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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-256G 256GB

PC SN740 SDDPNQD-256G 256GB
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Effective Speed -118%Effective Speed -118%Average Score -127%Read -102%, Write -203%, 4K Read -73%, 4K Write -83%, Mixed -126%, 4K Mixed -84%, SusWrite -215%Peak Score -166%Read -83%, Write -246%, 4K Read -176%, 4K Write -49%, Mixed -168%, 4K Mixed -189%, SusWrite -249%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -75%DQ Read -125%, DQ Write -27%, DQ Mixed -124%, ADQ Read -94%, ADQ Write -39%, ADQ Mixed -95%, Age -2%, AS-SSD Total -91%

Average Bench: 251% (64^th of 1080)

Based on 14 user benchmarks. Model: WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-256G

Poor: 167%Average: 251% Great: 312%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-256G 256GB averaged 150.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-256G 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 761MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,082MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-256G 256GB is 145%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 113MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 60.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)

Rank 64251%

Min	Avg	Max
980	Read 2,082	3,234
874	Write 1,537	1,856
934	Mixed 1,427	1,747
838	SusWrite 1,006	1,311
338% 1,513 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.7	4K Read 51.5	69.7
46.2	4K Write 113	256
33.2	4K Mixed 60.2	76
215% 74.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
538	DQ Read 884	1,028
117	DQ Write 907	1,498
195	DQ Mixed 761	934
609% 851 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

RUS-User, 22 days ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1780 1791 1180 360 312 261 MB/s

288% Outstanding

Write 1,845

Mixed 1,603

SusWrite 948

386% 1,732 MB/s

4K Read 61.6

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 74.6

263% 92.3 MB/s

DQ Read 948

DQ Write 1,196

DQ Mixed 835

696% 993 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

176GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1401 1223 1473 762 309 296 MB/s

241% Outstanding

Write 1,619

Mixed 1,333

SusWrite 910

343% 1,541 MB/s

4K Read 55.7

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 57.7

218% 75.2 MB/s

DQ Read 851

DQ Write 349

DQ Mixed 768

524% 656 MB/s

RUS-User, 3 days ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73110000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1039 1060 1040 1056 1040 292 MB/s

167% Outstanding

Write 1,140

Mixed 1,051

SusWrite 921

237% 1,052 MB/s

4K Read 38.7

4K Write 80

4K Mixed 50.5

166% 56.4 MB/s

DQ Read 555

DQ Write 117

DQ Mixed 196

180% 289 MB/s

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Workstation 17%

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System: Maibenben MaiBook M

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Ryzen 3 4300UAMDBench 68%, 4,587 samples	8x
Ryzen 5 4500UAMDBench 71%, 28,533 samples	4x
Ryzen 7 4700UAMDBench 75%, 19,248 samples	3x

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RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	15x
Radeon GraphicsAMDBench 12%, 78,703 samples	4x

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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-256G 256GBWDBench 251%, 14 samples	5x

RAM
CT8G4SFS832A.C8FR 2x8GBCrucialBench 87%, 1,101 samples	5x
CT8G4SFS832A.C8FR 1x8GBCrucialBench 43%, 147 samples	4x
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples	2x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-256G 256GB