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PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G-1001 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 214% (87th of 1072)

Based on 9,336 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G-1001
Poor: 119%Average: 214% Great: 278%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G-1001 512GB averaged 113.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G-1001 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 779MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,590MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G-1001 512GB is 159%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G-1001 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 797MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 43.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,336 samples)
Rank 87214%
Min Avg Max
690 Read 1,610 2,001
669 Write 1,590 2,272
595 Mixed 1,350 1,772
464 SusWrite 797 1,029
300% 1,337 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.8 4K Read 43.1 52.7
55.1 4K Write 129 216
33 4K Mixed 60.9 81
212% 77.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
301 DQ Read 944 1,527
150 DQ Write 644 1,207
222 DQ Mixed 779 1,297
585% 789 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
425GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11130101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1295 982 989 987 990 990 MB/s
281% Outstanding
Read 1,997
Write 2,284
Mixed 1,759
SusWrite 1,039
398% 1,770 MB/s
4K Read 52
4K Write 179
4K Mixed 76.7
272% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,315
DQ Write 1,095
DQ Mixed 1,188
894% 1,199 MB/s
232GB free
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1282 787 739 693 495 418 MB/s
230% Outstanding
Read 1,742
Write 1,703
Mixed 1,413
SusWrite 736
314% 1,398 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 84.8
4K Mixed 47.4
153% 54.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,751
DQ Write 1,303
DQ Mixed 1,520
1,138% 1,525 MB/s
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 776 470 479 478 483 496 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 1943
Write 2,134
Mixed 1,691
SusWrite 530
353% 1,575 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 59.8
205% 74.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,026
DQ Write 848
DQ Mixed 953
709% 942 MB/s
284GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 848 689 656 681 673 699 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,075
Write 1,569
Mixed 1,134
SusWrite 708
253% 1,121 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 79.2
4K Mixed 48.5
159% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 767
DQ Write 505
DQ Mixed 660
486% 644 MB/s
432GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1037 939 973 987 905 924 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 940
Write 889
Mixed 890
SusWrite 961
208% 920 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 78.7
4K Mixed 32.9
113% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 734
DQ Write 379
DQ Mixed 414
346% 509 MB/s
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 679 433 408 399 402 387 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 1,288
Write 1,234
Mixed 1,205
SusWrite 451
234% 1,045 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 53.2
4K Mixed 32.5
110% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 309
220% 280 MB/s
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 350 397 453 231 184 MB/s
64.3% Good
Read 522
Write 306
Mixed 321
SusWrite 331
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 15.6
4K Mixed 14
58% 16.9 MB/s
DQ Read 179
DQ Write 77.7
DQ Mixed 112
87% 123 MB/s
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Desktop 90%
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CPU
Core i5-10400Intel  $99Bench 84%, 71,804 samples38x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples35x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples1x
SSD
PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G-1001 512GBWDCBench 214%, 9,336 samples27x
RAM
LMKU8G68AHFHD-32A 2x8GBUnknownBench 83%, 1,445 samples20x
M378A1K43DB2-CTD 08C8 LMKU8G68AHFHD-32A M378A1K43DB2-CTD 08C8 LMKU8G68AHFHD-32A 32GBSamsungBench 74%, 7 samples6x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $423

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