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Black SN850X M.2 2TB

▲ Black SN850X M.2 2TB
BENCHMARKS (37,629)
MKT (0.9%)
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(2)
BUY • $130

Effective Speed -11%Effective Speed -11%Average Score -17%Read -10%, Write -21%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -33%, SusWrite -11%Peak Score -46%Read -27%, Write -29%, 4K Read -122%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -93%, SusWrite 0%Value & Sentiment +37% User Rating 10%, Market Share 74%, Price 52%, Value 13%Nice To Haves -1%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write 6%, DQ Mixed 4%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write 11%, ADQ Mixed 6%, Age -39%, AS-SSD Total -5%

Average Bench: 492% (8^th of 1080)

Based on 37,629 user benchmarks. Models: WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, WD_BLACK SN850X HS 2000GB

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: 293%Average: 492% Great: 666%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB averaged 391.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,570MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,872MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB is 372%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 184MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 82.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 37,629 samples)

Rank 8492%

Min	Avg	Max
2,150	Read 3,802	4,680
1,941	Write 3,872	4,993
1,729	Mixed 2,917	3,538
1,249	SusWrite 2,856	4,587
756% 3,362 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
47.6	4K Read 70.9	84.8
72	4K Write 184	310
54.2	4K Mixed 82.8	113
311% 113 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
903	DQ Read 1,799	2,409
432	DQ Write 1,387	2,012
618	DQ Mixed 1,570	2,180
1,180% 1,585 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

686GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620331WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4292 4499 3373 1795 1713 1548 MB/s

534% Outstanding

Write 4,304

Mixed 3,164

SusWrite 2,870

816% 3,630 MB/s

4K Read 72.5

4K Write 243

4K Mixed 96.5

362% 137 MB/s

DQ Read 2,029

DQ Write 1,623

DQ Mixed 1,778

1,344% 1,810 MB/s

CAN-User, 9 mins ago.

968GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4232 2575 1775 1904 2064 2013 MB/s

466% Outstanding

Write 4,192

Mixed 3,033

SusWrite 2,427

753% 3,347 MB/s

4K Read 55.3

4K Write 223

4K Mixed 92.4

320% 123 MB/s

DQ Read 1,795

DQ Write 1,340

DQ Mixed 1,573

1,174% 1,569 MB/s

USA-User, 16 mins ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4411 4484 4607 4688 4544 4417 MB/s

425% Outstanding

Write 1,296

Mixed 1,639

SusWrite 4,525

610% 2,722 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 25.9

4K Mixed 1.2

17% 9.4 MB/s

DQ Read 31.8

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 1,617

815% 641 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

923GB free

Firmware: 620361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1904 1873 1740 2057 1619 1394 MB/s

331% Outstanding

Write 2,296

Mixed 2,195

SusWrite 1,764

495% 2,200 MB/s

4K Read 55.5

4K Write 98.6

4K Mixed 64.1

218% 72.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,359

DQ Write 1,067

DQ Mixed 1,214

908% 1,213 MB/s

CAN-User, 29 mins ago.

470GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 620331WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2290 897 915 905 906 877 MB/s

287% Outstanding

Write 2,534

Mixed 2,316

SusWrite 1,132

484% 2,155 MB/s

4K Read 60.3

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 71

243% 81.9 MB/s

DQ Read 983

DQ Write 682

DQ Mixed 815

613% 826 MB/s

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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 $273Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,682x
Core i9-13900KIntel $400Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	2,140x
Core i5-13600KIntel $210Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	1,142x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $761Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,558x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,802Bench 370%, 37,290 samples	1,491x
RTX 4080Nvidia $993Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	1,086x

SSD
Black SN850X M.2 2TBWD $130Bench 492%, 37,629 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair $105Bench 162%, 40,739 samples	852x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $83Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	776x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	652x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,470

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $130
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
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WD WDS200T2X0E

Black SN850X M.2 2TB

Average Bench: 492% (8^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 492% (8th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 492% (8^th of 1080)