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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GB

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Effective Speed +98% Effective Speed 98%Average Score +132% Read 205%, Write 260%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 31%, Mixed 235%, 4K Mixed 23%, SusWrite 146%Peak Score +160% Read 279%, Write 335%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 41%, Mixed 298%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite 133%Value & Sentiment -396%User Rating -14%, Market Share -778%Nice To Haves +173% DQ Read 256%, DQ Write 167%, DQ Mixed 229%, ADQ Read 180%, ADQ Write 117%, ADQ Mixed 190%, Age 44%, AS-SSD Total 198%

Average Bench: 195% (102^nd of 1072)

Based on 3,929 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101

Poor: 142%Average: 195% Great: 256%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GB averaged 94.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 755MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 915MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GB is 113%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 728MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,929 samples)

Rank 102195%

Min	Avg	Max
769	Read 1,393	1,919
759	Write 1,459	2,107
622	Mixed 1,204	1,684
429	SusWrite 728	901
269% 1,196 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.2	4K Read 42.6	49.2
61.1	4K Write 115	172
29.9	4K Mixed 55.5	72.1
196% 71 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
437	DQ Read 915	1,306
238	DQ Write 628	957
356	DQ Mixed 755	1,090
568% 766 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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

NLD-User, 18 days ago.

256GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10120001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1041 665 683 651 673 687 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 1,227

Mixed 1,082

SusWrite 734

244% 1,086 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 57.9

198% 72 MB/s

DQ Read 1,032

DQ Write 757

DQ Mixed 908

675% 899 MB/s

NLD-User, 11 days ago.

426GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10120001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1123 859 864 863 861 866 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 894

Mixed 874

SusWrite 906

207% 921 MB/s

4K Read 38.2

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 58

191% 69 MB/s

DQ Read 1,014

DQ Write 727

DQ Mixed 864

647% 868 MB/s

USA-User, 18 days ago.

296GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10130001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1061 894 677 681 669 669 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,967

Mixed 1,549

SusWrite 775

334% 1,483 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 89.9

4K Mixed 52.4

172% 60.1 MB/s

DQ Read 536

DQ Write 465

DQ Mixed 488

369% 496 MB/s

NLD-User, 11 days ago.

433GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10120001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1023 861 863 862 863 864 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 992

Mixed 907

SusWrite 889

229% 1,022 MB/s

4K Read 36.7

4K Write 81.5

4K Mixed 49.1

162% 55.8 MB/s

DQ Read 760

DQ Write 548

DQ Mixed 690

506% 666 MB/s

ESP-User, 17 days ago.

412GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10120001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 911 800 833 812 812 817 MB/s

175% Outstanding

Write 1,193

Mixed 918

SusWrite 831

242% 1,080 MB/s

4K Read 36.1

4K Write 82.9

4K Mixed 44.8

156% 54.6 MB/s

DQ Read 626

DQ Write 296

DQ Mixed 419

322% 447 MB/s

CAN-User, 9 days ago.

135GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10130001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 704 489 488 466 451 422 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 1,471

Mixed 1,538

SusWrite 503

289% 1,291 MB/s

4K Read 37.5

4K Write 70.2

4K Mixed 45.9

153% 51.2 MB/s

DQ Read 313

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 247

184% 248 MB/s

GBR-User, 17 days ago.

185GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10130001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 731 689 739 841 846 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 975

Mixed 969

SusWrite 746

219% 978 MB/s

4K Read 35.4

4K Write 59.2

4K Mixed 38.4

134% 44.3 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 312

222% 288 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 days ago.

417GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10130001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 468 540 550 433 533 MB/s

61.2% Good

Write 614

Mixed 459

SusWrite 480

121% 538 MB/s

4K Read 5.6

4K Write 8.7

4K Mixed 5.9

21% 6.73 MB/s

DQ Read 34.7

DQ Write 33.9

DQ Mixed 35.5

26% 34.7 MB/s

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Lenovo 81FV

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	2,151x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples	1,905x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	2,082x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	1,056x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	918x

SSD
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GBWDCBench 195%, 3,929 samples	1x

RAM
RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 6,442 samples	579x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples	407x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	294x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GB

Average Bench: 195% (102^nd of 1072)

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