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PC SN730 WDC 256GB

PC SN730 WDC 256GB
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Effective Speed +92% Effective Speed 92%Average Score +139% Read 219%, Write 278%, 4K Read 80%, 4K Write 56%, Mixed 255%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 52%Peak Score +150% Read 255%, Write 329%, 4K Read 21%, 4K Write 68%, Mixed 306%, 4K Mixed 31%, SusWrite 37%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +163% DQ Read 193%, DQ Write 215%, DQ Mixed 171%, ADQ Read 152%, ADQ Write 92%, ADQ Mixed 126%, Age 168%, AS-SSD Total 186%

Average Bench: 189% (110^th of 1072)

Based on 130 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PC SN730 NVMe WDC 256GB

Poor: 100%Average: 189% Great: 239%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC SN730 WDC 256GB averaged 89.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC SN730 WDC 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 588MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,532MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC SN730 WDC 256GB is 138%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC SN730 WDC 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 452MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 137MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 130 samples)

Rank 110189%

Min	Avg	Max
736	Read 1,461	1,800
500	Write 1,532	2,082
474	Mixed 1,276	1,720
188	SusWrite 452	532
265% 1,180 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24	4K Read 61.8	51.8
43.8	4K Write 137	206
25.6	4K Mixed 58.6	76.1
241% 85.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
241	DQ Read 822	1,074
170	DQ Write 554	1,129
174	DQ Mixed 588	898
466% 655 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 months ago.

61GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 53 61 57 57 MB/s

546% Outstanding

Write 55

Mixed 112

SusWrite 56

313% 1,507 MB/s

4K Read 767

4K Write 3.5

4K Mixed 7.1

1,172% 259 MB/s

USA-User, 13 days ago.

188GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 451 440 406 407 448 MB/s

166% Outstanding

Write 1,954

Mixed 1,545

SusWrite 425

306% 1,358 MB/s

4K Read 48

4K Write 145

4K Mixed 69.4

238% 87.4 MB/s

DQ Read 52.6

DQ Write 216

DQ Mixed 81.5

78% 117 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 343 320 309 305 299 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 1,135

Mixed 1,017

SusWrite 326

210% 939 MB/s

4K Read 40.6

4K Write 94.5

4K Mixed 48.7

174% 61.3 MB/s

DQ Read 780

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 568

408% 539 MB/s

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 19%

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System: Dell Latitude 7420

CPU
Core i7-1185G7IntelBench 67%, 9,588 samples	987x
Core i5-1145G7IntelBench 69%, 4,608 samples	335x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples	186x

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Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,587x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	6x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	3x

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PC SN730 WDC 256GBNvmeBench 189%, 130 samples	1x

RAM
8x2GBHCNNNCPMMLXR-NEEBench 104%, 714 samples	549x
8x2GBUBE3D4AA-MGCRBench 115%, 461 samples	353x
8x2GBHCNNNCPMBLHR-NEEBench 120%, 551 samples	170x

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Average Bench: 189% (110^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 189% (110th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 189% (110^th of 1072)