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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 166% (96th of 1012)

Based on 846 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006
Poor: 124%Average: 166% Great: 199%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GB averaged 66.1% 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 694MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 750MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GB is 75.4%. 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 430MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 38.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 846 samples)
Rank 96166%
Min Avg Max
666 Read 1,195 1,658
783 Write 1,198 1,510
625 Mixed 1,012 1,331
366 SusWrite 430 458
215% 959 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.6 4K Read 38.3 44.9
66.9 4K Write 111 143
30.8 4K Mixed 54.6 65.4
187% 67.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
480 DQ Read 785 857
283 DQ Write 750 1,043
387 DQ Mixed 694 801
541% 743 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10112006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 429 432 431 432 431 MB/s
191% Outstanding
Read 1,728
Write 1,511
Mixed 1,339
SusWrite 448
281% 1,257 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 62
211% 76.6 MB/s
DQ Read 807
DQ Write 510
DQ Mixed 675
499% 664 MB/s
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10112006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 407 437 439 439 438 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 808
Write 985
Mixed 795
SusWrite 454
171% 760 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 60.7
208% 76.3 MB/s
DQ Read 854
DQ Write 977
DQ Mixed 695
584% 842 MB/s
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Gaming 64%
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Desktop 86%
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Workstation 63%
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System: HP OMEN by HP Laptop 15-dc1xxx

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 77%, 42,292 samples746x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 73%, 193,114 samples733x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 70%, 9,978 samples167x
GPU
GeForce RTX 2060NvidiaBench 65%, 9,671 samples821x
GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 71%, 1,272 samples398x
GeForce GTX 1660 TiNvidiaBench 63%, 7,190 samples306x
SSD
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 166%, 846 samples278x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 78%, 27,070 samples420x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 1,222 samples145x
M471A2K43DB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 3,286 samples135x
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