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PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB

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Effective Speed +106% Effective Speed 106%Average Score +133% Read 216%, Write 243%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 35%, Mixed 243%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite 149%Peak Score +166% Read 281%, Write 350%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 309%, 4K Mixed 28%, SusWrite 129%Value & Sentiment -644%User Rating -13%, Market Share -1,274%Nice To Haves +237% DQ Read 328%, DQ Write 246%, DQ Mixed 321%, ADQ Read 205%, ADQ Write 162%, ADQ Mixed 236%, Age 141%, AS-SSD Total 255%

Average Bench: 202% (73^rd of 1040)

Based on 3,759 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001

Poor: 130%Average: 202% Great: 259%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB averaged 101.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 848MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 967MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB is 129%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 740MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,759 samples)

Rank 73202%

Min	Avg	Max
646	Read 1,454	1,908
651	Write 1,401	2,175
619	Mixed 1,227	1,693
457	SusWrite 740	902
271% 1,205 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.5	4K Read 39.5	48.4
63.5	4K Write 119	174
30.7	4K Mixed 56.8	72.3
196% 71.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
307	DQ Read 967	1,567
207	DQ Write 749	1,238
269	DQ Mixed 848	1,338
637% 854 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 11 hrs ago.

211GB free

Firmware: 10160101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1218 827 834 828 825 840 MB/s

272% Outstanding

Write 2,073

Mixed 1,648

SusWrite 895

364% 1,618 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 166

4K Mixed 69.1

246% 93.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,633

DQ Write 1,384

DQ Mixed 1,406

1,081% 1,474 MB/s

NOR-User, 14 hrs ago.

233GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10114101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 976 722 701 666 659 650 MB/s

263% Outstanding

Write 2,257

Mixed 1,693

SusWrite 729

370% 1,646 MB/s

4K Read 50.7

4K Write 204

4K Mixed 79

286% 111 MB/s

DQ Read 1,325

DQ Write 1,133

DQ Mixed 1,206

910% 1,221 MB/s

AUS-User, 32 mins ago.

417GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10190101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1059 848 856 859 856 857 MB/s

236% Outstanding

Write 1,447

Mixed 1,441

SusWrite 889

304% 1,355 MB/s

4K Read 44.7

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 67.4

235% 88.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,136

DQ Write 828

DQ Mixed 996

741% 987 MB/s

SVN-User, 50 mins ago.

443GB free

Firmware: 10130101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1175 853 851 847 853 853 MB/s

223% Outstanding

Write 1,886

Mixed 1,590

SusWrite 905

352% 1,568 MB/s

4K Read 47.2

4K Write 93.9

4K Mixed 60.9

199% 67.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1064

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 489

410% 616 MB/s

AUS-User, 40 mins ago.

417GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10190101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 997 821 851 856 859 858 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 1,384

Mixed 1,003

SusWrite 874

249% 1,102 MB/s

4K Read 45.1

4K Write 155

4K Mixed 67.4

237% 89.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1199

DQ Write 890

DQ Mixed 1,047

782% 1,045 MB/s

DEU-User, 14 hrs ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10190101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 775 631 556 551 532 531 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 1406

Mixed 1,146

SusWrite 596

255% 1,136 MB/s

4K Read 36.8

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 56.9

206% 80 MB/s

DQ Read 814

DQ Write 552

DQ Mixed 681

509% 683 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

240GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10190101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 747 673 619 622 603 531 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 565

Mixed 682

SusWrite 632

151% 673 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 34.9

4K Mixed 40.6

111% 34 MB/s

DQ Read 576

DQ Write 255

DQ Mixed 518

357% 450 MB/s

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 68%

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System: Lenovo 90L3007YMW

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $145Bench 86%, 187,197 samples	62x
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 97%, 332,643 samples	1x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 89%, 357,960 samples	59x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	3x
RX 580AMD $218Bench 55%, 623,105 samples	1x

SSD
PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GBWDCBench 202%, 3,759 samples	50x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 81%, 17,078 samples	55x
HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 85%, 9,722 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 20,203 samples	2x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $483

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Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB

Average Bench: 202% (73^rd of 1040)

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