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SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB

SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB
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Effective Speed +116% Effective Speed 116%Average Score +159% Read 230%, Write 301%, 4K Read 34%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 292%, 4K Mixed 36%, SusWrite 184%Peak Score +188% Read 298%, Write 367%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 64%, Mixed 340%, 4K Mixed 42%, SusWrite 180%Value & Sentiment -573%User Rating -13%, Market Share -1,133%Nice To Haves +218% DQ Read 311%, DQ Write 230%, DQ Mixed 301%, ADQ Read 185%, ADQ Write 116%, ADQ Mixed 223%, Age 133%, AS-SSD Total 247%

Average Bench: 207% (81^st of 1058)

Based on 3,335 user benchmarks. Model: PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB

Poor: 127%Average: 207% Great: 284%

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Outstanding average bench

The PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB averaged 107.5% 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 798MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,612MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB is 157%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PC SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 806MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 119MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,335 samples)

Rank 81207%

Min	Avg	Max
808	Read 1,506	2,018
762	Write 1,612	2,265
770	Mixed 1,359	1,817
425	SusWrite 806	1,047
297% 1,321 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29	4K Read 44.8	53.2
58	4K Write 119	199
36.6	4K Mixed 59.2	80.1
207% 74.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
341	DQ Read 926	1,513
192	DQ Write 611	1,165
264	DQ Mixed 798	1,274
587% 779 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CAN-User, 16 hrs ago.

233GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 780 604 569 565 528 588 MB/s

255% Outstanding

Write 2,253

Mixed 1,727

SusWrite 606

369% 1,643 MB/s

4K Read 51.8

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 76.8

277% 106 MB/s

DQ Read 1,364

DQ Write 1,047

DQ Mixed 1,161

880% 1,190 MB/s

POL-User, 1 day ago.

122GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 359 355 330 358 331 MB/s

128% Outstanding

Write 1,097

Mixed 1,191

SusWrite 383

218% 972 MB/s

4K Read 34.8

4K Write 51

4K Mixed 46.3

139% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 194

DQ Mixed 309

221% 287 MB/s

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9500

CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 81%, 197,583 samples	4,304x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 84%, 31,951 samples	1,065x
Core i9-10885HIntelBench 83%, 5,590 samples	812x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 163,790 samples	4,107x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 43%, 30,350 samples	2,162x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 81%, 1,386,632 samples	19x

SSD
SN730 NVMe WDC 512GBPCBench 207%, 3,335 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 7,278 samples	968x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 85%, 77,640 samples	814x
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 93%, 14,618 samples	728x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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SN730 NVMe WDC 512GB

Average Bench: 207% (81^st of 1058)

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