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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB

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Effective Speed -129%Effective Speed -129%Average Score -134%Read -130%, Write -200%, 4K Read -84%, 4K Write -137%, Mixed -129%, 4K Mixed -114%, SusWrite -145%Peak Score -116%Read -72%, Write -108%, 4K Read -175%, 4K Write -112%, Mixed -97%, 4K Mixed -155%, SusWrite -95%Value & Sentiment -874%User Rating -36%, Market Share -1,711%Nice To Haves -75%DQ Read -42%, DQ Write -47%, DQ Mixed -51%, ADQ Read -99%, ADQ Write -167%, ADQ Mixed -117%, Age -21%, AS-SSD Total -58%

Average Bench: 236% (75^th of 1080)

Based on 1,141 user benchmarks. Model: WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006

Poor: 112%Average: 236% Great: 413%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB averaged 136.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 685MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,804MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB is 301%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 86.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,141 samples)

Rank 75236%

Min	Avg	Max
678	Read 1,804	3,420
574	Write 1,540	3,045
577	Mixed 1,392	2,345
462	SusWrite 1,297	2,337
339% 1,508 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.6	4K Read 46.6	69.6
27.5	4K Write 86.4	179
23	4K Mixed 50.4	85.9
181% 61.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
364	DQ Read 858	1,631
138	DQ Write 471	1,289
237	DQ Mixed 685	1,391
504% 671 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 1 day ago.

397GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3339 3425 3376 1666 694 658 MB/s

447% Outstanding

Write 3,364

Mixed 2,567

SusWrite 2,193

665% 2,967 MB/s

4K Read 72.9

4K Write 217

4K Mixed 91.9

343% 127 MB/s

DQ Read 1,508

DQ Write 1,111

DQ Mixed 1,387

1,016% 1,335 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 day ago.

438GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2683 2675 2657 2650 2605 1161 MB/s

430% Outstanding

Write 2,769

Mixed 2,337

SusWrite 2405

584% 2,592 MB/s

4K Read 74.5

4K Write 190

4K Mixed 91.6

331% 119 MB/s

DQ Read 1,700

DQ Write 1315

DQ Mixed 1,426

1,089% 1,480 MB/s

IND-User, 20 hrs ago.

332GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1132 1259 979 1511 1559 1530 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 2,190

Mixed 1,926

SusWrite 1,328

374% 1,643 MB/s

4K Read 60.4

4K Write 129

4K Mixed 65

243% 84.7 MB/s

DQ Read 565

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 430

316% 422 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

145GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1213 1017 436 243 289 292 MB/s

195% Outstanding

Write 938

Mixed 1,204

SusWrite 582

225% 1,003 MB/s

4K Read 50.7

4K Write 93.6

4K Mixed 59.2

202% 67.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,235

DQ Write 799

DQ Mixed 1,042

770% 1,025 MB/s

FRA-User, 9 hrs ago.

105GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1295 1401 706 309 273 294 MB/s

192% Outstanding

Write 1,517

Mixed 1,480

SusWrite 713

309% 1,381 MB/s

4K Read 43

4K Write 76.3

4K Mixed 44

162% 54.4 MB/s

DQ Read 888

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 621

449% 597 MB/s

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 13%

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System: HP 250 15.6 inch G9 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-1235UIntelBench 60%, 8,532 samples	272x
Core i7-1255UIntelBench 65%, 11,564 samples	100x
Core i3-1215UIntelBench 65%, 3,625 samples	93x

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Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples	199x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 12%, 6,683 samples	166x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 10%, 2,559 samples	94x

SSD
PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GBWDBench 236%, 1,141 samples	62x

RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples	129x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples	70x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 1x8GBMicronBench 42%, 8,707 samples	30x

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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB

Average Bench: 236% (75^th of 1080)

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