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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 247% (59th of 1071)

Based on 514 user benchmarks.  Model: PC SN740 NVMe WD 512GB
Poor: 100%Average: 247% Great: 464%

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Outstanding average bench

The PC SN740 NVMe WD 512GB averaged 146.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PC SN740 NVMe WD 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 660MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,910MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PC SN740 NVMe WD 512GB is 365%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PC SN740 NVMe WD 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 100MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 54.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 514 samples)
Rank 59247%
Min Avg Max
757 Read 1,910 3,853
510 Write 1,639 3,538
536 Mixed 1,445 2,617
401 SusWrite 1,320 2,496
354% 1,578 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.8 4K Read 48.6 78.3
19.5 4K Write 100 240
17.5 4K Mixed 54.2 95.2
196% 67.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
210 DQ Read 811 1,763
89.1 DQ Write 520 1,669
134 DQ Mixed 660 1,527
494% 664 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
230GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3285 3451 1893 335 307 322 MB/s
436% Outstanding
Read 4,150
Write 3,622
Mixed 2,626
SusWrite 1,599
670% 2,999 MB/s
4K Read 78.4
4K Write 232
4K Mixed 93.6
362% 135 MB/s
DQ Read 1,657
DQ Write 1,141
DQ Mixed 1,366
1,029% 1,388 MB/s
212GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914108 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3295 2145 367 280 310 302 MB/s
303% Outstanding
Read 3,328
Write 3,406
Mixed 2451
SusWrite 1,116
577% 2,576 MB/s
4K Read 49.1
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 56.3
207% 73 MB/s
DQ Read 919
DQ Write 797
DQ Mixed 900
663% 872 MB/s
439GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1108 1106 1111 1118 1114 1124 MB/s
273% Outstanding
Read 1374
Write 1,145
Mixed 1,134
SusWrite 1,114
268% 1,192 MB/s
4K Read 69.7
4K Write 156
4K Mixed 83.1
295% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,473
DQ Write 1,199
DQ Mixed 1,427
1,044% 1,366 MB/s
424GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1419 1488 1462 1330 1200 1228 MB/s
252% Outstanding
Read 1,090
Write 1,097
Mixed 1,100
SusWrite 1,355
262% 1,160 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 65
209% 77.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,492
DQ Write 1,236
DQ Mixed 1,368
1,024% 1,366 MB/s
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1675 1611 1586 1564 1417 1447 MB/s
209% Outstanding
Read 1,228
Write 1,374
Mixed 1,120
SusWrite 1,550
298% 1,318 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 97.8
4K Mixed 38.7
130% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 624
DQ Write 491
DQ Mixed 548
412% 554 MB/s
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73914104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 707 558 746 701 520 MB/s
186% Outstanding
Read 1,764
Write 1,017
Mixed 1,185
SusWrite 643
256% 1,152 MB/s
4K Read 53.9
4K Write 84.8
4K Mixed 55
197% 64.6 MB/s
DQ Read 504
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 295
231% 329 MB/s
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 74%
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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 samples236x
Core i7-1265UIntelBench 61%, 1,579 samples199x
GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples551x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 12%, 3,470 samples342x
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples16x
SSD
SN740 NVMe WD 512GBPCBench 247%, 514 samples57x
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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