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WDC PC SN720 SED 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 222% (79th of 1072)

Based on 505 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe WDC PC SN720 SED
Poor: 171%Average: 222% Great: 258%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC PC SN720 SED 1TB averaged 122.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC PC SN720 SED 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 847MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,971MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC PC SN720 SED 1TB is 86.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC PC SN720 SED 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 98.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 37.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 505 samples)
Rank 79222%
Min Avg Max
898 Read 1,282 1,917
1,496 Write 1,971 2,162
1,099 Mixed 1,491 1,810
704 SusWrite 1,276 1,463
341% 1,505 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27 4K Read 37.3 42.5
71.7 4K Write 98.1 113
37.4 4K Mixed 52.1 59
175% 62.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
605 DQ Read 989 1,228
391 DQ Write 746 986
474 DQ Mixed 847 1,101
639% 861 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10103100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1111 446 412 415 404 422 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,646
Write 1,879
Mixed 1,540
SusWrite 535
314% 1,400 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 51.3
174% 63 MB/s
DQ Read 1,422
DQ Write 916
DQ Mixed 1,078
829% 1,139 MB/s
686GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10103100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1609 1317 1108 1048 1040 1045 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,342
Write 1,941
Mixed 1,530
SusWrite 1,195
340% 1,502 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 81
4K Mixed 47.8
157% 54.5 MB/s
DQ Read 538
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 408
311% 425 MB/s
874GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1365 1393 1423 1435 1437 1428 MB/s
188% Outstanding
Read 1,231
Write 1,475
Mixed 1,315
SusWrite 1,413
308% 1,358 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 50
4K Mixed 33.5
108% 36.4 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 549
DQ Mixed 229
227% 355 MB/s
255GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10103100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1259 471 474 486 477 479 MB/s
172% Outstanding
Read 1,534
Write 1,886
Mixed 1,512
SusWrite 608
312% 1,385 MB/s
4K Read 34.2
4K Write 74.4
4K Mixed 46.6
151% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 675
DQ Write 530
DQ Mixed 595
447% 600 MB/s
278GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10103100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1276 562 429 384 340 316 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 1,140
Write 1,827
Mixed 1,422
SusWrite 551
279% 1,235 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 73.5
4K Mixed 46.9
150% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 696
DQ Write 475
DQ Mixed 560
425% 577 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10103100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1243 429 417 398 394 385 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 947
Write 1,738
Mixed 1,281
SusWrite 544
256% 1,127 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 64.3
4K Mixed 39.6
125% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 592
DQ Write 420
DQ Mixed 488
369% 500 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 73%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Acer Predator PH317-53

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples904x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples56x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples1x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples445x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples198x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples171x
SSD
WDC PC SN720 SED 1TBNvmeBench 222%, 505 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 29,128 samples336x
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 17,072 samples193x
ACR26D4S9D8ME-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 83%, 540 samples30x
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