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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB

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Effective Speed +140% Effective Speed 140%Average Score +178% Read 294%, Write 280%, 4K Read 36%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed 288%, 4K Mixed 12%, SusWrite 338%Peak Score +317% Read 575%, Write 528%, 4K Read 62%, 4K Write 46%, Mixed 454%, 4K Mixed 47%, SusWrite 504%Value & Sentiment -140%User Rating -14%, Market Share -267%Nice To Haves +261% DQ Read 344%, DQ Write 260%, DQ Mixed 320%, ADQ Read 163%, ADQ Write 63%, ADQ Mixed 163%, Age 487%, AS-SSD Total 291%

Average Bench: 236% (67^th of 1072)

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 67236%

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

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

GBR-User, 3 days ago.

372GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3494 3490 3414 1354 632 631 MB/s

431% Outstanding

Write 3,463

Mixed 2,537

SusWrite 2,169

669% 2,984 MB/s

4K Read 70.4

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 78.5

273% 90.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,712

DQ Write 1,183

DQ Mixed 1,428

1,071% 1,441 MB/s

ITA-User, 18 hrs ago.

425GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3169 3621 3583 2407 686 678 MB/s

430% Outstanding

Write 3,040

Mixed 2,637

SusWrite 2,357

671% 3,000 MB/s

4K Read 60.2

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 75.2

251% 85 MB/s

DQ Read 1,321

DQ Write 916

DQ Mixed 1,096

824% 1111 MB/s

NLD-User, 3 days ago.

307GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 856 869 869 851 857 855 MB/s

158% Outstanding

Write 858

Mixed 897

SusWrite 859

206% 917 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 53.4

4K Mixed 40.6

138% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 754

DQ Write 157

DQ Mixed 470

341% 460 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	261x
Core i7-1255UIntelBench 65%, 11,564 samples	97x
Core i3-1215UIntelBench 65%, 3,625 samples	87x

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Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples	192x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 12%, 3,470 samples	159x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 10%, 2,559 samples	88x

SSD
PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GBWDBench 236%, 1,141 samples	59x

RAM
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples	125x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples	68x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 32%, 6,771 samples	28x

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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB

Average Bench: 236% (67^th of 1072)

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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB

Average Bench: 236% (67th of 1072)

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