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WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB

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Effective Speed +174% Effective Speed 174%Average Score +219% Read 384%, Write 364%, 4K Read 47%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 322%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 364%Peak Score +371% Read 679%, Write 637%, 4K Read 66%, 4K Write 85%, Mixed 470%, 4K Mixed 56%, SusWrite 604%Value & Sentiment -901%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,789%Nice To Haves +309% DQ Read 391%, DQ Write 373%, DQ Mixed 365%, ADQ Read 173%, ADQ Write 107%, ADQ Mixed 175%, Age 530%, AS-SSD Total 359%

Average Bench: 270% (47^th of 1071)

Based on 96 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006

Poor: 123%Average: 270% Great: 445%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB averaged 169.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 715MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,212MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB is 322%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 110MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 58.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 96 samples)

Rank 47270%

Min	Avg	Max
841	Read 2,212	3,948
589	Write 1,879	3,573
702	Mixed 1,516	2,414
529	SusWrite 1,376	2,724
391% 1,746 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.9	4K Read 50.3	71.4
37.8	4K Write 110	226
29.6	4K Mixed 58.4	90.8
210% 73.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
300	DQ Read 891	1,801
122	DQ Write 599	1,694
203	DQ Mixed 715	1,541
542% 735 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PRT-User, 5 days ago.

378GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3264 3546 3595 3504 1038 676 MB/s

484% Outstanding

Write 3687

Mixed 2,356

SusWrite 2,604

703% 3,136 MB/s

4K Read 71.6

4K Write 216

4K Mixed 89.8

338% 126 MB/s

DQ Read 1,782

DQ Write 1,165

DQ Mixed 1,453

1,089% 1,467 MB/s

USA-User, 27 days ago.

425GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3246 3342 3259 3203 2192 645 MB/s

442% Outstanding

Write 3,377

Mixed 2,280

SusWrite 2,648

664% 2,958 MB/s

4K Read 62.9

4K Write 145

4K Mixed 77.5

271% 95.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,454

DQ Write 1,050

DQ Mixed 1179

901% 1,228 MB/s

NZL-User, 27 days ago.

476GB free

Firmware: HPS3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1993 2059 2182 2394 2393 2381 MB/s

358% Outstanding

Write 2209

Mixed 1,806

SusWrite 2,234

485% 2,156 MB/s

4K Read 63.6

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 73.2

263% 91.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,171

DQ Write 901

DQ Mixed 1,000

758% 1,024 MB/s

CHL-User, 1 month ago.

419GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1027 1064 896 1409 1467 1377 MB/s

248% Outstanding

Write 1598

Mixed 1,584

SusWrite 1,207

361% 1,613 MB/s

4K Read 56.7

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 64.3

223% 74.6 MB/s

DQ Read 803

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 379

316% 472 MB/s

FRA-User, 19 days ago.

255GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 890 962 896 1205 1202 679 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,304

Mixed 1,378

SusWrite 972

310% 1,387 MB/s

4K Read 53.6

4K Write 72.5

4K Mixed 53.5

188% 59.9 MB/s

DQ Read 791

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 277

261% 423 MB/s

CHL-User, 15 days ago.

234GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 575 531 584 665 683 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 512

Mixed 618

SusWrite 592

149% 667 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 41.5

4K Mixed 26.4

103% 33.1 MB/s

DQ Read 329

DQ Write 148

DQ Mixed 244

180% 241 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 16%

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System: HP Laptop 15s-fq2xxx

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Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	937x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples	586x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples	349x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,285x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples	862x
RX 6500-XTAMD $140Bench 50%, 2,413 samples	1x

SSD
WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GBNvmeBench 270%, 96 samples	1x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CWE 2x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 26,749 samples	475x
NT8GA64D88CX3S-JR 1x8GBNanyaBench 35%, 3,823 samples	232x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 2x4GBHynixBench 71%, 7,522 samples	145x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 512GB

Average Bench: 270% (47^th of 1071)

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