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WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G

WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G SN730 SDBPNTY-256G

The Western Digital PC SN730 NVMe SSD 256 GB (WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-256G-1101) is a mid-range M.2 2280 PCIe SSD for laptops and desktops. It is specified at 3150 MB/s reading and 2100 MB/s writing and 270k 4K IOPS reading and 280k 4K IOS writing. The performance is noticeably slower than the 512GB and 1TB version. The MTBF are 1.75 million hours and WD offers a 5 years warranty to consumers.

TypeSSD
SizeM.2
Capacity256 GB
InterfaceNVMe
Announced14.04.2020

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd
21.6 pt (32%)
AS SSD - Copy Game
min: 436.4     avg: 898     median: 898.2 (15%)     max: 1360 MB/s
AS SSD - Copy Program
min: 303     avg: 434     median: 434 (16%)     max: 565 MB/s
AS SSD - Copy ISO
min: 1201     avg: 1528     median: 1528 (14%)     max: 1855 MB/s
AS SSD - Score Total
min: 2384     avg: 2419     median: 2418.5 (22%)     max: 2453 Points
AS SSD - Score Write
min: 941     avg: 956     median: 956 (17%)     max: 971 Points
AS SSD - Score Read
min: 961     avg: 974     median: 973.5 (4%)     max: 986 Points
AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.025     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.027 ms
AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.051     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.086 ms
AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 571     avg: 611     median: 611 (12%)     max: 651 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 681     avg: 701     median: 701 (21%)     max: 721 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 140.3     avg: 155     median: 155 (30%)     max: 169.6 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 41.18     avg: 43.5     median: 43.5 (14%)     max: 45.79 MB/s
AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 1797     avg: 1899     median: 1898.5 (17%)     max: 2000 MB/s
AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 2193     avg: 2290     median: 2290 (18%)     max: 2387 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 119.7     avg: 138.6     median: 138.6 (13%)     max: 157.4 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 38.54     avg: 43.6     median: 43.6 (1%)     max: 48.59 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
min: 1754     avg: 1977     median: 1976.5 (11%)     max: 2199 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
min: 1709     avg: 1860     median: 1860 (22%)     max: 2011 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 265.3     avg: 363.6     median: 363.6 (12%)     max: 461.9 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 390.5     avg: 434.7     median: 434.7 (7%)     max: 478.8 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 2185     avg: 2189     median: 2189 (15%)     max: 2193 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 2870     avg: 2994     median: 2994 (16%)     max: 3118 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
min: 102.6     avg: 125.2     median: 125.1 (29%)     max: 148 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
min: 37.9     avg: 41.2     median: 41.9 (12%)     max: 43.8 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
min: 459     avg: 810     median: 866 (18%)     max: 1106 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
min: 708     avg: 941     median: 983 (17%)     max: 1132 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
min: 1756     avg: 2041     median: 2168 (24%)     max: 2199 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
min: 1319     avg: 1474     median: 1424 (20%)     max: 1679 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
min: 2068     avg: 2149     median: 2179 (15%)     max: 2199 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
min: 2887     avg: 3094     median: 3193 (20%)     max: 3202 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
min: 2435     avg: 2933     median: 3173 (19%)     max: 3192 MB/s
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