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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 224% (77th of 1072)

Based on 326 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC SN730 NVMe WD
Poor: 145%Average: 224% Great: 296%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC SN730 WD 1TB averaged 124.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC SN730 WD 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 754MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,650MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC SN730 WD 1TB is 151%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC SN730 WD 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 111MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 326 samples)
Rank 77224%
Min Avg Max
689 Read 1,351 1,968
704 Write 1,650 2,286
717 Mixed 1,423 1,993
600 SusWrite 1,302 1,770
324% 1,431 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.1 4K Read 40.6 50.2
65.5 4K Write 111 189
42.3 4K Mixed 56.9 75.2
193% 69.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
253 DQ Read 815 1,283
160 DQ Write 560 1,041
255 DQ Mixed 754 1,234
545% 710 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
672GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1117 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1867 1738 1737 1748 1744 1737 MB/s
291% Outstanding
Read 1,941
Write 2,256
Mixed 1,987
SusWrite 1,762
449% 1,987 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 67.5
225% 80.5 MB/s
DQ Read 884
DQ Write 739
DQ Mixed 870
636% 831 MB/s
788GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1872 1740 1738 1745 1754 1742 MB/s
291% Outstanding
Read 1850
Write 2,178
Mixed 1,982
SusWrite 1,765
439% 1,944 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 62.4
211% 74.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,113
DQ Write 873
DQ Mixed 938
717% 975 MB/s
832GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1710 1666 1734 1735 1743 1743 MB/s
241% Outstanding
Read 1,115
Write 2,114
Mixed 1,426
SusWrite 1722
363% 1,594 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 98.8
4K Mixed 54.3
181% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 895
DQ Write 692
DQ Mixed 785
590% 791 MB/s
578GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1278 1300 1254 1319 1275 1294 MB/s
183% Outstanding
Read 1,130
Write 1350
Mixed 1,215
SusWrite 1,287
282% 1,245 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 71.8
4K Mixed 33
136% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 545
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 583
389% 472 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,706,640 SSDs tested

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Gaming 125%
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Desktop 100%
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Workstation 123%
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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel  $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples4,450x
Core i7-10700Intel  $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples1,829x
Core i5-11400Intel  $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples1,153x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples2,417x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples991x
SSD
PC SN730 WD 1TBNvmeBench 224%, 326 samples1x
RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples653x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples396x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $557

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