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PC SN740 SDDPMQD-512G-1101 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 245% (59th of 1072)

Based on 548 user benchmarks.  Model: WD PC SN740 SDDPMQD-512G-1101
Poor: 134%Average: 245% Great: 420%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD PC SN740 SDDPMQD-512G-1101 512GB averaged 144.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD PC SN740 SDDPMQD-512G-1101 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 610MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,028MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD PC SN740 SDDPMQD-512G-1101 512GB is 285%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD PC SN740 SDDPMQD-512G-1101 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 82.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 400MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 548 samples)
Rank 59245%
Min Avg Max
910 Read 2,028 3,746
715 Write 1,712 3,459
763 Mixed 1,497 2,563
705 SusWrite 1,386 2,541
372% 1,656 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.2 4K Read 45.3 64.3
26.6 4K Write 82.6 163
20.7 4K Mixed 48.1 79.1
174% 58.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
292 DQ Read 751 1,660
101 DQ Write 400 1,297
227 DQ Mixed 610 1,412
444% 587 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73110001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1741 1908 1781 1550 1649 1679 MB/s
308% Outstanding
Read 1,596
Write 1,778
Mixed 1,514
SusWrite 1718
373% 1,652 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 205
4K Mixed 70.7
255% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 1,507
DQ Write 1,223
DQ Mixed 1,378
1,028% 1,369 MB/s
258GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73116001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2399 2086 2373 1298 331 300 MB/s
307% Outstanding
Read 2,923
Write 2,890
Mixed 2,308
SusWrite 1,464
538% 2,396 MB/s
4K Read 46.5
4K Write 69.3
4K Mixed 47.9
168% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,270
DQ Write 951
DQ Mixed 1,196
871% 1,139 MB/s
222GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73116001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1372 350 539 679 510 426 MB/s
288% Outstanding
Read 3,189
Write 2,880
Mixed 2,360
SusWrite 646
506% 2,269 MB/s
4K Read 48.5
4K Write 88.9
4K Mixed 54.1
190% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,653
DQ Write 1,146
DQ Mixed 1,180
941% 1,327 MB/s
372GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73110001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1177 1469 1140 1650 1612 1545 MB/s
244% Outstanding
Read 2,115
Write 1,602
Mixed 1,491
SusWrite 1,432
372% 1,660 MB/s
4K Read 47.4
4K Write 84.6
4K Mixed 54
186% 62 MB/s
DQ Read 470
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 383
268% 346 MB/s
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73110001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 662 290 277 261 267 267 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 2,890
Write 1,838
Mixed 1,776
SusWrite 338
379% 1,710 MB/s
4K Read 55
4K Write 59.2
4K Mixed 36
161% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 202
DQ Mixed 360
242% 294 MB/s
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CPU
Core i5-1235UIntelBench 60%, 8,532 samples132x
Core i7-1255UIntelBench 65%, 11,564 samples109x
Core i7-1260PIntelBench 85%, 4,690 samples59x
GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples240x
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples86x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples1x
SSD
PC SN740 SDDPMQD-512G-1101 512GBWDBench 245%, 548 samples51x
RAM
K3LKBKB0BM-MGCP 8x2GBSamsungBench 122%, 3,090 samples257x
MT62F512M32D2DR-031 8x1GBMicronBench 107%, 816 samples61x
H9JCNNNBK3MLYR-N6E 8x1GBHynixBench 107%, 570 samples11x
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