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PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1016 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 169% (134th of 1072)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1016
Poor: 96%Average: 169% Great: 209%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1016 256GB averaged 69.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1016 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 665MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 757MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1016 256GB is 113%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1016 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 411MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 35.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 134169%
Min Avg Max
481 Read 1,409 1686
549 Write 1,341 1,525
399 Mixed 1,049 1,354
192 SusWrite 411 453
235% 1,052 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.4 4K Read 35.8 50.1
0.2 4K Write 119 252
10.4 4K Mixed 51.2 73.6
183% 68.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
578 DQ Read 774 827
407 DQ Write 757 1,050
371 DQ Mixed 665 804
527% 732 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10200116
SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 429 429 433 433 433 MB/s
206% Outstanding
Read 1,552
Write 1,498
Mixed 1,265
SusWrite 448
267% 1,191 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 70.7
253% 98.9 MB/s
DQ Read 827
DQ Write 895
DQ Mixed 782
610% 835 MB/s
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10200116
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 410 367 366 366 359 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 1,579
Write 1281
Mixed 1,190
SusWrite 379
247% 1,107 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 73.6
235% 91.4 MB/s
DQ Read 826
DQ Write 936
DQ Mixed 792
621% 851 MB/s
161GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10200116
SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 432 431 434 436 434 MB/s
189% Outstanding
Read 1686
Write 1,525
Mixed 1,354
SusWrite 453
281% 1,255 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 53.3
184% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 818
DQ Write 824
DQ Mixed 788
601% 810 MB/s
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10200116
SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 439 429 431 432 434 MB/s
185% Outstanding
Read 1,427
Write 1,234
Mixed 1079
SusWrite 444
234% 1,046 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 240
4K Mixed 65.4
266% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 826
DQ Write 75.7
DQ Mixed 784
488% 562 MB/s
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Typical PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1016 256GB Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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System: Hyrican PC B365M D3H

CPU
Core i5-9400Intel  $161Bench 86%, 22,187 samples5x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples2x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples2x
RTX 4070Nvidia  $539Bench 190%, 45,585 samples1x
SSD
PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1016 256GBWDCBench 169%, 14 samples4x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples4x
CT8G4DFS824A.M8FD 859B CT8G4DFS8266.M8FE 16GBUnknownBench 58%, 2 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 122% - Outstanding Total price: $235

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