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WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB

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Effective Speed -59%Effective Speed -59%Average Score -62%Read -42%, Write -92%, 4K Read -39%, 4K Write -45%, Mixed -74%, 4K Mixed -62%, SusWrite -83%Peak Score -84%Read -42%, Write -77%, 4K Read -137%, 4K Write -47%, Mixed -88%, 4K Mixed -115%, SusWrite -83%Value & Sentiment -244%User Rating -37%, Market Share -452%Nice To Haves -44%DQ Read -28%, DQ Write -34%, DQ Mixed -39%, ADQ Read -51%, ADQ Write -90%, ADQ Mixed -63%, Age -4%, AS-SSD Total -40%

Average Bench: 342% (24^th of 1080)

Based on 701 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002

Poor: 198%Average: 342% Great: 485%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB averaged 242.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 911MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,953MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB is 287%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 143MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 68.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 701 samples)

Rank 24342%

Min	Avg	Max
1,280	Read 2,953	4,172
855	Write 2,419	3642
880	Mixed 1,860	2,485
556	SusWrite 1,721	2,505
501% 2,238 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.6	4K Read 64	81.1
52.3	4K Write 143	258
26.3	4K Mixed 68.4	102
260% 91.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
482	DQ Read 1,136	1,808
242	DQ Write 661	1,423
341	DQ Mixed 911	1,506
675% 902 MB/s

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UZB-User, 17 hrs ago.

309GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73101000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3533 3467 1321 623 598 556 MB/s

448% Outstanding

Write 3,635

Mixed 2,492

SusWrite 1,683

670% 3,003 MB/s

4K Read 80.9

4K Write 233

4K Mixed 102

376% 138 MB/s

DQ Read 1,660

DQ Write 1,133

DQ Mixed 1,395

1,042% 1,396 MB/s

GBR-User, 23 hrs ago.

229GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73101000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2069 2071 1305 505 320 306 MB/s

297% Outstanding

Write 2,202

Mixed 1,876

SusWrite 1,096

457% 2,050 MB/s

4K Read 63.2

4K Write 129

4K Mixed 70.1

254% 87.4 MB/s

DQ Read 988

DQ Write 417

DQ Mixed 761

548% 722 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 day ago.

380GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73101000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 813 848 730 807 957 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 785

Mixed 678

SusWrite 826

173% 768 MB/s

4K Read 10

4K Write 16.7

4K Mixed 8.4

35% 11.7 MB/s

DQ Read 557

DQ Write 120

DQ Mixed 393

275% 357 MB/s

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Core i7-13620HIntelBench 103%, 4,514 samples	371x
Core i9-13900HIntelBench 107%, 4,699 samples	120x

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RTX 4060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 113%, 25,521 samples	288x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 6,572 samples	156x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 18%, 2,721 samples	32x

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WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GBNvmeBench 342%, 701 samples	115x

RAM
ATF2G64AZ-3G2F1 1x16GBMicronBench 49%, 863 samples	331x
ATF2G64AZ-3G2F1 Corsair CMSX16GX4M1A3200C22 32GBMicronBench 99%, 54 samples	27x
ATF2G64AZ-3G2F1 Crucial CT16G4SFRA32A.M16FR 32GBMicronBench 102%, 23 samples	14x

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WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB