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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1014 512GB

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Effective Speed +92% Effective Speed 92%Average Score +141% Read 185%, Write 331%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 19%, Mixed 271%, 4K Mixed 16%, SusWrite 152%Peak Score +163% Read 282%, Write 342%, 4K Read 13%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 302%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite 133%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +185% DQ Read 268%, DQ Write 192%, DQ Mixed 248%, ADQ Read 188%, ADQ Write 132%, ADQ Mixed 194%, Age 49%, AS-SSD Total 212%

Average Bench: 189% (110^th of 1072)

Based on 2,051 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1014

Poor: 120%Average: 189% Great: 259%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1014 512GB averaged 89.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1014 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 765MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,749MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1014 512GB is 139%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1014 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 104MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 747MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,051 samples)

Rank 110189%

Min	Avg	Max
779	Read 1,304	1,935
967	Write 1,749	2,144
784	Mixed 1,331	1,703
412	SusWrite 747	901
289% 1,283 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.5	4K Read 39.9	48.7
38.6	4K Write 104	177
29.7	4K Mixed 52.2	72.5
182% 65.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
426	DQ Read 941	1,352
173	DQ Write 669	1,047
206	DQ Mixed 765	1,152
582% 792 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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GBR-User, 24 days ago.

184GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10121000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 624 620 624 625 620 MB/s

212% Outstanding

Write 2,045

Mixed 1,679

SusWrite 645

354% 1,580 MB/s

4K Read 44.5

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 61.3

204% 71.7 MB/s

DQ Read 937

DQ Write 474

DQ Mixed 741

541% 717 MB/s

DEU-User, 28 days ago.

409GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10121000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1055 860 856 863 867 863 MB/s

168% Outstanding

Write 1,246

Mixed 1,098

SusWrite 894

248% 1,099 MB/s

4K Read 29.2

4K Write 55.8

4K Mixed 36.9

121% 40.6 MB/s

DQ Read 600

DQ Write 740

DQ Mixed 640

491% 660 MB/s

USA-User, 4 days ago.

414GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 965 855 802 649 652 573 MB/s

149% Outstanding

Write 1,529

Mixed 1,277

SusWrite 749

267% 1,182 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 61.9

4K Mixed 34.1

114% 40.2 MB/s

DQ Read 563

DQ Write 391

DQ Mixed 451

344% 468 MB/s

USA-User, 27 days ago.

74GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10121000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 700 590 485 363 320 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 1,195

Mixed 957

SusWrite 562

211% 937 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 41.2

130% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 794

DQ Write 575

DQ Mixed 670

504% 680 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10121000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 327 326 311 321 603 MB/s

136% Outstanding

Write 1,448

Mixed 1,115

SusWrite 435

263% 1,180 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 30.7

4K Mixed 38.3

102% 31 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 125

DQ Mixed 158

123% 171 MB/s

CHE-User, 25 days ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10121000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 324 293 293 313 258 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 1,236

Mixed 1,007

SusWrite 367

201% 890 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 28.6

4K Mixed 29.5

99% 29.5 MB/s

DQ Read 442

DQ Write 83.6

DQ Mixed 160

144% 229 MB/s

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Acer Predator PT515-51

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	450x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	194x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples	21x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	273x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	195x
RTX 2080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 90%, 7,789 samples	153x

SSD
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1014 512GBWDCBench 189%, 2,051 samples	208x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 28,425 samples	475x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 81%, 4,947 samples	44x
ACR26D4S9D8ME-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 83%, 540 samples	42x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1014 512GB

Average Bench: 189% (110^th of 1072)

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