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PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1101 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 169% (134th of 1072)

Based on 1,347 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1101
Poor: 108%Average: 169% Great: 216%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1101 256GB averaged 68.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1101 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 586MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 873MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1101 256GB is 109%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1101 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 434MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,347 samples)
Rank 134169%
Min Avg Max
640 Read 1,260 1,769
495 Write 1,339 2,025
484 Mixed 1,057 1,518
277 SusWrite 434 525
229% 1,023 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 4K Read 39.8 48.8
60.7 4K Write 116 148
26.9 4K Mixed 56.2 69.6
193% 70.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
481 DQ Read 873 1,072
178 DQ Write 560 855
213 DQ Mixed 586 895
472% 673 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 41 44 48 49 46 MB/s
451% Outstanding
Read 4,918
Write 38.7
Mixed 82.4
SusWrite 45.1
264% 1,271 MB/s
4K Read 621
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 6.2
951% 210 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 502 559 506 506 506 507 MB/s
203% Outstanding
Read 1,768
Write 2,021
Mixed 1,559
SusWrite 514
329% 1,465 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 58.9
204% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,009
DQ Write 708
DQ Mixed 827
626% 848 MB/s
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11130001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 621 505 509 505 510 511 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 1,463
Write 1,334
Mixed 1,216
SusWrite 527
254% 1,135 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 33.8
4K Mixed 27.7
90% 28.5 MB/s
DQ Read 201
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 168
125% 167 MB/s
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Gaming 61%
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Desktop 85%
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System: Lenovo 81Y6

CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples4,000x
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples1,325x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples17x
GPU
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples2,028x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples1,988x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples1,328x
SSD
PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1101 256GBWDCBench 169%, 1,347 samples1x
RAM
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 91%, 10,928 samples1,400x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples938x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples596x
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