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Black SN850X M.2 1TB

▲ Black SN850X M.2 1TB
BENCHMARKS (37,972)
MKT (0.6%)
BUILDS
(6)
BUY • $75

Effective Speed -23%Effective Speed -23%Average Score -25%Read -13%, Write -23%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite -47%Peak Score -49%Read -28%, Write -29%, 4K Read -125%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed -37%, 4K Mixed -94%, SusWrite -12%Value & Sentiment +49% User Rating 10%, Market Share 20%, Price 173%, Value -6%Nice To Haves -2%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write 8%, DQ Mixed 7%, ADQ Read 2%, ADQ Write 8%, ADQ Mixed 2%, Age -43%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 443% (12^th of 1080)

Based on 37,972 user benchmarks. Models: WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB, WD_BLACK SN850X HS 1000GB

The WD Black SN850X has a superb consumer performance profile. As well as offering solid burst speeds of 5 GB/s, the SN850X also offers respectable out of cache performance. At current prices (1TB $90 USD, 2TB $145 USD and 4TB $290 USD) the WD Black SN850X is our top value pick at every capacity. ^{[Jun '24 SSDrivePro]}

Poor: 256%Average: 443% Great: 615%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB averaged 342.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,519MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,769MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB is 358%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 184MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 68.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 37,972 samples)

Rank 12443%

Min	Avg	Max
2,030	Read 3,711	4,629
1,853	Write 3,769	4,976
1,755	Mixed 2,835	3,409
1,042	SusWrite 2,152	4,096
700% 3,117 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
46.6	4K Read 68.6	85.4
73.4	4K Write 184	314
49.7	4K Mixed 82.8	113
308% 112 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
849	DQ Read 1,741	2,433
261	DQ Write 1,362	2,047
464	DQ Mixed 1,519	2,253
1,146% 1,541 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ITA-User, 2 hrs ago.

824GB free

Firmware: 620361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4434 4449 4464 4454 2377 1050 MB/s

599% Outstanding

Write 3,936

Mixed 3,146

SusWrite 3538

825% 3,666 MB/s

4K Read 75.9

4K Write 274

4K Mixed 100

388% 150 MB/s

DQ Read 2,568

DQ Write 2,091

DQ Mixed 2,285

1,723% 2,314 MB/s

FIN-User, 1 hr ago.

389GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620331WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4041 2444 1147 1050 959 877 MB/s

440% Outstanding

Write 4,412

Mixed 2,660

SusWrite 1,753

730% 3,258 MB/s

4K Read 55

4K Write 233

4K Mixed 92.7

326% 127 MB/s

DQ Read 1,570

DQ Write 1,303

DQ Mixed 1,446

1,080% 1,439 MB/s

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Typical Black SN850X M.2 1TB Builds (Compare 10,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 291%

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Desktop 123%

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Workstation 346%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $200

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel $270Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,601x
Core i9-13900KIntel $416Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	2,099x
Core i5-13600KIntel $195Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	1,108x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $727Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,513x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,802Bench 370%, 37,290 samples	1,454x
RTX 4080Nvidia $991Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	1,065x

SSD
Black SN850X M.2 1TBWD $75Bench 443%, 37,972 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair $110Bench 162%, 40,739 samples	846x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $83Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	761x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	631x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,382

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The Ultimate X Factor...

Added 3 months ago.

USA-User

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

23 hrs ago.

Man, $77 on sale via Amazon is a steal for 1TB! Would recommend.

SSDrivePro

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Good

3 months ago.

maxscholes

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Excellent

12 months ago.

easily one of the fastest drives I have ever had

RuDeMaN

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22

Excellent

16 months ago.

Good SSD

Piepneus113

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8

Good

4 months ago.

I like it, picasso

Savio

level
2

Excellent

22 months ago.

This thing is blazing fast!! I did not expect to see an FPS increase in game but wow, was I ever wrong. No stuttering or screen tearing at all when whipping the camera around, unreal. Unfortunately, userbenchmark keeps detecting my NVME as ram, and will not benchmark correctly :(

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i7-14700K $355	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350

WD WDS100T2X0E

Black SN850X M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 443% (12^th of 1080)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $200

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Black SN850X M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 443% (12th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 443% (12^th of 1080)