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PC SN740 WD 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 342% (18th of 1072)

Based on 434 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC SN740 NVMe WD 1TB
Poor: 151%Average: 342% Great: 552%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC SN740 WD 1TB averaged 242.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC SN740 WD 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 814MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,732MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC SN740 WD 1TB is 401%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC SN740 WD 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 128MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 62.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 434 samples)
Rank 18342%
Min Avg Max
1,135 Read 2,732 4,015
695 Write 2,393 4,088
721 Mixed 1,847 2,647
732 SusWrite 2,075 3,850
508% 2,262 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27 4K Read 56 75.5
27.6 4K Write 128 241
18.9 4K Mixed 62.7 97.1
233% 82.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
222 DQ Read 944 1,950
126 DQ Write 626 1,484
211 DQ Mixed 814 1,655
600% 795 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
862GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3744 3697 3463 1803 2408 1585 MB/s
480% Outstanding
Read 3,807
Write 2,774
Mixed 2,466
SusWrite 2,784
662% 2,958 MB/s
4K Read 70.9
4K Write 221
4K Mixed 87.1
336% 126 MB/s
DQ Read 1,430
DQ Write 1,053
DQ Mixed 1201
909% 1,228 MB/s
864GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3821 3882 1960 1612 1628 1563 MB/s
451% Outstanding
Read 3,961
Write 3,964
Mixed 2,592
SusWrite 2,411
725% 3,232 MB/s
4K Read 58.2
4K Write 172
4K Mixed 73.9
274% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 1,509
DQ Write 1,248
DQ Mixed 1,406
1,045% 1,388 MB/s
757GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3102 3136 3194 2278 1583 1519 MB/s
400% Outstanding
Read 3,256
Write 3212
Mixed 2,415
SusWrite 2,469
638% 2,838 MB/s
4K Read 39.3
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 58.2
193% 69.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,592
DQ Write 1,055
DQ Mixed 1,529
1,085% 1,392 MB/s
794GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2445 2420 2447 2298 2049 2348 MB/s
390% Outstanding
Read 3,084
Write 2,366
Mixed 2,131
SusWrite 2,334
556% 2,479 MB/s
4K Read 65.7
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 80.8
284% 100 MB/s
DQ Read 1,182
DQ Write 446
DQ Mixed 890
638% 839 MB/s
703GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2069 1749 1722 2219 2195 2231 MB/s
356% Outstanding
Read 3,042
Write 2,092
Mixed 2,019
SusWrite 2,031
514% 2,296 MB/s
4K Read 62.8
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 73.5
258% 88.4 MB/s
DQ Read 977
DQ Write 393
DQ Mixed 734
530% 701 MB/s
855GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1056 1024 1109 1074 1184 1191 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1,540
Write 708
Mixed 871
SusWrite 1,106
236% 1,056 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 62.4
4K Mixed 10.3
70% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 599
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 406
301% 407 MB/s
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Desktop 101%
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Workstation 28%
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System: Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620

CPU
Core i7-12700HIntelBench 97%, 52,857 samples859x
Core i5-12500HIntelBench 94%, 11,588 samples3x
GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples511x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples252x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples63x
SSD
PC SN740 WD 1TBNvmeBench 342%, 434 samples102x
RAM
MTC4C10163S1SC48BA1 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 2,116 samples151x
MTC4C10163S1SC48BA1 16GBUnknownBench 119%, 416 samples111x
HMCG78MEBSA095N 2x16GBUnknownBench 129%, 3,160 samples105x
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