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PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1036 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 148% (158th of 1072)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1036
Poor: 66%Average: 148% Great: 202%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1036 256GB averaged 48.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1036 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 480MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 745MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1036 256GB is 135%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1036 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 430MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 33.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 158148%
Min Avg Max
340 Read 1,110 1,740
224 Write 1,046 1,702
118 Mixed 869 1,350
217 SusWrite 430 521
193% 864 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.7 4K Read 33.3 50.7
7.1 4K Write 110 178
5.2 4K Mixed 46.6 74.8
168% 63.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
134 DQ Read 745 1,075
73.2 DQ Write 456 777
53.7 DQ Mixed 480 860
390% 561 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 369 360 376 383 370 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,108
Write 1,127
Mixed 1,026
SusWrite 383
204% 911 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 83.3
4K Mixed 54.5
164% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 983
DQ Write 761
DQ Mixed 790
613% 845 MB/s
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 316 339 338 335 361 MB/s
157% Outstanding
Read 1,314
Write 1,226
Mixed 1,035
SusWrite 353
220% 982 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 53.4
179% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 695
DQ Write 536
DQ Mixed 620
463% 617 MB/s
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 514 465 456 401 499 507 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 1,006
Write 1,117
Mixed 1,137
SusWrite 474
210% 933 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 25.9
108% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 536
DQ Write 410
DQ Mixed 463
349% 469 MB/s
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 431 409 471 431 387 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 692
Write 422
Mixed 439
SusWrite 422
110% 494 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 24.6
126% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 520
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 414
314% 426 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 352 348 367 372 374 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 1000
Write 858
Mixed 882
SusWrite 381
175% 780 MB/s
4K Read 15.5
4K Write 61.6
4K Mixed 23.2
86% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 399
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 295
233% 325 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11110000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 241 328 354 323 330 MB/s
97% Outstanding
Read 600
Write 286
Mixed 335
SusWrite 312
85% 383 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 55.2
4K Mixed 35.7
107% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 616
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 351
287% 417 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 53%
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Workstation 9%
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System: Honor BBR-WAX9

CPU
Core i3-10110UIntelBench 47%, 11,481 samples132x
Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples122x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples254x
SSD
PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1036 256GBWDCBench 148%, 42 samples1x
RAM
K4A8G165WC-BCTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 63%, 1,724 samples85x
4ATF51264HZ-3G2J1 2x4GBMicronBench 68%, 16,220 samples83x
H5AN8G6NCJR-VKC 2x4GBHynixBench 58%, 822 samples73x
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