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PC SN740 SDDQMQD-512G-1201 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2023.

Average Bench: 242% (64th of 1074)

Based on 100 user benchmarks.  Model: WD PC SN740 SDDQMQD-512G-1201
Poor: 112%Average: 242% Great: 423%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD PC SN740 SDDQMQD-512G-1201 512GB averaged 142.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD PC SN740 SDDQMQD-512G-1201 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 602MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,934MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD PC SN740 SDDQMQD-512G-1201 512GB is 312%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD PC SN740 SDDQMQD-512G-1201 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 93.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 100 samples)
Rank 64242%
Min Avg Max
758 Read 1,934 3,413
591 Write 1,615 3,241
610 Mixed 1,374 2,144
591 SusWrite 1,340 2,594
351% 1,566 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.5 4K Read 45.3 73.3
20.8 4K Write 93.5 242
20.1 4K Mixed 50.7 95.6
183% 63.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
189 DQ Read 765 1,792
84.6 DQ Write 453 1615
127 DQ Mixed 602 1,528
450% 607 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73116101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2823 3100 2825 2857 2920 1156 MB/s
503% Outstanding
Read 3,751
Write 3,403
Mixed 2,250
SusWrite 2,613
674% 3,005 MB/s
4K Read 74.1
4K Write 252
4K Mixed 99.1
372% 142 MB/s
DQ Read 1,832
DQ Write 1747
DQ Mixed 1567
1,238% 1,715 MB/s
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73116101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 692 990 924 1322 687 669 MB/s
259% Outstanding
Read 2,852
Write 1,929
Mixed 1,744
SusWrite 881
412% 1,851 MB/s
4K Read 62.1
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 70.3
246% 83.1 MB/s
DQ Read 441
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 398
282% 362 MB/s
293GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73116101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 761 1095 892 1506 1239 683 MB/s
251% Outstanding
Read 2,596
Write 1,845
Mixed 1,440
SusWrite 1,029
385% 1,728 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 60.2
206% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 691
DQ Write 220
DQ Mixed 480
348% 464 MB/s
386GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73116101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 653 656 648 1350 1302 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 1,951
Write 1,457
Mixed 1,371
SusWrite 846
314% 1,406 MB/s
4K Read 53.6
4K Write 76.7
4K Mixed 53.8
191% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 241
177% 236 MB/s
284GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 73116101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1156 1241 1322 973 1058 629 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,130
Write 1598
Mixed 1,392
SusWrite 1,063
294% 1,296 MB/s
4K Read 55.1
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 59.6
215% 72.9 MB/s
DQ Read 624
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 490
352% 461 MB/s
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop 86%
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Workstation 18%
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CPU
Core i7-1355UIntelBench 76%, 1,220 samples13x
GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 15%, 6,283 samples13x
SSD
PC SN740 SDDQMQD-512G-1201 512GBWDBench 242%, 100 samples5x
RAM
M471A1G44BB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 6,868 samples6x
M471A1G44BB0-CWE Hynix HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 509 samples2x
RMSA3310MF96HAF-3200 Samsung M471A1G44BB0-CWE 16GBRamaxelBench 67%, 282 samples2x
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