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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 214% (67th of 1037)

Based on 988 user benchmarks.  Model: PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB
Poor: 154%Average: 214% Great: 273%

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Outstanding average bench

The PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB averaged 113.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 841MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,725MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB is 119%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 119MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 988 samples)
Rank 67214%
Min Avg Max
832 Read 1,486 2,011
979 Write 1,725 2,259
812 Mixed 1,477 1,924
595 SusWrite 906 1,035
315% 1,398 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33 4K Read 42.6 51.3
71.4 4K Write 119 181
46.2 4K Mixed 60 75.8
204% 73.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
506 DQ Read 940 1,391
242 DQ Write 650 1,130
303 DQ Mixed 841 1,225
615% 810 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11111012 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 843 409 449 438 441 413 MB/s
233% Outstanding
Read 2,001
Write 2,259
Mixed 1966
SusWrite 499
378% 1,681 MB/s
4K Read 49.6
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 71.2
242% 88.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,185
DQ Write 959
DQ Mixed 1,058
796% 1,067 MB/s
350GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11111012 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1152 990 998 991 992 990 MB/s
227% Outstanding
Read 1645
Write 2,034
Mixed 1766
SusWrite 1,019
365% 1,616 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 64.9
216% 77.3 MB/s
DQ Read 831
DQ Write 572
DQ Mixed 749
546% 717 MB/s
384GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11111012 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1143 983 998 997 958 988 MB/s
218% Outstanding
Read 1,591
Write 1,508
Mixed 1,428
SusWrite 1,011
311% 1,385 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 61.4
212% 77.3 MB/s
DQ Read 839
DQ Write 378
DQ Mixed 848
565% 688 MB/s
384GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11111012 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1092 981 995 1001 997 999 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 1559
Write 1,504
Mixed 1,422
SusWrite 1,011
309% 1,374 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 62.2
211% 76.4 MB/s
DQ Read 830
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 760
510% 630 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 31,584,284 SSDs tested.

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Typical SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB Builds (Compare 3,408 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 13%
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System: Dell XPS 15 7590

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 82%, 152,624 samples2,574x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 84%, 4,082 samples703x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 75%, 51,023 samples130x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 6%, 250,394 samples2,170x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 39%, 33,408 samples1,170x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $421Bench 106%, 279,507 samples8x
SSD
SN730 NVMe WDC 512GBPCBench 214%, 988 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 8,172 samples604x
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,628 samples467x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 77%, 20,216 samples323x
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Intel Core i5-9600K $195Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $300Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $468Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $42
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