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PC SN730 WD 512GB

PC SN730 WD 512GB
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Effective Speed +111% Effective Speed 111%Average Score +163% Read 218%, Write 326%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 311%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 203%Peak Score +180% Read 290%, Write 359%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 352%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 168%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +192% DQ Read 276%, DQ Write 217%, DQ Mixed 260%, ADQ Read 168%, ADQ Write 117%, ADQ Mixed 199%, Age 78%, AS-SSD Total 224%

Average Bench: 208% (91^st of 1072)

Based on 317 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe PC SN730 NVMe WD

Poor: 147%Average: 208% Great: 260%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC SN730 WD 512GB averaged 108.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC SN730 WD 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 779MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,728MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC SN730 WD 512GB is 113%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC SN730 WD 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 116MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 317 samples)

Rank 91208%

Min	Avg	Max
889	Read 1,454	1,974
856	Write 1,728	2,225
896	Mixed 1,477	1,915
578	SusWrite 897	1,039
313% 1,389 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.9	4K Read 41.8	50.7
68.1	4K Write 116	177
41	4K Mixed 58.5	75.7
199% 72 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
287	DQ Read 873	1,381
232	DQ Write 628	1,136
264	DQ Mixed 779	1,191
574% 760 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 months ago.

413GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11111012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1149 969 968 970 976 976 MB/s

202% Outstanding

Write 2,050

Mixed 1,366

SusWrite 1,001

310% 1,366 MB/s

4K Read 39.2

4K Write 96.2

4K Mixed 55.9

182% 63.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,080

DQ Write 824

DQ Mixed 925

699% 943 MB/s

PAN-User, 12 hrs ago.

425GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1274 987 1000 1003 1005 1000 MB/s

190% Outstanding

Write 1956

Mixed 1,535

SusWrite 1,045

327% 1,441 MB/s

4K Read 36.7

4K Write 74.8

4K Mixed 48.4

157% 53.3 MB/s

DQ Read 742

DQ Write 528

DQ Mixed 600

458% 623 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

428GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1218 983 1003 995 989 994 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 1,992

Mixed 1,518

SusWrite 1,030

322% 1,421 MB/s

4K Read 39.5

4K Write 88.8

4K Mixed 53.7

176% 60.7 MB/s

DQ Read 673

DQ Write 483

DQ Mixed 549

418% 568 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

257GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11150012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 652 609 606 643 584 MB/s

187% Outstanding

Write 2,037

Mixed 1,435

SusWrite 648

300% 1,327 MB/s

4K Read 39.9

4K Write 96.4

4K Mixed 55

182% 63.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1160

DQ Write 775

DQ Mixed 961

719% 965 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 month ago.

117GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 872 536 540 515 505 512 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 1,546

Mixed 1480

SusWrite 580

282% 1,253 MB/s

4K Read 34.3

4K Write 41.4

4K Mixed 20.9

101% 32.2 MB/s

DQ Read 366

DQ Write 374

DQ Mixed 499

340% 413 MB/s

SAU-User, 4 months ago.

400GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11111012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 370 364 404 492 556 MB/s

95.4% Outstanding

Write 611

Mixed 668

SusWrite 420

139% 622 MB/s

4K Read 25.6

4K Write 42.9

4K Mixed 31.5

102% 33.3 MB/s

DQ Read 182

DQ Write 104

DQ Mixed 166

117% 151 MB/s

ARE-User, 2 months ago.

148GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11121012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 331 336 407 503 548 MB/s

56.7% Above average

Write 324

Mixed 627

SusWrite 418

85% 371 MB/s

4K Read 14.4

4K Write 25.6

4K Mixed 22.5

64% 20.8 MB/s

DQ Read 196

DQ Write 82.8

DQ Mixed 164

115% 148 MB/s

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Gaming 14%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 14%

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System: Dell Precision 3630 Tower

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	598x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	368x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	259x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	272x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples	200x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	129x

SSD
PC SN730 WD 512GBNvmeBench 208%, 317 samples	1x

RAM
HMA82GU6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 88%, 962 samples	150x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	132x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	114x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $200

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 208% (91^st of 1072)

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Average Bench: 208% (91st of 1072)

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Average Bench: 208% (91^st of 1072)