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PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1127 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 219% (82nd of 1072)

Based on 276 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1127
Poor: 147%Average: 219% Great: 264%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1127 512GB averaged 118.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1127 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 904MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,051MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1127 512GB is 117%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1127 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 821MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 276 samples)
Rank 82219%
Min Avg Max
817 Read 1,517 1,937
785 Write 1,440 2,208
718 Mixed 1,240 1,701
662 SusWrite 821 897
282% 1,255 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.1 4K Read 41.4 48.7
80.9 4K Write 146 186
25 4K Mixed 60.5 74.6
218% 82.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
537 DQ Read 1,051 1,432
339 DQ Write 782 1,163
446 DQ Mixed 904 1,266
679% 912 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10126000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 845 605 613 537 548 529 MB/s
261% Outstanding
Read 1,918
Write 1,946
Mixed 1693
SusWrite 613
346% 1,542 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 200
4K Mixed 71.3
269% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,599
DQ Write 1,311
DQ Mixed 1,394
1,060% 1,434 MB/s
147GB free
Firmware: 10126000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1193 850 849 851 852 854 MB/s
247% Outstanding
Read 1,942
Write 2,170
Mixed 1,709
SusWrite 908
378% 1,682 MB/s
4K Read 40.1
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 58.8
197% 71.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,358
DQ Write 1,018
DQ Mixed 1,138
864% 1,171 MB/s
268GB free
Firmware: 10126000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1233 863 861 863 861 865 MB/s
244% Outstanding
Read 1,920
Write 2,144
Mixed 1690
SusWrite 924
375% 1,670 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 64.2
219% 80.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,080
DQ Write 850
DQ Mixed 989
734% 973 MB/s
140GB free
Firmware: 10126000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1142 745 747 738 712 744 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 1,861
Write 1,862
Mixed 1,566
SusWrite 804
342% 1,523 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 81.8
4K Mixed 42.1
154% 53.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,176
DQ Write 814
DQ Mixed 968
730% 986 MB/s
359GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10126000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 795 824 820 841 846 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 1,243
Write 977
Mixed 1,096
SusWrite 820
232% 1,034 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 68.6
4K Mixed 26.6
114% 41.2 MB/s
DQ Read 446
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 456
325% 415 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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Desktop 58%
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Workstation 10%
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System: Huawei WRT-WX9

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples139x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples113x
Core i3-8145UIntelBench 53%, 15,431 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples213x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples21x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples19x
SSD
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1127 512GBWDCBench 219%, 276 samples1x
RAM
K4E6E304EC-EGCG 2x4GBSamsungBench 68%, 8,402 samples129x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NVD 2x4GBSamsungBench 68%, 303 samples51x
MT52L512M32D2PF-09 2x4GBMicronBench 67%, 6,726 samples45x
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