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WDC PC SN720 SDA 256GB

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Effective Speed -242%Effective Speed -242%Average Score -241%Read -253%, Write -234%, 4K Read -91%, 4K Write -120%, Mixed -173%, 4K Mixed -118%, SusWrite -696%Peak Score -357%Read -244%, Write -319%, 4K Read -326%, 4K Write -235%, Mixed -228%, 4K Mixed -266%, SusWrite -882%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -157%DQ Read -171%, DQ Write -128%, DQ Mixed -164%, ADQ Read -116%, ADQ Write -102%, ADQ Mixed -123%, Age -265%, AS-SSD Total -183%

Average Bench: 159% (152^nd of 1080)

Based on 3,211 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe WDC PC SN720 SDA

Poor: 122%Average: 159% Great: 191%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 256GB averaged 59.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 665MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,397MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 256GB is 69.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 396MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 94.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,211 samples)

Rank 152159%

Min	Avg	Max
809	Read 1,187	1,724
833	Write 1,397	1,535
741	Mixed 1,182	1,425
292	SusWrite 396	466
234% 1,041 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.6	4K Read 46.4	45
57.8	4K Write 94.4	113
33.6	4K Mixed 50.7	59.8
185% 63.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
516	DQ Read 792	857
348	DQ Write 621	832
355	DQ Mixed 665	795
509% 693 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PRT-User, 5 days ago.

95GB free

Firmware: 1000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 555 440 439 441 439 440 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 704

Mixed 693

SusWrite 459

143% 636 MB/s

4K Read 35

4K Write 79.6

4K Mixed 47.8

156% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 822

DQ Write 624

DQ Mixed 714

536% 720 MB/s

PRT-User, 5 days ago.

53GB free

Firmware: 1000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 555 440 440 439 442 441 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 615

Mixed 699

SusWrite 459

138% 615 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 79.2

4K Mixed 42.8

143% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 803

DQ Write 609

DQ Mixed 689

520% 700 MB/s

MNG-User, 23 days ago.

159GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10121000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 396 395 379 385 366 MB/s

131% Outstanding

Write 1,538

Mixed 1,255

SusWrite 409

238% 1,055 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 71.8

4K Mixed 35.9

135% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 620

DQ Write 483

DQ Mixed 532

403% 545 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

149GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10121000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 387 393 385 375 383 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 1,530

Mixed 1,095

SusWrite 402

222% 981 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 64.5

4K Mixed 43.2

139% 46.7 MB/s

DQ Read 532

DQ Write 400

DQ Mixed 456

344% 463 MB/s

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Acer Predator PH315-52

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	3,523x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples	582x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples	1x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	1,891x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples	1,573x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	640x

SSD
WDC PC SN720 SDA 256GBNvmeBench 159%, 3,211 samples	356x

RAM
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 17,072 samples	1,289x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 29,128 samples	823x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 33,430 samples	216x

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