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LEGEND 740 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 253% (55th of 1072)

Based on 87 user benchmarks.  Model: ADATA LEGEND 740
Poor: 156%Average: 253% Great: 312%

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Outstanding average bench

The Adata LEGEND 740 1TB averaged 153.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Adata LEGEND 740 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 866MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 872MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata LEGEND 740 1TB is 156%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Adata LEGEND 740 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 129MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 87 samples)
Rank 55253%
Min Avg Max
762 Read 1,859 2,217
698 Write 1,503 1,777
673 Mixed 1,296 1,518
536 SusWrite 1,262 1,734
332% 1,480 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31 4K Read 42.7 54.4
65.8 4K Write 129 192
34.1 4K Mixed 61.8 81.4
212% 78 MB/s
Min Avg Max
383 DQ Read 761 936
286 DQ Write 872 1,072
501 DQ Mixed 866 996
638% 833 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
802GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S036H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 18 20 20 20 20 MB/s
395% Outstanding
Read 4,600
Write 41.9
Mixed 90.6
SusWrite 19.7
247% 1,188 MB/s
4K Read 518
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 5.2
793% 175 MB/s
518GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S036H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1591 1601 1604 940 370 432 MB/s
246% Outstanding
Read 1982
Write 1,610
Mixed 1,384
SusWrite 1,090
340% 1,517 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 58.9
200% 71.4 MB/s
DQ Read 742
DQ Write 988
DQ Mixed 934
686% 888 MB/s
330GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S036B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1113 1576 1595 1032 168 279 MB/s
233% Outstanding
Read 2,143
Write 1618
Mixed 1,320
SusWrite 961
337% 1,510 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 84.5
4K Mixed 51.1
167% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 790
DQ Write 874
DQ Mixed 957
686% 874 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,803,457 SSDs tested

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Typical LEGEND 740 1TB Builds (Compare 6,935 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H510M H

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,326x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples1,139x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples838x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples665x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples607x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples520x
SSD
LEGEND 740 1TBAdataBench 253%, 87 samples1x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples328x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples151x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples130x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $253

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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