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PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GB

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Effective Speed +55% Effective Speed 55%Average Score +113% Read 144%, Write 327%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 2%, Mixed 240%, 4K Mixed 12%, SusWrite 38%Peak Score +108% Read 170%, Write 318%, 4K Read 0%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed 252%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite 36%Value & Sentiment -995%User Rating -13%, Market Share -1,978%Nice To Haves +131% DQ Read 183%, DQ Write 108%, DQ Mixed 155%, ADQ Read 143%, ADQ Write 78%, ADQ Mixed 112%, Age 135%, AS-SSD Total 136%

Average Bench: 153% (151^st of 1071)

Based on 1,070 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014

Poor: 106%Average: 153% Great: 179%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GB averaged 53.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 551MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,730MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GB is 73.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 410MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 89.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,070 samples)

Rank 151153%

Min	Avg	Max
762	Read 1,117	1,366
777	Write 1,730	2,026
572	Mixed 1,221	1,490
147	SusWrite 410	525
253% 1,120 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.2	4K Read 42.7	43
54.3	4K Write 89.7	103
34.3	4K Mixed 50.4	57.1
177% 60.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
404	DQ Read 793	1,038
128	DQ Write 514	744
223	DQ Mixed 551	844
438% 619 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Acer Predator PH315-53

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Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples	3,715x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples	915x
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples	777x

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UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	2,683x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	1,017x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	737x

SSD
PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GBWDCBench 153%, 1,070 samples	522x

RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples	1,728x
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 1x16GBSamsungBench 49%, 13,312 samples	510x
HMAA2GS6AJR8N-XN 1x16GBHynixBench 45%, 4,229 samples	487x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $316	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $140	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $54	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GB

Average Bench: 153% (151^st of 1071)

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System: Acer Predator PH315-53

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PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GB

Average Bench: 153% (151st of 1071)

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Very poor consistency

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System: Acer Predator PH315-53

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Average Bench: 153% (151^st of 1071)