Comments on: WD_Black D50 1TB NVMe SSD Gaming Dock Review – Unheard of ThunderBolt 3 Performance https://www.thessdreview.com/hardware/peripherals/wd_black-d50-1tb-nvme-ssd-gaming-dock-review-unheard-of-thunderbolt-3-performance/ The Worlds Dedicated SSD Education and Review Resource | Mon, 26 Jul 2021 19:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Les Tokar https://www.thessdreview.com/hardware/peripherals/wd_black-d50-1tb-nvme-ssd-gaming-dock-review-unheard-of-thunderbolt-3-performance/#comment-60651 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 19:02:34 +0000 https://www.thessdreview.com/?p=103889#comment-60651 In reply to Philipp Briese.

The bottleneck is the controller.

]]> By: Philipp Briese https://www.thessdreview.com/hardware/peripherals/wd_black-d50-1tb-nvme-ssd-gaming-dock-review-unheard-of-thunderbolt-3-performance/#comment-60650 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:53:59 +0000 https://www.thessdreview.com/?p=103889#comment-60650 Would it make a difference to throw in a sn850 because the reading and writing speed is much higher (7000mb/sec reading and 5000mb/sec writing), or is the bottleneck the thunderbolt controller?

]]> By: Les Tokar https://www.thessdreview.com/hardware/peripherals/wd_black-d50-1tb-nvme-ssd-gaming-dock-review-unheard-of-thunderbolt-3-performance/#comment-60557 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:09:06 +0000 https://www.thessdreview.com/?p=103889#comment-60557 In reply to Robert.

I am going to believe it is the bridge to Tbt3 that is causing such.

]]> By: Robert https://www.thessdreview.com/hardware/peripherals/wd_black-d50-1tb-nvme-ssd-gaming-dock-review-unheard-of-thunderbolt-3-performance/#comment-60555 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:14:18 +0000 https://www.thessdreview.com/?p=103889#comment-60555 Why could cause the extremely low 4K Random Writes (MB/s and IOPS) ?

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