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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G 256GB

PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G 256GB
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Effective Speed +76% Effective Speed 76%Average Score +102% Read 188%, Write 208%, 4K Read 35%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 193%, 4K Mixed 20%, SusWrite 33%Peak Score +113% Read 236%, Write 215%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 56%, Mixed 221%, 4K Mixed 28%, SusWrite 22%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +146% DQ Read 134%, DQ Write 215%, DQ Mixed 143%, ADQ Read 145%, ADQ Write 170%, ADQ Mixed 173%, Age 40%, AS-SSD Total 150%

Average Bench: 173% (129^th of 1072)

Based on 546 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G

Poor: 119%Average: 173% Great: 223%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G 256GB averaged 73.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 711MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 779MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G 256GB is 105%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 395MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 118MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 546 samples)

Rank 129173%

Min	Avg	Max
763	Read 1,318	1,700
433	Write 1,248	1,527
465	Mixed 1,053	1,360
268	SusWrite 395	473
225% 1,004 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.6	4K Read 46.4	49.9
51.2	4K Write 118	191
22.4	4K Mixed 54.2	74.6
202% 72.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
452	DQ Read 800	859
288	DQ Write 779	1,128
352	DQ Mixed 711	805
556% 763 MB/s

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TUR-User, 2 months ago.

20GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10123000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 21 21 23 25 25 MB/s

290% Outstanding

Write 23.9

Mixed 59.3

SusWrite 21.9

160% 772 MB/s

4K Read 417

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 4.3

638% 141 MB/s

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16Q2

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Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	1,174x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	8x
Core i9-11900KIntelBench 67%, 3 samples	2x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	587x
GTX 1070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 61%, 9,069 samples	430x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	154x

SSD
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G 256GBWDCBench 173%, 546 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	555x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 82%, 20,439 samples	90x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	67x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G 256GB

Average Bench: 173% (129^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 173% (129th of 1072)

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