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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 207% (92nd of 1072)

Based on 308 user benchmarks.  Model: PC SN740 NVMe WD 256GB
Poor: 84%Average: 207% Great: 338%

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Outstanding average bench

The PC SN740 NVMe WD 256GB averaged 106.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PC SN740 NVMe WD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 573MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,695MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PC SN740 NVMe WD 256GB is 254%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PC SN740 NVMe WD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 101MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 836MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 308 samples)
Rank 92207%
Min Avg Max
613 Read 1,695 3,065
329 Write 1,243 1,848
394 Mixed 1,145 1,739
332 SusWrite 836 1,210
275% 1,230 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.2 4K Read 49 75
22.1 4K Write 101 216
18.6 4K Mixed 53.1 91.8
196% 67.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
197 DQ Read 683 957
96.1 DQ Write 576 1,399
118 DQ Mixed 573 873
445% 611 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1048 1230 1221 1300 564 349 MB/s
257% Outstanding
Read 2,426
Write 1,755
Mixed 1,355
SusWrite 952
361% 1,622 MB/s
4K Read 64.4
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 70.8
255% 86.9 MB/s
DQ Read 692
DQ Write 374
DQ Mixed 444
354% 503 MB/s
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1546 1643 612 343 350 344 MB/s
246% Outstanding
Read 1,803
Write 1,745
Mixed 1,271
SusWrite 806
315% 1,406 MB/s
4K Read 68.8
4K Write 189
4K Mixed 81.8
309% 113 MB/s
DQ Read 586
DQ Write 775
DQ Mixed 544
449% 635 MB/s
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1096 1008 1135 836 1148 615 MB/s
228% Outstanding
Read 2,333
Write 1512
Mixed 1,214
SusWrite 973
335% 1,508 MB/s
4K Read 50.4
4K Write 91.4
4K Mixed 56.8
198% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 443
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 387
269% 343 MB/s
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 722 823 718 995 1131 462 MB/s
197% Outstanding
Read 1,838
Write 1312
Mixed 1,230
SusWrite 809
290% 1,297 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 85.6
4K Mixed 56.8
190% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 473
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 291
229% 325 MB/s
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Typical SN740 NVMe WD 256GB Builds (Compare 2,120 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 14%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Dell Latitude 3420

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples1,216x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples466x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples241x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,769x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples312x
GeForce MX450NvidiaBench 29%, 1,913 samples26x
SSD
SN740 NVMe WD 256GBPCBench 207%, 308 samples1x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples426x
M471A1G44BB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 34%, 7,899 samples149x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,085 samples147x
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