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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 197% (100th of 1072)

Based on 923 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G
Poor: 124%Average: 197% Great: 253%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G 512GB averaged 97.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 891MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,055MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G 512GB is 129%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 37.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 109MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 923 samples)
Rank 100197%
Min Avg Max
768 Read 1,318 1,898
930 Write 1,560 2,139
775 Mixed 1,235 1,678
471 SusWrite 755 910
274% 1,217 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19 4K Read 37.6 47.3
42.8 4K Write 109 158
27.2 4K Mixed 54.7 68.9
185% 67.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
315 DQ Read 1,055 1,481
207 DQ Write 787 1,132
269 DQ Mixed 891 1,252
674% 911 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
146GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10123000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 816 629 628 603 578 586 MB/s
225% Outstanding
Read 1,906
Write 2,132
Mixed 1,741
SusWrite 640
360% 1,605 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 59.8
202% 72.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,198
DQ Write 944
DQ Mixed 1045
789% 1,062 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10123000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 541 529 518 509 496 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,748
Write 1,721
Mixed 1,488
SusWrite 584
310% 1,385 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 82.1
4K Mixed 51.7
166% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 639
DQ Write 388
DQ Mixed 549
400% 525 MB/s
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10123000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 785 499 458 458 448 436 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 1,294
Write 1,397
Mixed 1,320
SusWrite 514
254% 1,131 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 80.2
4K Mixed 49.5
159% 54.9 MB/s
DQ Read 800
DQ Write 565
DQ Mixed 692
514% 686 MB/s
415GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10123000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1066 858 858 862 864 867 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,147
Write 1,743
Mixed 1,151
SusWrite 896
279% 1,234 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 58.9
4K Mixed 41.1
131% 43.8 MB/s
DQ Read 471
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 438
310% 398 MB/s
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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 70%
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Workstation 12%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-16Q2

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples1,174x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples8x
Core i9-11900KIntelBench 67%, 3 samples2x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples587x
GTX 1070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 61%, 9,069 samples430x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples154x
SSD
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G 512GBWDCBench 197%, 923 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples555x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 82%, 20,439 samples90x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples67x
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