Western Digital 256GB SSD

Price and performance details for the Western Digital 256GB SSD can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

Western Digital 256GB SSD

Description:  SN530 SDBPNPZ

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1014, PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB, NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDB, WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1002, WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1032, NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114, WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006, WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1027, NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1002, NVMe PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB, NVMe WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006, WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1114, WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1016, WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G, SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1004, WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1036, WD IX SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-XI

Drive First Benchmarked: 2020-05-13

Drive Rating/$Price: NA
Overall Rank:  5899

Last Price Change:  NA

Average Drive Rating

10785
Samples: 5869

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Western Digital 256GB SSD

Sequential Read	2,180 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write	764 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)	384 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD1	37 MBytes/Sec

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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 14th of April 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive	Average Disk Rating
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD		85,188
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB		51,372
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD		50,813
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD		49,462
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD		49,138
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB		49,074
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD		48,258
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB		46,664
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD		44,310
Western Digital 256GB SSD		10,785
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Last 5 Baselines for Western Digital 256GB SSD
Most recent listed first
Baseline	Disk Rating
BL3406381 - Apr 12 2026		12512
BL3404874 - Apr 11 2026		11345
BL3404520 - Apr 11 2026		11978
BL3404046 - Apr 11 2026		9993
BL3403786 - Apr 11 2026		11071
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