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WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-1T00-1014 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 255% (54th of 1072)

Based on 80 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-1T00-1014
Poor: 134%Average: 255% Great: 324%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-1T00-1014 1TB averaged 155.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-1T00-1014 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 877MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,865MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-1T00-1014 1TB is 189%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-1T00-1014 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 131MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 80 samples)
Rank 54255%
Min Avg Max
729 Read 1,604 2,097
829 Write 1,865 2,385
930 Mixed 1,640 2,058
747 SusWrite 1,412 1,753
368% 1,630 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 4K Read 41.9 53.9
64 4K Write 131 207
33 4K Mixed 60.7 81.6
211% 77.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
539 DQ Read 1,052 1,403
283 DQ Write 735 1,136
358 DQ Mixed 877 1,240
659% 888 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
242GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11101100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1776 1675 1339 842 756 711 MB/s
252% Outstanding
Read 1,447
Write 1910
Mixed 1,651
SusWrite 1,183
350% 1,548 MB/s
4K Read 43.2
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 66.3
236% 90.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,220
DQ Write 979
DQ Mixed 1,079
813% 1,093 MB/s
541GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11101100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1330 988 948 975 958 862 MB/s
247% Outstanding
Read 1,566
Write 1,959
Mixed 1,739
SusWrite 1010
354% 1,569 MB/s
4K Read 47.8
4K Write 183
4K Mixed 64.1
251% 98.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,132
DQ Write 923
DQ Mixed 1,090
799% 1,049 MB/s
242GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11101100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1167 735 771 776 765 756 MB/s
238% Outstanding
Read 1,567
Write 1,681
Mixed 1,646
SusWrite 828
322% 1,431 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 187
4K Mixed 58
243% 97.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,306
DQ Write 988
DQ Mixed 1,130
850% 1,141 MB/s
621GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11101100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1264 844 851 1053 1049 785 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,227
Write 1,068
Mixed 1,079
SusWrite 974
245% 1,087 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 83.6
4K Mixed 49.9
166% 57.2 MB/s
DQ Read 659
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 534
381% 496 MB/s
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop 86%
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Workstation 17%
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System: Acer Predator PT314-51s

CPU
Core i7-11375HIntelBench 78%, 890 samples253x
Core i7-11370HIntelBench 74%, 12,227 samples250x
Core i5-11300HIntelBench 71%, 8,880 samples94x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples325x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples198x
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 66%, 137 samples73x
SSD
WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-1T00-1014 1TBNvmeBench 255%, 80 samples70x
RAM
M471A1G44AB0-CWE Hynix HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 16GBSamsungBench 62%, 1,848 samples212x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 2x8GBMicronBench 70%, 20,634 samples152x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 Hynix HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 16GBMicronBench 70%, 322 samples85x
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