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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1006 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 199% (99th of 1072)

Based on 3,035 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1006
Poor: 119%Average: 199% Great: 267%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1006 512GB averaged 98.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1006 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 757MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,488MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1006 512GB is 148%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1006 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 756MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,035 samples)
Rank 99199%
Min Avg Max
709 Read 1,459 1,940
729 Write 1,488 2,185
609 Mixed 1,248 1,711
459 SusWrite 756 904
278% 1,238 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.3 4K Read 39.3 49.5
51.3 4K Write 117 189
27.9 4K Mixed 55 75.6
192% 70.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
334 DQ Read 922 1,431
142 DQ Write 643 1,174
218 DQ Mixed 757 1,212
572% 774 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
241GB free
Firmware: 10110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1252 848 848 845 850 845 MB/s
281% Outstanding
Read 1,884
Write 1,888
Mixed 1,657
SusWrite 915
356% 1,586 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 210
4K Mixed 72.8
276% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 1,663
DQ Write 1,307
DQ Mixed 1,383
1,063% 1,451 MB/s
241GB free
Firmware: 10110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1203 840 849 849 851 849 MB/s
257% Outstanding
Read 1907
Write 1,971
Mixed 1,656
SusWrite 907
362% 1,610 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 62.4
211% 75.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1577
DQ Write 1,124
DQ Mixed 1,259
965% 1,320 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10112006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 680 611 604 591 591 550 MB/s
231% Outstanding
Read 1,918
Write 1,758
Mixed 1,250
SusWrite 604
309% 1,382 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 61.2
207% 75.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,352
DQ Write 1,016
DQ Mixed 1,129
859% 1,166 MB/s
372GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10112006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 808 832 836 829 831 825 MB/s
211% Outstanding
Read 1,255
Write 1,191
Mixed 887
SusWrite 827
234% 1,040 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 57.8
192% 68.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,296
DQ Write 992
DQ Mixed 1,109
839% 1,132 MB/s
252GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1109 782 708 713 721 698 MB/s
209% Outstanding
Read 1,603
Write 1,462
Mixed 1,409
SusWrite 789
295% 1,316 MB/s
4K Read 39.7
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 59.2
193% 68.9 MB/s
DQ Read 948
DQ Write 711
DQ Mixed 848
629% 836 MB/s
226GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10112006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 847 847 842 841 842 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1,927
Write 1955
Mixed 1658
SusWrite 855
359% 1,599 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 78
4K Mixed 45.2
156% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 819
DQ Write 553
DQ Mixed 674
506% 682 MB/s
385GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10112006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1009 831 834 845 842 848 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1,489
Write 1,624
Mixed 1,417
SusWrite 868
304% 1,350 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 51.6
4K Mixed 42.5
143% 44.9 MB/s
DQ Read 842
DQ Write 97.8
DQ Mixed 189
210% 376 MB/s
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10112006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 658 331 333 320 319 305 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 1,411
Write 1,327
Mixed 1,050
SusWrite 378
233% 1,042 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 33
4K Mixed 35.3
106% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 241
182% 249 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples1,952x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples620x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples519x
GPU
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples1,170x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples932x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples457x
SSD
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1006 512GBWDCBench 199%, 3,035 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples673x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples225x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 75%, 8,097 samples173x
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