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PC S N720 SDAQNTW-512 512GB

PC S N720 SDAQNTW-512 512GB
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Effective Speed -70%Effective Speed -70%Average Score -78%Read -78%, Write -32%, 4K Read -96%, 4K Write -208%, Mixed -39%, 4K Mixed -104%, SusWrite 12%Peak Score -81%Read -45%, Write -33%, 4K Read -75%, 4K Write -273%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -107%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -83%DQ Read -125%, DQ Write -106%, DQ Mixed -89%, ADQ Read -161%, ADQ Write -131%, ADQ Mixed -91%, Age 149%, AS-SSD Total -110%

Average Bench: 58% (822^nd of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC S N720 SDAQNTW-512

Poor: 43%Average: 58% Great: 69%

Average average bench

The WDC PC S N720 SDAQNTW-512 512GB averaged 41.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 136MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 22.1MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 28.4MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 125MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 82258%

Min	Avg	Max
137	Read 257	350
258	Write 306	365
170	Mixed 259	333
293	SusWrite 332	370
65.2% 288 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.5	4K Read 17.5	24.6
19.7	4K Write 28.4	32.8
12.2	4K Mixed 22.1	28.2
69.9% 22.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
86.9	DQ Read 125	163
82.2	DQ Write 125	174
79.9	DQ Mixed 136	175
99.2% 129 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ESP-User, 2 years ago.

475GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 366 371 370 372 370 MB/s

68.8% Good

Write 365

Mixed 333

SusWrite 370

80% 355 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 32.8

4K Mixed 28.2

91% 28.5 MB/s

DQ Read 86.9

DQ Write 82.2

DQ Mixed 79.9

61% 83 MB/s

ITA-User, 3 years ago.

352GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 352 358 324 309 310 MB/s

62% Good

Write 294

Mixed 275

SusWrite 332

67% 296 MB/s

4K Read 13.5

4K Write 32.8

4K Mixed 26

71% 24.1 MB/s

DQ Read 163

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 175

130% 171 MB/s

AUT-User, 2 years ago.

454GB free

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 270 301 304 335 341 MB/s

43.3% Average

Write 258

Mixed 170

SusWrite 293

49% 214 MB/s

4K Read 14.4

4K Write 19.7

4K Mixed 12.2

48% 15.4 MB/s

DQ Read 126

DQ Write 120

DQ Mixed 153

106% 133 MB/s

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