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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1027 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 175% (127th of 1072)

Based on 369 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1027
Poor: 116%Average: 175% Great: 216%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1027 256GB averaged 75.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1027 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 696MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 768MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1027 256GB is 100%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1027 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 432MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 369 samples)
Rank 127175%
Min Avg Max
664 Read 1,244 1,700
665 Write 1,083 1,517
586 Mixed 974 1,339
374 SusWrite 432 460
209% 933 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.5 4K Read 41 48.8
79.2 4K Write 144 184
24.2 4K Mixed 56.7 73.1
211% 80.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
543 DQ Read 779 858
338 DQ Write 768 1,071
384 DQ Mixed 696 802
544% 748 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10121000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 469 421 430 434 433 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1,350
Write 1199
Mixed 1,138
SusWrite 443
231% 1,033 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 94.6
4K Mixed 53.2
176% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 825
DQ Write 583
DQ Mixed 749
547% 719 MB/s
161GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10126000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 429 430 425 419 408 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,727
Write 1,518
Mixed 1,352
SusWrite 422
280% 1,255 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 71.8
4K Mixed 47.1
153% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 654
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 444
347% 486 MB/s
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10121000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 422 428 431 434 413 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1581
Write 1,213
Mixed 1,189
SusWrite 438
246% 1105 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 42
142% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 575
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 498
360% 472 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10126000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 548 429 434 407 380 377 MB/s
95.9% Outstanding
Read 779
Write 721
Mixed 670
SusWrite 429
146% 650 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 47.3
4K Mixed 22.5
76% 28.1 MB/s
DQ Read 418
DQ Write 251
DQ Mixed 354
259% 341 MB/s
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop 57%
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System: Huawei WRT-WX9

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples141x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples113x
Core i3-8145UIntelBench 53%, 15,431 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples215x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples21x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples19x
SSD
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1027 256GBWDCBench 175%, 369 samples49x
RAM
K4E6E304EC-EGCG 2x4GBSamsungBench 68%, 8,402 samples131x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NVD 2x4GBSamsungBench 68%, 303 samples51x
MT52L512M32D2PF-09 2x4GBMicronBench 67%, 6,726 samples45x
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