Average Bench: 206% (92nd of 1072)

Based on 4,494 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1027

Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1027 512GB averaged 106.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1027 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 765MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 933MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1027 512GB is 117%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1027 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 792MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,494 samples)
Min Avg Max
872 Read 1,555 2,017
833 Write 1,492 2156
647 Mixed 1,282 1,739
536 SusWrite 792 1,016
287% 1,280 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.7 4K Read 40.5 50.6
68.9 4K Write 123 186
28.3 4K Mixed 55.7 75
198% 73 MB/s
Min Avg Max
530 DQ Read 933 1,463
301 DQ Write 629 1,099
406 DQ Mixed 765 1,215
575% 776 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
329GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11120000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 869 655 676 668 636 681 MB/s
Read 1,898
Write 2006
Mixed 1,625
SusWrite 698
349% 1,557 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 93.3
4K Mixed 54
177% 62 MB/s
DQ Read 1,269
DQ Write 895
DQ Mixed 1,056
796% 1,073 MB/s
344GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 709 689 684 721 704 MB/s
Read 1,931
Write 1,865
Mixed 1,654
SusWrite 737
347% 1,547 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 61.5
201% 72.4 MB/s
DQ Read 872
DQ Write 541
DQ Mixed 738
541% 717 MB/s
358GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 726 702 679 692 690 MB/s
Read 1,978
Write 1,917
Mixed 1,666
SusWrite 734
353% 1,574 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 59.1
195% 70.1 MB/s
DQ Read 819
DQ Write 496
DQ Mixed 682
501% 666 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 992 839 755 689 712 694 MB/s
Read 1,764
Write 1777
Mixed 1651
SusWrite 780
335% 1,493 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 60.6
207% 74.3 MB/s
DQ Read 926
DQ Write 484
DQ Mixed 714
528% 708 MB/s
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 889 990 996 999 997 MB/s
Read 1,472
Write 1,200
Mixed 1,130
SusWrite 964
267% 1,192 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 51.4
174% 63.6 MB/s
DQ Read 577
DQ Write 272
DQ Mixed 407
306% 419 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11120000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 734 678 711 626 553 MB/s
Read 1,007
Write 1,055
Mixed 635
SusWrite 696
191% 848 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 71.9
4K Mixed 40.6
135% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 695
DQ Write 585
DQ Mixed 505
415% 595 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 446 499 486 477 487 MB/s
Read 1,753
Write 1,740
Mixed 1,408
SusWrite 469
301% 1,343 MB/s
4K Read 36.6
4K Write 29.4
4K Mixed 28.9
108% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 474
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 491
346% 440 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,665,264 SSDs tested

Typical PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1027 512GB Builds (Compare 564 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

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