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Black SN850X M.2 4TB

▲ Black SN850X M.2 4TB
BENCHMARKS (8,772)
MKT (0.2%)
BUILDS
(4)
BUY • $260

Effective Speed -4%Effective Speed -4%Average Score -15%Read -10%, Write -22%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite 7%Peak Score -46%Read -26%, Write -30%, 4K Read -123%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -93%, SusWrite 2%Value & Sentiment -52%User Rating 5%, Market Share -199%, Price -33%, Value 19%Nice To Haves +0%DQ Read 7%, DQ Write 9%, DQ Mixed 9%, ADQ Read 4%, ADQ Write 10%, ADQ Mixed 4%, Age -39%, AS-SSD Total -3%

Average Bench: 522% (7^th of 1080)

Based on 8,772 user benchmarks. Model: WD_BLACK SN850X 4000GB

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: 288%Average: 522% Great: 683%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The WD Black SN850X M.2 4TB averaged 422.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black SN850X M.2 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,548MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,816MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black SN850X M.2 4TB is 396%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Black SN850X M.2 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 189MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 67.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,772 samples)

Rank 7522%

Min	Avg	Max
2,042	Read 3,793	4,696
1,928	Write 3,816	4,940
1,799	Mixed 2,970	3,586
1,614	SusWrite 3,370	4,656
785% 3,487 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
44	4K Read 67.2	84.7
60	4K Write 189	315
46.1	4K Mixed 83.5	113
309% 113 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
748	DQ Read 1,787	2,486
199	DQ Write 1,382	2,073
373	DQ Mixed 1,548	2,284
1,168% 1,572 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: 624361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5019 5120 5112 5111 5109 5106 MB/s

701% Outstanding

Write 5,130

Mixed 3,597

SusWrite 5,096

1,047% 4,642 MB/s

4K Read 71.8

4K Write 266

4K Mixed 96.2

373% 145 MB/s

DQ Read 2,186

DQ Write 1,735

DQ Mixed 1,901

1,439% 1,940 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

3TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 624361WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3175 4090 4247 4358 4311 3295 MB/s

596% Outstanding

Write 4,648

Mixed 3,211

SusWrite 3,913

904% 4,012 MB/s

4K Read 65

4K Write 236

4K Mixed 86.2

334% 129 MB/s

DQ Read 2,138

DQ Write 1,689

DQ Mixed 1,864

1,408% 1,897 MB/s

USA-User, 23 mins ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 624331WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3976 3993 4022 3225 1620 1429 MB/s

552% Outstanding

Write 4,179

Mixed 3,295

SusWrite 3,044

835% 3,717 MB/s

4K Read 78.8

4K Write 250

4K Mixed 102

383% 144 MB/s

DQ Read 1,911

DQ Write 1,454

DQ Mixed 1,648

1,242% 1,671 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 624331WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2783 3389 3945 3794 1784 1534 MB/s

478% Outstanding

Write 3,937

Mixed 3,021

SusWrite 2,871

770% 3,425 MB/s

4K Read 64.7

4K Write 176

4K Mixed 82.3

297% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 1,378

DQ Write 1,167

DQ Mixed 1,262

948% 1,269 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

3TB free

Firmware: 624331WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1819 1780 1786 1748 1728 1797 MB/s

296% Outstanding

Write 1,791

Mixed 1,751

SusWrite 1,776

408% 1,808 MB/s

4K Read 36.9

4K Write 148

4K Mixed 47.2

195% 77.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,353

DQ Write 1,009

DQ Mixed 1,170

878% 1,178 MB/s

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Gaming 453%

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Desktop 125%

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Workstation 596%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z790-E GAMING WIFI

CPU
Core i9-13900KIntel $400Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	2,247x
Core i7-13700KIntel $273Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	757x
Core i9-14900KIntel $420Bench 131%, 12,283 samples	399x

GPU
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,802Bench 370%, 37,290 samples	1,626x
RTX 4080Nvidia $993Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	547x
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $761Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	407x

SSD
Black SN850X M.2 4TBWD $260Bench 522%, 8,772 samples	1x

RAM
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $83Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	258x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x32GBG.SKILL $195Bench 188%, 6,571 samples	218x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	218x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $2,545

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The Ultimate X Factor...

Added 5 months ago.

USA-User

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10,044

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

TUR-User

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5,626

Excellent

1 month ago.

but Samsung 990 pro 4tb is more better

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Good

5 months ago.

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Excellent

19 months ago.

If you install this in a ps5 it will outrun the series x.

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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
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $378

WD WDS400T2X0E

Black SN850X M.2 4TB

Average Bench: 522% (7^th of 1080)

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Black SN850X M.2 4TB

Average Bench: 522% (7th of 1080)

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