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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2023.

Average Bench: 320% (26th of 1071)

Based on 651 user benchmarks.  Model: WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002
Poor: 193%Average: 320% Great: 459%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB averaged 219.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 951MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,705MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB is 266%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 111MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 60.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 651 samples)
Rank 26320%
Min Avg Max
1,538 Read 2,705 3,972
1,130 Write 2,209 3,546
998 Mixed 1,891 2,613
785 SusWrite 1,764 2,467
480% 2,142 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.2 4K Read 51.9 72.6
50.1 4K Write 111 216
34 4K Mixed 60.2 91.7
215% 74.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
570 DQ Read 1,168 1,791
154 DQ Write 523 1,551
441 DQ Mixed 951 1,521
677% 881 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
450GB free
Firmware: 73101000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3420 3624 3618 3572 3536 468 MB/s
531% Outstanding
Read 4,161
Write 3,630
Mixed 2,694
SusWrite 3,040
758% 3,381 MB/s
4K Read 69.1
4K Write 206
4K Mixed 87.9
327% 121 MB/s
DQ Read 1,815
DQ Write 1,758
DQ Mixed 1,504
1,207% 1,693 MB/s
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73101000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2133 2063 2041 2329 2324 1697 MB/s
350% Outstanding
Read 2991
Write 2,356
Mixed 2,060
SusWrite 2,098
533% 2,376 MB/s
4K Read 53.4
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 61.5
218% 75.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1186
DQ Write 378
DQ Mixed 934
649% 833 MB/s
306GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73101000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1097 1073 1104 1164 1177 1102 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,713
Write 1231
Mixed 1,383
SusWrite 1,120
305% 1,362 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 58.6
4K Mixed 40.4
143% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 512
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 356
251% 329 MB/s
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Desktop 93%
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Workstation 100%
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CPU
Ryzen 9 7940HSAMDBench 84%, 1,649 samples60x
GPU
RTX 4060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 113%, 18,525 samples35x
Radeon 780MAMDBench 36%, 1,815 samples25x
SSD
PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1002 512GBWDBench 320%, 651 samples45x
RAM
MTC8C1084S1SC48BA1 1x16GBMicronBench 71%, 3,017 samples39x
M425R2GA3BB0-CQKOD 1x16GBSamsungBench 71%, 1,053 samples7x
MTC8C1084S1SC48BA1 CMSX16GX5M1A4800C40 32GBMicronBench 141%, 113 samples4x
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