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PC SN730 WDC 512GB

PC SN730 WDC 512GB
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Effective Speed +120% Effective Speed 120%Average Score +167% Read 238%, Write 299%, 4K Read 30%, 4K Write 61%, Mixed 304%, 4K Mixed 43%, SusWrite 194%Peak Score +187% Read 295%, Write 365%, 4K Read 21%, 4K Write 65%, Mixed 363%, 4K Mixed 35%, SusWrite 163%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +192% DQ Read 269%, DQ Write 195%, DQ Mixed 256%, ADQ Read 187%, ADQ Write 75%, ADQ Mixed 211%, Age 123%, AS-SSD Total 217%

Average Bench: 217% (86^th of 1072)

Based on 767 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB

Poor: 154%Average: 217% Great: 279%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC SN730 WDC 512GB averaged 116.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC SN730 WDC 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 808MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,618MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC SN730 WDC 512GB is 125%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC SN730 WDC 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 871MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 767 samples)

Rank 86217%

Min	Avg	Max
1,017	Read 1,547	2,002
946	Write 1,618	2,253
832	Mixed 1,450	1,959
534	SusWrite 871	1,020
309% 1,371 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29	4K Read 44.6	51.9
80.7	4K Write 141	202
43.4	4K Mixed 64.3	78.8
225% 83.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
354	DQ Read 937	1,354
228	DQ Write 505	1,055
335	DQ Mixed 808	1,179
578% 750 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

AUS-User, 23 days ago.

364GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 991 772 700 735 777 761 MB/s

249% Outstanding

Write 2,222

Mixed 1,830

SusWrite 789

368% 1,632 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 182

4K Mixed 75.1

262% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 1,312

DQ Write 1,022

DQ Mixed 1,124

853% 1,153 MB/s

MYS-User, 1 month ago.

382GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 806 820 775 790 745 644 MB/s

240% Outstanding

Write 2,152

Mixed 1,864

SusWrite 763

377% 1,675 MB/s

4K Read 50.1

4K Write 162

4K Mixed 73.4

256% 95.3 MB/s

DQ Read 946

DQ Write 725

DQ Mixed 810

613% 827 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 months ago.

129GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 844 696 743 640 746 649 MB/s

217% Outstanding

Write 1,886

Mixed 1,837

SusWrite 720

340% 1,507 MB/s

4K Read 43.4

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 68.2

237% 89.9 MB/s

DQ Read 913

DQ Write 704

DQ Mixed 772

587% 796 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 months ago.

157GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 413 425 410 425 417 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 1,593

Mixed 1,453

SusWrite 444

289% 1,290 MB/s

4K Read 48.4

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 68.5

241% 89 MB/s

DQ Read 930

DQ Write 390

DQ Mixed 845

577% 722 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

275GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 653 682 602 610 636 564 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 1,630

Mixed 1,432

SusWrite 624

298% 1,331 MB/s

4K Read 45.1

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 59.3

200% 69.7 MB/s

DQ Read 744

DQ Write 378

DQ Mixed 714

490% 612 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 months ago.

160GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 785 579 595 575 572 559 MB/s

185% Outstanding

Write 1,339

Mixed 1,290

SusWrite 611

264% 1,177 MB/s

4K Read 44.6

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 60.8

212% 76.9 MB/s

DQ Read 703

DQ Write 356

DQ Mixed 602

428% 554 MB/s

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 14%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9510

CPU
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples	3,624x
Core i9-11900HIntelBench 89%, 6,494 samples	1,164x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples	63x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples	3,005x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 61%, 35,839 samples	1,551x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples	201x

SSD
PC SN730 WDC 512GBNvmeBench 217%, 767 samples	1x

RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 26,875 samples	1,162x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 2x16GBUnknownBench 92%, 3,591 samples	707x
M471A1G44BB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 6,868 samples	499x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	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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Average Bench: 217% (86^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 217% (86th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 217% (86^th of 1072)