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WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB

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Effective Speed -194%Effective Speed -194%Average Score -189%Read -203%, Write -199%, 4K Read -97%, 4K Write -44%, Mixed -142%, 4K Mixed -76%, SusWrite -561%Peak Score -251%Read -210%, Write -198%, 4K Read -255%, 4K Write -70%, Mixed -145%, 4K Mixed -128%, SusWrite -753%Value & Sentiment User Rating -36%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -119%DQ Read -115%, DQ Write -78%, DQ Mixed -133%, ADQ Read -85%, ADQ Write -121%, ADQ Mixed -115%, Age -186%, AS-SSD Total -118%

Average Bench: 182% (126^th of 1080)

Based on 76 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006

Poor: 136%Average: 182% Great: 238%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB averaged 82.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 691MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,531MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 481MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 76 samples)

Rank 126182%

Min	Avg	Max
864	Read 1,351	1,839
949	Write 1,531	2,062
685	Mixed 1,293	1,723
353	SusWrite 481	536
262% 1,164 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.4	4K Read 41.8	53.9
59	4K Write 140	211
36.4	4K Mixed 59	80.9
213% 80.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
513	DQ Read 924	1,073
252	DQ Write 568	1,068
296	DQ Mixed 691	899
530% 728 MB/s

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

ROU-User, 4 months ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 596 499 505 509 510 502 MB/s

245% Outstanding

Write 2,015

Mixed 1,632

SusWrite 520

335% 1,493 MB/s

4K Read 54.6

4K Write 234

4K Mixed 82.5

313% 124 MB/s

DQ Read 1,070

DQ Write 982

DQ Mixed 892

706% 981 MB/s

IND-User, 4 months ago.

123GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 416 352 338 340 355 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 1,429

Mixed 1,253

SusWrite 369

242% 1,079 MB/s

4K Read 36.2

4K Write 91.3

4K Mixed 47.9

164% 58.5 MB/s

DQ Read 812

DQ Write 345

DQ Mixed 628

452% 595 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-dk2xxx

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Core i5-11300HIntelBench 71%, 8,880 samples	1,043x
Core i7-11370HIntelBench 74%, 12,227 samples	575x

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Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,054x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 61%, 35,839 samples	156x

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WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GBNvmeBench 182%, 76 samples	1x

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HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples	324x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 2x4GBHynixBench 71%, 7,522 samples	227x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples	176x

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WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB

Average Bench: 182% (126^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 182% (126^th of 1080)