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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 180% (120th of 1072)

Based on 511 user benchmarks.  Model: PC SN730 NVMe WDC 256GB
Poor: 97%Average: 180% Great: 240%

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Outstanding average bench

The PC SN730 NVMe WDC 256GB averaged 79.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PC SN730 NVMe WDC 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 586MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,503MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PC SN730 NVMe WDC 256GB is 144%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PC SN730 NVMe WDC 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 451MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 511 samples)
Rank 120180%
Min Avg Max
681 Read 1,395 1,782
500 Write 1,503 2,064
437 Mixed 1,164 1,539
258 SusWrite 451 544
253% 1,128 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.7 4K Read 41.4 54.6
45.1 4K Write 129 237
26.1 4K Mixed 58.9 84.1
207% 76.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
288 DQ Read 855 1,068
171 DQ Write 603 1,106
197 DQ Mixed 586 899
476% 681 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 523 416 412 437 422 413 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1,206
Write 1,294
Mixed 1150
SusWrite 437
230% 1,022 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 99.6
4K Mixed 55.3
185% 65.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,069
DQ Write 975
DQ Mixed 862
691% 969 MB/s
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 395 349 358 354 341 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 854
Write 1,112
Mixed 1,000
SusWrite 363
188% 832 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 77.2
4K Mixed 46.9
155% 53.2 MB/s
DQ Read 571
DQ Write 267
DQ Mixed 475
337% 438 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11150012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 368 348 361 350 334 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 948
Write 918
Mixed 609
SusWrite 352
158% 707 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 61.9
4K Mixed 35.3
116% 40.8 MB/s
DQ Read 608
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 328
270% 397 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 377 349 344 341 342 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 865
Write 908
Mixed 675
SusWrite 365
158% 703 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 65.3
4K Mixed 36.1
116% 41.5 MB/s
DQ Read 420
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 473
306% 362 MB/s
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Gaming 20%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation 19%
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System: Dell Latitude 7420

CPU
Core i7-1185G7IntelBench 67%, 9,588 samples986x
Core i5-1145G7IntelBench 69%, 4,608 samples335x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples186x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,586x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples6x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples3x
SSD
SN730 NVMe WDC 256GBPCBench 180%, 511 samples1x
RAM
8x2GBHCNNNCPMMLXR-NEEBench 104%, 714 samples549x
8x2GBUBE3D4AA-MGCRBench 115%, 461 samples353x
8x2GBHCNNNCPMBLHR-NEEBench 120%, 551 samples170x
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