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WDC PC SN720 SDA 2TB

WDC PC SN720 SDA 2TB
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Effective Speed +139% Effective Speed 139%Average Score +187% Read 241%, Write 378%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 316%, 4K Mixed 6%, SusWrite 352%Peak Score +173% Read 266%, Write 359%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 317%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite 301%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +201% DQ Read 164%, DQ Write 301%, DQ Mixed 224%, ADQ Read 161%, ADQ Write 222%, ADQ Mixed 218%, Age 125%, AS-SSD Total 190%

Average Bench: 235% (67^th of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC PC SN720 SDA

Poor: 128%Average: 235% Great: 260%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 2TB averaged 135.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 828MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,936MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 2TB is 133%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 107MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)

Rank 67235%

Min	Avg	Max
880	Read 1,561	1854
924	Write 1,936	2,225
754	Mixed 1,493	1,765
751	SusWrite 1,340	1,551
357% 1,583 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.5	4K Read 31.3	35
65.9	4K Write 107	124
31.8	4K Mixed 47.9	53.2
166% 62.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
568	DQ Read 852	968
87.3	DQ Write 929	1,437
156	DQ Mixed 828	1,073
640% 870 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

ESP-User, 2 years ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4122 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2135 1831 1318 1283 700 797 MB/s

252% Outstanding

Write 2,225

Mixed 1,759

SusWrite 1,344

405% 1,795 MB/s

4K Read 34.2

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 52.7

185% 70.2 MB/s

DQ Read 968

DQ Write 774

DQ Mixed 869

651% 870 MB/s

NLD-User, 11 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4122 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2055 1861 1307 1314 1313 1312 MB/s

249% Outstanding

Write 2164

Mixed 1,765

SusWrite 1,527

402% 1,775 MB/s

4K Read 35

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 50.9

178% 66.1 MB/s

DQ Read 896

DQ Write 704

DQ Mixed 779

589% 793 MB/s

LBN-User, 24 months ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10204122 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1990 1700 1318 1320 930 922 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1,920

Mixed 1,572

SusWrite 1,363

367% 1,628 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 49.5

172% 64.7 MB/s

DQ Read 808

DQ Write 1,045

DQ Mixed 883

679% 912 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 4122 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2194 1848 1013 842 558 434 MB/s

239% Outstanding

Write 2,201

Mixed 1,591

SusWrite 1,148

369% 1,635 MB/s

4K Read 34.3

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 52

184% 69.9 MB/s

DQ Read 933

DQ Write 1,229

DQ Mixed 1044

798% 1,069 MB/s

NLD-User, 7 months ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4122 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1731 1796 1293 1319 1318 1320 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 1,706

Mixed 1,513

SusWrite 1,463

351% 1,556 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 88.3

4K Mixed 41.8

143% 52.8 MB/s

DQ Read 796

DQ Write 953

DQ Mixed 823

635% 857 MB/s

NLD-User, 7 months ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4122 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1665 1778 1258 1313 1319 1317 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 1,745

Mixed 1,101

SusWrite 1,442

317% 1,402 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 86.9

4K Mixed 45.4

147% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 795

DQ Write 973

DQ Mixed 787

620% 852 MB/s

ITA-User, 19 months ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10204122 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 1056 1068 695 391 380 MB/s

128% Outstanding

Write 924

Mixed 754

SusWrite 751

186% 827 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 65.9

4K Mixed 31.8

102% 38.4 MB/s

DQ Read 568

DQ Write 87.3

DQ Mixed 156

158% 270 MB/s

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Typical WDC PC SN720 SDA 2TB Builds (Compare 1,844 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: MSI MEG Z490I UNIFY (MS-7C77)

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	832x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	269x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	132x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	313x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	213x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	162x

SSD
WDC PC SN720 SDA 2TBNvmeBench 235%, 10 samples	1x

RAM
M378A2K43DB1-CVF 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 1,003 samples	248x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GBUnknownBench 83%, 45,647 samples	120x
M378A2K43DB1-CVF 1x16GBSamsungBench 49%, 771 samples	108x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

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CPU	GPU	SSD
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

HDD	RAM	USB
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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WDC PC SN720 SDA 2TB

Average Bench: 235% (67^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI MEG Z490I UNIFY (MS-7C77)

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WDC PC SN720 SDA 2TB

Average Bench: 235% (67th of 1072)

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