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WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1101 512GB

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Effective Speed +98% Effective Speed 98%Average Score +135% Read 195%, Write 234%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 24%, Mixed 261%, 4K Mixed 18%, SusWrite 205%Peak Score +176% Read 278%, Write 347%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 52%, Mixed 343%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite 169%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +192% DQ Read 274%, DQ Write 213%, DQ Mixed 261%, ADQ Read 154%, ADQ Write 58%, ADQ Mixed 175%, Age 176%, AS-SSD Total 221%

Average Bench: 195% (102^nd of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1101

Poor: 134%Average: 195% Great: 261%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1101 512GB averaged 94.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1101 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 715MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,353MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1101 512GB is 126%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1101 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 38MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 109MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)

Rank 102195%

Min	Avg	Max
808	Read 1,347	1,913
540	Write 1,353	2,168
659	Mixed 1,297	1,874
574	SusWrite 904	1,040
276% 1,225 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.2	4K Read 38	48.9
43.3	4K Write 109	186
24.2	4K Mixed 53	75.3
183% 66.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
234	DQ Read 830	1,372
179	DQ Write 457	1,123
275	DQ Mixed 715	1,196
513% 667 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 months ago.

428GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1054 1008 990 992 992 986 MB/s

206% Outstanding

Write 1,396

Mixed 1,410

SusWrite 1,004

300% 1,333 MB/s

4K Read 42.1

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 59.9

200% 71.5 MB/s

DQ Read 612

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 636

429% 526 MB/s

GEO-User, 9 months ago.

415GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11190001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 732 601 554 619 618 579 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 1,417

Mixed 1,435

SusWrite 617

279% 1,242 MB/s

4K Read 39.8

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 60.6

202% 73.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,106

DQ Write 400

DQ Mixed 816

587% 774 MB/s

USA-User, 7 months ago.

381GB free

Firmware: 11190001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1064 993 994 998 996 998 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 1,421

Mixed 1,327

SusWrite 1,007

286% 1,265 MB/s

4K Read 34

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 49

168% 61.2 MB/s

DQ Read 901

DQ Write 355

DQ Mixed 652

476% 636 MB/s

LKA-User, 8 months ago.

361GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 895 771 996 1063 996 MB/s

155% Outstanding

Write 608

Mixed 659

SusWrite 933

170% 752 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 71.5

4K Mixed 42.4

132% 46.8 MB/s

DQ Read 759

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 662

460% 585 MB/s

NLD-User, 2 months ago.

311GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 778 634 619 601 576 525 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 1,060

Mixed 1,129

SusWrite 622

226% 1,008 MB/s

4K Read 31

4K Write 43.3

4K Mixed 36.6

117% 37 MB/s

DQ Read 743

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 572

410% 538 MB/s

LKA-User, 8 months ago.

347GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 780 743 599 915 909 899 MB/s

134% Outstanding

Write 1,015

Mixed 670

SusWrite 807

190% 843 MB/s

4K Read 25.2

4K Write 84.4

4K Mixed 24.2

114% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 430

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 579

372% 431 MB/s

LKA-User, 9 months ago.

377GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 573 575 604 568 579 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 540

Mixed 662

SusWrite 574

146% 651 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 68.2

4K Mixed 33.2

120% 42.8 MB/s

DQ Read 234

DQ Write 179

DQ Mixed 275

187% 230 MB/s

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 14%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9500

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Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples	2,132x
Core i9-10885HIntelBench 81%, 6,135 samples	532x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples	371x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	2,085x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples	981x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	7x

SSD
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1101 512GBNvmeBench 195%, 18 samples	1x

RAM
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 15,521 samples	355x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 7,504 samples	314x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples	266x

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1101 512GB

Average Bench: 195% (102^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 195% (102nd of 1072)

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