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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 171% (131st of 1072)

Based on 3,914 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006
Poor: 99%Average: 171% Great: 217%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GB averaged 71.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 653MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 660MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GB is 118%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 398MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 116MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,914 samples)
Rank 131171%
Min Avg Max
688 Read 1,362 1,724
511 Write 1,198 1,528
432 Mixed 1,043 1,352
256 SusWrite 398 464
224% 1,000 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.7 4K Read 45.9 49.4
36.6 4K Write 116 183
22.1 4K Mixed 54.7 74.1
201% 72.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
402 DQ Read 759 857
184 DQ Write 660 1,088
251 DQ Mixed 653 799
505% 691 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10112006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 432 433 435 435 430 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 1,721
Write 1,543
Mixed 1,361
SusWrite 447
283% 1,268 MB/s
4K Read 42.3
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 57.8
192% 67.6 MB/s
DQ Read 773
DQ Write 505
DQ Mixed 693
502% 657 MB/s
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 462 435 436 437 437 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 1,305
Write 1,169
Mixed 1,124
SusWrite 447
226% 1,011 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 92.3
4K Mixed 53.9
179% 62.2 MB/s
DQ Read 599
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 505
364% 477 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 372 396 396 417 424 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 1,427
Write 1,338
Mixed 1,159
SusWrite 415
243% 1,085 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 55.7
4K Mixed 35.8
118% 40 MB/s
DQ Read 33.5
DQ Write 151
DQ Mixed 304
172% 163 MB/s
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10112006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 344 280 268 279 299 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 1,173
Write 902
Mixed 885
SusWrite 286
181% 812 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 54.8
4K Mixed 32.2
108% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 539
DQ Write 227
DQ Mixed 352
269% 373 MB/s
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10112006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 396 414 394 432 431 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 1,066
Write 767
Mixed 898
SusWrite 421
176% 788 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 65.4
4K Mixed 29.2
103% 38.3 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 259
DQ Mixed 257
209% 301 MB/s
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 375 409 395 408 418 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 886
Write 964
Mixed 829
SusWrite 402
173% 770 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 45.6
4K Mixed 31.3
99% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 400
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 305
235% 323 MB/s
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 191 178 181 196 257 MB/s
43.9% Average
Read 434
Write 490
Mixed 376
SusWrite 209
85% 377 MB/s
4K Read 7.4
4K Write 11.6
4K Mixed 8.7
28% 9.23 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 79.5
DQ Mixed 100
78% 108 MB/s
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Desktop 82%
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Workstation 50%
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System: HP OMEN by HP Laptop 15-dc1xxx

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples1,811x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples583x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples485x
GPU
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples1,092x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples863x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples431x
SSD
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 171%, 3,914 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples635x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples214x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 75%, 8,097 samples163x
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