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PC SN740 SDDQNQD-256G-1014 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2023.

Average Bench: 171% (130th of 1071)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-256G-1014
Poor: 59%Average: 171% Great: 312%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-256G-1014 256GB averaged 71.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-256G-1014 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 716MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 703MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-256G-1014 256GB is 253%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-256G-1014 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 69MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 42.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 130171%
Min Avg Max
186 Read 1,133 2,860
208 Write 998 1,839
154 Mixed 942 1,624
196 SusWrite 799 1,124
218% 968 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.1 4K Read 36.6 74.6
7 4K Write 69 202
6.7 4K Mixed 42.4 95.7
146% 49.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
170 DQ Read 801 961
171 DQ Write 703 1509
342 DQ Mixed 716 879
546% 740 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73101100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1711 1833 1363 302 285 278 MB/s
315% Outstanding
Read 2,860
Write 1,681
Mixed 1,456
SusWrite 962
386% 1,740 MB/s
4K Read 74.6
4K Write 195
4K Mixed 95.7
339% 122 MB/s
DQ Read 682
DQ Write 979
DQ Mixed 591
514% 751 MB/s
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73101100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1447 1469 1222 293 287 286 MB/s
247% Outstanding
Read 1,637
Write 1,490
Mixed 1,175
SusWrite 834
288% 1,284 MB/s
4K Read 59.5
4K Write 178
4K Mixed 75.5
281% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 951
DQ Write 1,040
DQ Mixed 862
686% 951 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73101100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1196 1210 1187 1215 907 359 MB/s
209% Outstanding
Read 1,303
Write 1,110
Mixed 1,182
SusWrite 1,012
259% 1,152 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 71.5
4K Mixed 49.6
167% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 961
DQ Write 978
DQ Mixed 879
685% 939 MB/s
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73101100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1100 1079 1056 337 338 317 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,116
Write 1,186
Mixed 1,120
SusWrite 705
232% 1,032 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 57.1
4K Mixed 39.5
137% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 909
DQ Write 719
DQ Mixed 778
592% 802 MB/s
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73101100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 513 302 238 111 156 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 855
Write 726
Mixed 764
SusWrite 320
149% 666 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 54.6
4K Mixed 33.8
115% 38.8 MB/s
DQ Read 788
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 342
299% 461 MB/s
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop 56%
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Workstation 9%
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System: Acer Aspire A315-24P

CPU
Ryzen 5 7520U GraphicsAMDBench 53%, 1,439 samples61x
Ryzen 3 7320U GraphicsAMDBench 52%, 1,118 samples57x
Athlon Gold 7220U GraphicsAMDBench 38%, 45 samples2x
GPU
Radeon GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 2,063 samples121x
SSD
PC SN740 SDDQNQD-256G-1014 256GBWDBench 171%, 25 samples1x
RAM
K3LKBKB0BM-MGCP 2x4GBSamsungBench 61%, 958 samples36x
MT62F1G32D4DR-031 WT 2x4GBMicronBench 64%, 254 samples28x
H9JCNNNCP3MLYR-N6E 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 154 samples24x
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