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PC SN730 WD 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 157% (146th of 1072)

Based on 91 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC SN730 NVMe WD
Poor: 95%Average: 157% Great: 205%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC SN730 WD 256GB averaged 56.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC SN730 WD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 534MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,435MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC SN730 WD 256GB is 110%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC SN730 WD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 459MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 100MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 91 samples)
Rank 146157%
Min Avg Max
663 Read 1,170 1,690
493 Write 1,435 2,064
424 Mixed 1,145 1,665
279 SusWrite 459 532
237% 1,052 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.4 4K Read 37.8 47.9
32.6 4K Write 100 164
28 4K Mixed 52 67.6
177% 63.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
179 DQ Read 733 1,063
86.7 DQ Write 483 847
130 DQ Mixed 534 881
418% 583 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 494 484 501 499 501 MB/s
172% Outstanding
Read 1,543
Write 1,814
Mixed 1,390
SusWrite 505
295% 1,313 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 87.2
4K Mixed 50.7
169% 58.7 MB/s
DQ Read 700
DQ Write 521
DQ Mixed 533
419% 585 MB/s
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 432 391 398 397 398 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 1,020
Write 2,040
Mixed 1,339
SusWrite 413
273% 1,203 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 93.2
4K Mixed 54.5
181% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 980
DQ Write 744
DQ Mixed 818
624% 847 MB/s
193GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 504 507 509 504 509 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 809
Write 1,164
Mixed 971
SusWrite 516
196% 865 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 58.4
4K Mixed 45.8
142% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 740
DQ Write 580
DQ Mixed 648
488% 656 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11111012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 375 463 364 309 310 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 959
Write 736
Mixed 793
SusWrite 385
161% 719 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 64.7
4K Mixed 40
135% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 314
222% 284 MB/s
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 477 488 342 312 267 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 917
Write 864
Mixed 905
SusWrite 390
173% 769 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 59.5
4K Mixed 38.1
126% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 145
DQ Mixed 217
164% 226 MB/s
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11121012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 295 311 276 265 293 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 685
Write 608
Mixed 597
SusWrite 298
123% 547 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 35.8
4K Mixed 19.5
80% 26.4 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 255
170% 205 MB/s
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Dell Latitude 7400

CPU
Core i7-8665UIntelBench 60%, 10,156 samples864x
Core i5-8365UIntelBench 57%, 8,737 samples476x
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples114x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples1,448x
R9 280AMD  $185Bench 30%, 33,175 samples2x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1x
SSD
PC SN730 WD 256GBNvmeBench 157%, 91 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GS6DJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 42%, 1,772 samples229x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 1x16GBUnknownBench 43%, 5,210 samples199x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 7,726 samples66x
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