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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1102 512GB

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Effective Speed -62%Effective Speed -62%Average Score -68%Read -47%, Write -93%, 4K Read -57%, 4K Write -81%, Mixed -58%, 4K Mixed -69%, SusWrite -74%Peak Score -87%Read -40%, Write -70%, 4K Read -169%, 4K Write -68%, Mixed -60%, 4K Mixed -101%, SusWrite -105%Value & Sentiment -2,140%User Rating -36%, Market Share -4,244%Nice To Haves -3%DQ Read -27%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -35%, ADQ Read -44%, ADQ Write -95%, ADQ Mixed -48%, Age 267%, AS-SSD Total -32%

Average Bench: 331% (29^th of 1080)

Based on 34 user benchmarks. Model: WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1102

Poor: 233%Average: 331% Great: 425%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1102 512GB averaged 231.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1102 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,003MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,790MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1102 512GB is 192%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1102 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 112MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 61.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)

Rank 29331%

Min	Avg	Max
751	Read 2,790	4,080
876	Write 2,366	3614
795	Mixed 1,980	2,639
761	SusWrite 1,829	2,230
503% 2,241 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.1	4K Read 52.4	71.2
60	4K Write 112	214
43.6	4K Mixed 61.7	91.7
218% 75.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
656	DQ Read 1,186	1,820
204	DQ Write 644	1,718
646	DQ Mixed 1,003	1,551
722% 945 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 6 days ago.

376GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73113000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2732 2356 2367 2370 2061 584 MB/s

367% Outstanding

Write 2,645

Mixed 2,338

SusWrite 2,078

597% 2,671 MB/s

4K Read 57.9

4K Write 46.7

4K Mixed 43.3

168% 49.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1738

DQ Write 255

DQ Mixed 518

502% 837 MB/s

NLD-User, 2 days ago.

335GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73113000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1830 2140 2168 2278 2283 1716 MB/s

330% Outstanding

Write 2,295

Mixed 2010

SusWrite 2,069

515% 2,297 MB/s

4K Read 44.5

4K Write 84

4K Mixed 54.7

182% 61.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,165

DQ Write 387

DQ Mixed 841

604% 798 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

322GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73113000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1954 2033 1983 2062 2064 1365 MB/s

318% Outstanding

Write 2064

Mixed 1870

SusWrite 1,910

478% 2,131 MB/s

4K Read 50.5

4K Write 99.5

4K Mixed 57.4

203% 69.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1096

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 802

570% 747 MB/s

ITA-User, 4 days ago.

167GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73113000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2005 1807 530 249 298 301 MB/s

269% Outstanding

Write 2,323

Mixed 2,041

SusWrite 865

455% 2,042 MB/s

4K Read 53.2

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 59.1

212% 72.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,131

DQ Write 360

DQ Mixed 824

587% 772 MB/s

ARE-User, 7 hrs ago.

218GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 73113000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1768 1245 1685 1978 1150 645 MB/s

255% Outstanding

Write 1,949

Mixed 1680

SusWrite 1,412

414% 1,848 MB/s

4K Read 42.3

4K Write 72.6

4K Mixed 47.4

163% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 803

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 729

492% 611 MB/s

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Workstation 29%

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Ryzen 5 7535HS GraphicsAMDBench 82%, 2,625 samples	6x

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Radeon GraphicsAMDBench 27%, 25,679 samples	4x
GeForce RTX 2050NvidiaBench 52%, 900 samples	2x

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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1102 512GBWDBench 331%, 34 samples	6x

RAM
M425R2GA3PB0-CWMOL 1x16GBSamsungBench 80%, 85 samples	2x
M425R1GB4PB0-CWMOD 1x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 20 samples	2x
M425R1GB4PB0-CWMOD 2x8GBSamsungBench 123%, 173 samples	1x

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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1102 512GB

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