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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 212% (90th of 1071)

Based on 477 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC SN740 NVMe WD 256GB
Poor: 92%Average: 212% Great: 354%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC SN740 WD 256GB averaged 112.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC SN740 WD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 530MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,899MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC SN740 WD 256GB is 262%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC SN740 WD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 110MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 754MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 477 samples)
Rank 90212%
Min Avg Max
699 Read 1,899 3,331
403 Write 1,217 1,846
429 Mixed 1,113 1,698
200 SusWrite 754 1,165
277% 1,246 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.5 4K Read 54.3 78.6
25.2 4K Write 110 243
20.5 4K Mixed 55.6 96.6
212% 73.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
206 DQ Read 660 956
97 DQ Write 494 1,414
153 DQ Mixed 530 865
409% 562 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free
Firmware: 73103012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1714 1881 1860 1842 1567 306 MB/s
352% Outstanding
Read 3,299
Write 1,860
Mixed 1,712
SusWrite 1,528
466% 2,100 MB/s
4K Read 66.1
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 75.4
260% 87 MB/s
DQ Read 955
DQ Write 1123
DQ Mixed 872
703% 983 MB/s
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1616 1081 353 341 335 245 MB/s
284% Outstanding
Read 2,398
Write 1689
Mixed 1,500
SusWrite 662
347% 1562 MB/s
4K Read 66.9
4K Write 222
4K Mixed 81.9
324% 123 MB/s
DQ Read 955
DQ Write 1,254
DQ Mixed 834
705% 1,014 MB/s
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1590 1591 1408 304 299 288 MB/s
244% Outstanding
Read 2,172
Write 1,638
Mixed 1317
SusWrite 913
337% 1,510 MB/s
4K Read 48.5
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 56.4
201% 69.6 MB/s
DQ Read 903
DQ Write 894
DQ Mixed 796
626% 864 MB/s
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 802 883 810 835 913 689 MB/s
157% Outstanding
Read 1,704
Write 1,034
Mixed 640
SusWrite 822
233% 1,050 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 57.9
4K Mixed 14.1
96% 34.4 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 133
DQ Mixed 228
171% 234 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,631,048 SSDs tested

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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 samples1,211x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples465x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples241x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,763x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples312x
GeForce MX450NvidiaBench 29%, 1,913 samples26x
SSD
PC SN740 WD 256GBNvmeBench 212%, 477 samples1x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples425x
M471A1G44BB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 34%, 7,899 samples148x
HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,085 samples147x
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