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PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 164% (147th of 1080)

Based on 970 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006
Poor: 93%Average: 164% Great: 224%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB averaged 63.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 556MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,283MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB is 130%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 438MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 91.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 970 samples)
Rank 147164%
Min Avg Max
657 Read 1,384 1,781
411 Write 1,283 2012
383 Mixed 1,084 1,529
280 SusWrite 438 539
234% 1,047 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.6 4K Read 42 51.3
27.4 4K Write 91.7 165
18.3 4K Mixed 48.4 71.9
174% 60.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
308 DQ Read 768 1,063
148 DQ Write 519 978
224 DQ Mixed 556 892
439% 614 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 511 509 508 520 513 MB/s
202% Outstanding
Read 1,684
Write 1,570
Mixed 1,383
SusWrite 526
289% 1,291 MB/s
4K Read 41.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 56.9
189% 66.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,038
DQ Write 956
DQ Mixed 895
699% 963 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 394 378 373 356 371 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,641
Write 1,483
Mixed 1,204
SusWrite 375
263% 1,176 MB/s
4K Read 43.5
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 63
212% 76.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,056
DQ Write 740
DQ Mixed 845
645% 880 MB/s
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 520 488 400 380 359 MB/s
185% Outstanding
Read 1,342
Write 1,380
Mixed 1,138
SusWrite 445
241% 1,076 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 62.2
211% 76.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,053
DQ Write 697
DQ Mixed 455
452% 735 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 502 481 494 491 456 MB/s
179% Outstanding
Read 1,362
Write 1,148
Mixed 1,152
SusWrite 487
232% 1,037 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 59.8
196% 69.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,035
DQ Write 487
DQ Mixed 456
419% 659 MB/s
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 415 413 407 409 388 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,363
Write 1,808
Mixed 1,342
SusWrite 410
277% 1,231 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 53.6
181% 64.3 MB/s
DQ Read 747
DQ Write 418
DQ Mixed 564
424% 576 MB/s
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 387 388 385 400 386 MB/s
99% Outstanding
Read 841
Write 829
Mixed 812
SusWrite 394
162% 719 MB/s
4K Read 16.3
4K Write 76.9
4K Mixed 20.4
92% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 393
DQ Write 229
DQ Mixed 316
234% 313 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 12%
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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-ec1xxx

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Ryzen 5 4600HAMDBench 70%, 27,218 samples1,902x
Ryzen 7 4800HAMDBench 74%, 26,507 samples622x
GPU
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples1,427x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples505x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples341x
SSD
PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 164%, 970 samples1x
RAM
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 1x8GBMicronBench 39%, 6,335 samples199x
M471A5244CB0-CWE 2x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 26,749 samples180x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 45%, 34,565 samples173x
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