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PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 230% (73rd of 1072)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001
Poor: 173%Average: 230% Great: 268%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 512GB averaged 129.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 780MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,774MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 512GB is 95.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 128MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 45.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 73230%
Min Avg Max
824 Read 1,795 2,023
852 Write 1,774 2,231
523 Mixed 1,456 1,769
610 SusWrite 896 1,031
332% 1,480 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.3 4K Read 45.1 50.8
64.6 4K Write 128 160
48.1 4K Mixed 64.2 72.9
218% 79.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
285 DQ Read 942 1,359
116 DQ Write 647 1,110
293 DQ Mixed 780 1,204
586% 790 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
314GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1035 976 993 996 999 999 MB/s
271% Outstanding
Read 2,008
Write 2,220
Mixed 1,766
SusWrite 1,000
393% 1,749 MB/s
4K Read 49.3
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 69.8
242% 88.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,359
DQ Write 1,110
DQ Mixed 1,183
900% 1,217 MB/s
321GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1008 941 983 992 974 999 MB/s
268% Outstanding
Read 1,990
Write 2,231
Mixed 1,769
SusWrite 983
392% 1,743 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 69.6
238% 87.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,336
DQ Write 1,109
DQ Mixed 1,178
894% 1,208 MB/s
330GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1120 1022 990 1000 1000 998 MB/s
250% Outstanding
Read 1,988
Write 2,137
Mixed 1,745
SusWrite 1,022
387% 1723 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 68.5
235% 86.9 MB/s
DQ Read 888
DQ Write 699
DQ Mixed 769
582% 786 MB/s
392GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 751 667 699 572 706 653 MB/s
190% Outstanding
Read 1,649
Write 1,410
Mixed 1,239
SusWrite 675
278% 1,243 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 54.9
184% 65.3 MB/s
DQ Read 812
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 626
450% 591 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 10%
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CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples140x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples118x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples108x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples156x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples131x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples118x
SSD
PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 512GBWDCBench 230%, 14 samples1x
RAM
M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 36,396 samples40x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples27x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 54,121 samples27x
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