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WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1014 512GB

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Effective Speed -52%Effective Speed -52%Average Score -60%Read -43%, Write -80%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -89%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -65%Peak Score -87%Read -46%, Write -76%, 4K Read -139%, 4K Write -58%, Mixed -106%, 4K Mixed -117%, SusWrite -70%Value & Sentiment -81%User Rating -36%, Market Share -126%Nice To Haves -38%DQ Read -30%, DQ Write -33%, DQ Mixed -40%, ADQ Read -42%, ADQ Write -44%, ADQ Mixed -46%, Age -28%, AS-SSD Total -41%

Average Bench: 357% (24^th of 1080)

Based on 809 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1014

Poor: 217%Average: 357% Great: 480%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1014 512GB averaged 257.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1014 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,021MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,890MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1014 512GB is 263%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1014 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 154MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 67.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 809 samples)

Rank 24357%

Min	Avg	Max
1,517	Read 2,890	4,035
1,139	Write 2,567	3,602
914	Mixed 1,687	2,246
810	SusWrite 1,930	2,681
508% 2,269 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.6	4K Read 58	80
50.9	4K Write 154	240
27	4K Mixed 67.6	101
256% 93 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
567	DQ Read 1,207	1,778
261	DQ Write 877	1,429
434	DQ Mixed 1,021	1,496
769% 1,035 MB/s

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73101100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2931 3202 1967 654 551 488 MB/s

393% Outstanding

Write 2,839

Mixed 1,855

SusWrite 1,632

536% 2,399 MB/s

4K Read 60.6

4K Write 196

4K Mixed 86.1

306% 114 MB/s

DQ Read 1,646

DQ Write 1,403

DQ Mixed 1477

1,120% 1,509 MB/s

IND-User, 13 hrs ago.

205GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73101100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2787 2288 578 321 295 288 MB/s

326% Outstanding

Write 2,741

Mixed 1,813

SusWrite 1,093

489% 2,194 MB/s

4K Read 56.8

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 62.4

246% 90.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,477

DQ Write 1,185

DQ Mixed 1,354

1,007% 1,339 MB/s

IND-User, 8 hrs ago.

216GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73101100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1150 1160 1191 1369 1414 561 MB/s

282% Outstanding

Write 1,759

Mixed 1,704

SusWrite 1,141

448% 2,025 MB/s

4K Read 60.9

4K Write 31.4

4K Mixed 35.5

154% 42.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,103

DQ Write 59.3

DQ Mixed 112

199% 425 MB/s

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 18%

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System: Acer Aspire A715-76G

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Core i5-12450HIntelBench 89%, 9,550 samples	280x

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UHD GraphicsIntelBench 11%, 18,986 samples	176x
GeForce RTX 2050NvidiaBench 52%, 1,589 samples	30x

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WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1014 512GBNvmeBench 357%, 809 samples	237x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples	81x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 1x8GBMicronBench 42%, 8,707 samples	58x
M471A2K43EB1-CWE 1x16GBSamsungBench 46%, 7,758 samples	29x

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