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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1127 512GB

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Effective Speed -67%Effective Speed -67%Average Score -66%Read -75%, Write -89%, 4K Read -47%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed -70%, 4K Mixed -71%, SusWrite -76%Peak Score -113%Read -93%, Write -81%, 4K Read -158%, 4K Write -106%, Mixed -103%, 4K Mixed -143%, SusWrite -110%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -10%DQ Read -47%, DQ Write -52%, DQ Mixed -53%, ADQ Read -40%, ADQ Write -69%, ADQ Mixed -46%, Age 289%, AS-SSD Total -61%

Average Bench: 326% (32^nd of 1080)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1127

Poor: 177%Average: 326% Great: 391%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1127 512GB averaged 226.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1127 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,017MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,469MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 151MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 64.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 32326%

Min	Avg	Max
973	Read 2,396	3,079
1,541	Write 2,469	3545
1,237	Mixed 1,905	2,301
1,041	SusWrite 1,790	2184
482% 2,140 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
46.3	4K Read 60.5	74.3
84.2	4K Write 151	184
48.2	4K Mixed 64.7	90.2
254% 91.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
636	DQ Read 1,224	1,578
235	DQ Write 742	1,252
461	DQ Mixed 1,017	1,371
748% 994 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

AUT-User, 1 month ago.

330GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 74117000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2545 2542 2535 2546 1395 455 MB/s

391% Outstanding

Write 2,705

Mixed 2,301

SusWrite 2,003

547% 2,430 MB/s

4K Read 74.3

4K Write 184

4K Mixed 90.2

326% 116 MB/s

DQ Read 1,454

DQ Write 1,252

DQ Mixed 1,371

1,022% 1,359 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 month ago.

388GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 74117000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2981 3369 3165 2266 685 637 MB/s

384% Outstanding

Write 3,545

Mixed 2,284

SusWrite 2,184

624% 2,773 MB/s

4K Read 54.1

4K Write 180

4K Mixed 48.2

239% 94.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,578

DQ Write 982

DQ Mixed 1,287

957% 1,283 MB/s

RUS-User, 5 months ago.

424GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 74117000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1856 2006 1893 1926 1964 1959 MB/s

352% Outstanding

Write 2,086

Mixed 1,798

SusWrite 1,934

484% 2,160 MB/s

4K Read 67.1

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 69.5

272% 96.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,225

DQ Write 500

DQ Mixed 948

679% 891 MB/s

UKR-User, 30 days ago.

433GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 74117000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1499 1336 969 911 784 745 MB/s

177% Outstanding

Write 1,541

Mixed 1,237

SusWrite 1,041

272% 1,198 MB/s

4K Read 46.3

4K Write 84.2

4K Mixed 50.9

180% 60.5 MB/s

DQ Read 636

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 461

334% 444 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,546,924 SSDs tested

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 82%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-K II

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	496x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $124Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	211x
Ryzen 5 5500AMD $84Bench 86%, 13,223 samples	207x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	264x
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	196x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $218Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	124x

SSD
PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1127 512GBWDBench 326%, 4 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	138x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	112x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	92x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $370

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PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1127 512GB