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PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1016 512GB

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Effective Speed +126% Effective Speed 126%Average Score +142% Read 207%, Write 230%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 74%, Mixed 226%, 4K Mixed 47%, SusWrite 180%Peak Score +165% Read 277%, Write 333%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 65%, Mixed 292%, 4K Mixed 32%, SusWrite 137%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +256% DQ Read 351%, DQ Write 285%, DQ Mixed 328%, ADQ Read 247%, ADQ Write 190%, ADQ Mixed 259%, Age 110%, AS-SSD Total 276%

Average Bench: 222% (79^th of 1072)

Based on 27 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1016

Poor: 175%Average: 222% Great: 265%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1016 512GB averaged 122.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1016 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 933MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,131MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1016 512GB is 90.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1016 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 830MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)

Rank 79222%

Min	Avg	Max
794	Read 1,403	1,908
821	Write 1,338	2,101
772	Mixed 1,170	1,659
498	SusWrite 830	919
266% 1,185 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.5	4K Read 44.4	49.9
39.8	4K Write 152	202
26	4K Mixed 66.2	76.7
232% 87.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
281	DQ Read 1,131	1,654
191	DQ Write 839	1,378
251	DQ Mixed 933	1,418
711% 968 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 13 months ago.

438GB free

Firmware: 10200116

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1198 842 848 849 839 835 MB/s

276% Outstanding

Write 2,101

Mixed 1,659

SusWrite 902

368% 1,638 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 172

4K Mixed 74.5

259% 98.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,601

DQ Write 1317

DQ Mixed 1395

1,062% 1,438 MB/s

GBR-User, 17 months ago.

385GB free

Firmware: 0116

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1245 844 838 837 837 839 MB/s

258% Outstanding

Write 2,007

Mixed 1614

SusWrite 907

352% 1,564 MB/s

4K Read 41.6

4K Write 183

4K Mixed 66.4

245% 96.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,496

DQ Write 1,132

DQ Mixed 1,268

960% 1,298 MB/s

DEU-User, 7 months ago.

163GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10200116

SusWrite @10s intervals: 898 614 571 535 506 489 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 2,120

Mixed 1,615

SusWrite 602

350% 1,558 MB/s

4K Read 44.9

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 67.4

235% 88 MB/s

DQ Read 1,060

DQ Write 773

DQ Mixed 935

694% 923 MB/s

DEU-User, 7 months ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10200116

SusWrite @10s intervals: 825 507 529 514 510 475 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 2,084

Mixed 1,655

SusWrite 560

348% 1,550 MB/s

4K Read 45.7

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 67.2

236% 88.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,059

DQ Write 786

DQ Mixed 928

692% 925 MB/s

DEU-User, 15 months ago.

256GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0116

SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 506 651 665 561 546 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 1929

Mixed 1,576

SusWrite 625

328% 1,458 MB/s

4K Read 43

4K Write 157

4K Mixed 64.3

231% 88.2 MB/s

DQ Read 799

DQ Write 548

DQ Mixed 632

483% 659 MB/s

CZE-User, 11 months ago.

411GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10200116

SusWrite @10s intervals: 821 746 806 759 704 727 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 821

Mixed 772

SusWrite 760

187% 832 MB/s

4K Read 19.5

4K Write 39.8

4K Mixed 26

84% 28.4 MB/s

DQ Read 281

DQ Write 191

DQ Mixed 251

183% 241 MB/s

DEU-User, 8 months ago.

412GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10200116

SusWrite @10s intervals: 652 551 511 666 656 681 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 910

Mixed 840

SusWrite 620

186% 826 MB/s

4K Read 19.7

4K Write 35.8

4K Mixed 30.5

88% 28.7 MB/s

DQ Read 423

DQ Write 156

DQ Mixed 190

167% 256 MB/s

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Fujitsu LIFEBOOK U7510

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Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples	20x
Core i7-10510UIntelBench 56%, 51,080 samples	10x
Core i7-10610UIntelBench 64%, 3,304 samples	10x

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UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples	40x
Quadro P5000NvidiaBench 89%, 8,562 samples	1x
RX 6600-XTAMD $301Bench 107%, 21,558 samples	1x

SSD
PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1016 512GBWDCBench 222%, 27 samples	8x

RAM
M471A2K43DB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 42%, 21,753 samples	8x
M471A2K43DB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 81%, 4,980 samples	7x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 2x8GBMicronBench 70%, 20,634 samples	4x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1016 512GB

Average Bench: 222% (79^th of 1072)

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