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PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 153% (152nd of 1072)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,070 samples)
Rank 152153%
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
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11101100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 341 324 308 303 314 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 1005
Write 1994
Mixed 1,338
SusWrite 338
265% 1,169 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 95.7
4K Mixed 53.7
179% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 854
DQ Write 642
DQ Mixed 718
545% 738 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11101100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 342 296 300 308 307 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 849
Write 1,293
Mixed 1,187
SusWrite 314
206% 911 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 72.9
4K Mixed 44
148% 50.6 MB/s
DQ Read 678
DQ Write 504
DQ Mixed 380
341% 520 MB/s
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11101100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 478 392 323 290 278 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 794
Write 1,458
Mixed 976
SusWrite 370
204% 899 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 63
4K Mixed 33.5
123% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 561
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 451
337% 454 MB/s
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11101100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 373 364 356 375 350 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 818
Write 1,378
Mixed 1,049
SusWrite 372
205% 904 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 51.6
4K Mixed 32.3
104% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 392
285% 370 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11101100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 302 269 265 172 66 MB/s
74.8% Very good
Read 589
Write 1,006
Mixed 673
SusWrite 232
141% 625 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 40
4K Mixed 24
76% 26.7 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 296
221% 295 MB/s
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Typical PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GB Builds (Compare 6,071 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 13%
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System: Acer Predator PH315-53

CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples4,156x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples997x
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples855x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples2,981x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples1,139x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples804x
SSD
PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1014 256GBWDCBench 153%, 1,070 samples544x
RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples1,910x
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 1x16GBSamsungBench 49%, 13,312 samples549x
HMAA2GS6AJR8N-XN 1x16GBHynixBench 45%, 4,229 samples532x
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