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PC SN740 WD 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 265% (49th of 1072)

Based on 1,064 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC SN740 NVMe WD 512GB
Poor: 118%Average: 265% Great: 461%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC SN740 WD 512GB averaged 165.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC SN740 WD 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 671MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,284MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC SN740 WD 512GB is 343%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC SN740 WD 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 108MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 57.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,064 samples)
Rank 49265%
Min Avg Max
904 Read 2,284 3,903
564 Write 1,826 3,597
595 Mixed 1,489 2,390
392 SusWrite 1,311 2,423
386% 1,727 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.4 4K Read 51 71.5
31.2 4K Write 108 210
22.1 4K Mixed 57.1 90
207% 71.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
230 DQ Read 836 1,766
112 DQ Write 517 1,359
189 DQ Mixed 671 1,488
501% 674 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
312GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1709 2062 2130 2198 1972 565 MB/s
326% Outstanding
Read 2,470
Write 2,749
Mixed 1,892
SusWrite 1,773
500% 2,221 MB/s
4K Read 62.7
4K Write 176
4K Mixed 77.2
287% 105 MB/s
DQ Read 841
DQ Write 558
DQ Mixed 645
496% 681 MB/s
257GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 574 554 716 1158 1156 MB/s
191% Outstanding
Read 2192
Write 1,478
Mixed 1303
SusWrite 768
319% 1,435 MB/s
4K Read 50.5
4K Write 58.6
4K Mixed 47.1
168% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 87.3
DQ Write 97.8
DQ Mixed 147
96% 111 MB/s
361GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 582 611 713 809 797 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 874
Write 738
Mixed 846
SusWrite 661
175% 779 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 75.8
4K Mixed 39.1
154% 52.2 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 51.7
106% 218 MB/s
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Typical PC SN740 WD 512GB Builds (Compare 915 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 15%
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System: Dell Latitude 5430

CPU
Core i5-1245UIntelBench 63%, 1,436 samples297x
Core i5-1235UIntelBench 60%, 8,532 samples235x
Core i7-1265UIntelBench 61%, 1,579 samples199x
GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples551x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 12%, 3,470 samples341x
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples16x
SSD
PC SN740 WD 512GBNvmeBench 265%, 1,064 samples95x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 26,875 samples140x
M471A1G44BB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 6,868 samples76x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,085 samples52x
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