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PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 164% (139th of 1072)

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 970 samples)
Rank 139164%
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%
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 415 380 401 363 375 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 1,555
Write 892
Mixed 1058
SusWrite 393
216% 974 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 71.9
4K Mixed 47.5
155% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 761
DQ Write 488
DQ Mixed 589
449% 613 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 507 515 502 499 501 502 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 970
Write 573
Mixed 680
SusWrite 504
152% 682 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 47
171% 65.1 MB/s
DQ Read 907
DQ Write 628
DQ Mixed 476
434% 670 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 293 282 282 280 275 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 1,060
Write 1045
Mixed 1,001
SusWrite 304
191% 852 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 64.3
4K Mixed 43.4
124% 43.4 MB/s
DQ Read 698
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 568
409% 537 MB/s
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 486 497 507 513 509 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 643
Write 749
Mixed 538
SusWrite 501
137% 608 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 50.7
4K Mixed 30.8
97% 33.9 MB/s
DQ Read 416
DQ Write 179
DQ Mixed 293
218% 296 MB/s
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Typical PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB Builds (Compare 2,465 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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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

CPU
Ryzen 5 4600HAMDBench 70%, 27,218 samples1,842x
Ryzen 7 4800HAMDBench 74%, 20,504 samples623x
GPU
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples1,398x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples488x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples333x
SSD
PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 164%, 970 samples1x
RAM
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 1x8GBMicronBench 39%, 6,335 samples196x
M471A5244CB0-CWE 2x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 26,749 samples178x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E2 2x8GBMicronBench 71%, 19,121 samples173x
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