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PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 194% (102nd of 1072)

Based on 6,098 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001
Poor: 105%Average: 194% Great: 264%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB averaged 94.2% 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 777MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 946MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB is 160%. 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 723MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,098 samples)
Rank 102194%
Min Avg Max
604 Read 1,356 1,905
543 Write 1,310 2,148
501 Mixed 1,132 1,682
393 SusWrite 723 902
254% 1,130 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.1 4K Read 40.6 49.4
38.6 4K Write 119 193
22.5 4K Mixed 55.1 76.1
195% 71.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
233 DQ Read 946 1,575
112 DQ Write 668 1,174
166 DQ Mixed 777 1,288
588% 797 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10160101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1168 832 839 829 839 837 MB/s
252% Outstanding
Read 1,908
Write 2,182
Mixed 1,696
SusWrite 890
375% 1,669 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 67.9
239% 89.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,226
DQ Write 891
DQ Mixed 1,030
777% 1,049 MB/s
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10190101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 755 630 514 526 415 394 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 1533
Write 1,671
Mixed 1399
SusWrite 539
289% 1,285 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 64.6
4K Mixed 30.5
117% 41.4 MB/s
DQ Read 806
DQ Write 585
DQ Mixed 682
513% 691 MB/s
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10130101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 979 766 755 794 768 762 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,661
Write 1,623
Mixed 1,423
SusWrite 804
309% 1,378 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 43.9
4K Mixed 32
104% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 244
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 217
162% 215 MB/s
428GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10190101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 925 840 851 808 819 815 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 866
Write 826
Mixed 773
SusWrite 843
186% 827 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 68.7
4K Mixed 23.6
116% 41.7 MB/s
DQ Read 476
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 267
217% 316 MB/s
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Typical PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GB Builds (Compare 83 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 80%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation 67%
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System: Lenovo 90L3007YMW

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples83x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples77x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples1x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples1x
SSD
PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001 512GBWDCBench 194%, 6,098 samples58x
RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples2x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD Corsair CM4B16G2L2666A18K2 24GBSamsungBench 72%, 2 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $426

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