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WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 182% (118th of 1072)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 76 samples)
Rank 118182%
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
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
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
Read 1,804
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
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
Read 1265
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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Typical WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GB Builds (Compare 1,600 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 18%
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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-dk2xxx

CPU
Core i5-11300HIntelBench 71%, 8,880 samples1,028x
Core i7-11370HIntelBench 74%, 12,227 samples572x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,043x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples267x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 61%, 35,839 samples154x
SSD
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1006 256GBNvmeBench 182%, 76 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples322x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 2x4GBHynixBench 71%, 7,522 samples225x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples176x
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