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WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1006 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 193% (102nd of 1072)

Based on 245 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1006
Poor: 125%Average: 193% Great: 279%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1006 512GB averaged 93.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1006 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 680MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,421MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1006 512GB is 154%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1006 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 118MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 245 samples)
Rank 102193%
Min Avg Max
868 Read 1,377 1,981
776 Write 1,421 2,254
717 Mixed 1,291 1,936
507 SusWrite 825 1,014
276% 1,228 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.9 4K Read 40.8 51.8
52.7 4K Write 118 210
30.4 4K Mixed 55.3 80
195% 71.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
358 DQ Read 822 1,335
150 DQ Write 431 1,026
291 DQ Mixed 680 1,138
491% 645 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 554 502 478 452 417 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 1,313
Write 1,297
Mixed 1,219
SusWrite 505
243% 1,084 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 74.1
4K Mixed 47.2
156% 52.7 MB/s
DQ Read 699
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 479
355% 481 MB/s
284GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 747 720 731 856 645 572 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 901
Write 1,156
Mixed 919
SusWrite 712
208% 922 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 83.7
4K Mixed 45.8
149% 53.3 MB/s
DQ Read 733
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 530
387% 516 MB/s
309GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 442 426 300 290 262 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 877
Write 670
Mixed 694
SusWrite 364
146% 651 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 39.6
4K Mixed 25.8
89% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 208
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 174
126% 166 MB/s
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Typical WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1006 512GB Builds (Compare 1,598 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation 18%
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CPU
Core i5-11300HIntelBench 71%, 8,880 samples1,026x
Core i7-11370HIntelBench 74%, 12,227 samples572x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,042x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples266x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 61%, 35,839 samples154x
SSD
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1006 512GBNvmeBench 193%, 245 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples322x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 2x4GBHynixBench 71%, 7,522 samples223x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples176x
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