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PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1027 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 170% (134th of 1072)

Based on 668 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1027
Poor: 130%Average: 170% Great: 210%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1027 256GB averaged 69.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1027 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 555MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,436MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1027 256GB is 79.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1027 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 443MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 104MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 668 samples)
Rank 134170%
Min Avg Max
1,004 Read 1,506 1,784
810 Write 1,436 1,987
552 Mixed 1,218 1,543
348 SusWrite 443 527
258% 1,151 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.9 4K Read 38 48.4
66 4K Write 104 153
28 4K Mixed 49.5 69
176% 64 MB/s
Min Avg Max
509 DQ Read 760 1,059
296 DQ Write 502 803
243 DQ Mixed 555 876
434% 606 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
119GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 366 346 370 344 339 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1710
Write 1,871
Mixed 1,508
SusWrite 364
306% 1,363 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 57.3
189% 66.8 MB/s
DQ Read 820
DQ Write 474
DQ Mixed 662
489% 652 MB/s
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 481 446 430 386 406 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 1,079
Write 651
Mixed 568
SusWrite 443
152% 685 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 96.4
4K Mixed 46
162% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 689
DQ Write 487
DQ Mixed 459
378% 545 MB/s
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 342 330 320 301 285 MB/s
87.7% Excellent
Read 1,117
Write 1,025
Mixed 836
SusWrite 319
184% 824 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 24.6
4K Mixed 14.3
60% 19.3 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 135
98% 126 MB/s
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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 55%
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Workstation 11%
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System: Huawei BOHK-WAX9X

CPU
Ryzen 5 3500UAMDBench 48%, 78,189 samples373x
Ryzen 7 3700UAMDBench 49%, 23,686 samples132x
GPU
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 115,953 samples373x
Radeon RX Vega 10 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 37,264 samples132x
SSD
PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1027 256GBWDCBench 170%, 668 samples57x
RAM
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 15,613 samples289x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 54,777 samples169x
4ATF51264HZ-3G2J1 2x4GBMicronBench 68%, 16,220 samples46x
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