54.5	72.7
191% 70.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
312	DQ Read 688	854
162	DQ Write 574	964
211	DQ Mixed 570	733
444% 611 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 2 days ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20200000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 544 418 424 424 421 423 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,179

Mixed 978

SusWrite 442

213% 951 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 176

4K Mixed 73

258% 98.6 MB/s

DQ Read 834

DQ Write 1,033

DQ Mixed 688

587% 851 MB/s

BGR-User, 1 hr ago.

211GB free

Firmware: 20200000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 545 423 423 423 420 367 MB/s

171% Outstanding

Write 1,195

Mixed 1005

SusWrite 433

214% 956 MB/s

4K Read 39.8

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 55

184% 64.9 MB/s

DQ Read 853

DQ Write 950

DQ Mixed 725

595% 843 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 days ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20200000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 231 174 167 155 153 MB/s

81.1% Excellent

Write 842

Mixed 770

SusWrite 199

142% 633 MB/s

4K Read 17.8

4K Write 52.7

4K Mixed 23.9

86% 31.5 MB/s

DQ Read 315

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 331

243% 317 MB/s

TUR-User, 13 days ago.

44GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20200000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 309 280 245 316 291 MB/s

70.5% Very good

Write 674

Mixed 746

SusWrite 297

134% 593 MB/s

4K Read 17.9

4K Write 28.2

4K Mixed 20.1

68% 22.1 MB/s

DQ Read 132

DQ Write 91.7

DQ Mixed 76.6

67% 100 MB/s

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Workstation 50%

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System: Asus ROG Strix GL10DH_GL10DH

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Ryzen 5 3400GAMD $100Bench 68%, 93,718 samples	234x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $165Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	163x
Ryzen 7 2700AMD $180Bench 74%, 123,820 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	116x
GTX 1650Nvidia $147Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	84x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 47%, 22,284 samples	78x

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 256GBWDCBench 145%, 4,206 samples	34x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	122x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	49x
HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 48%, 5,791 samples	44x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $243

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PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1202 256GB