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SanDisk SD5SB2-512G

X100 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 78.7% (508th of 1072)

Based on 101 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD5SB2512G
Poor: 58%Average: 78.7% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The SanDisk X100 512GB averaged 21.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SanDisk X100 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 115MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 66.7MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SanDisk X100 512GB is 35.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SanDisk X100 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 175MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 169MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 101 samples)
Rank 50878.7%
Min Avg Max
349 Read 421 460
227 Write 334 389
124 Mixed 175 323
245 SusWrite 348 405
71.5% 320 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.1 4K Read 22.2 26.9
31.5 4K Write 66.7 100
12.3 4K Mixed 26 35.6
102% 38.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
119 DQ Read 262 306
86.2 DQ Write 169 189
47.3 DQ Mixed 115 133
113% 182 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
348GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.04.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 356 384 387 394 377 MB/s
89.7% Excellent
Read 458
Write 383
Mixed 246
SusWrite 381
82% 367 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 70.1
4K Mixed 33
122% 43.8 MB/s
DQ Read 292
DQ Write 179
DQ Mixed 110
116% 194 MB/s
382GB free
Firmware: 10.04.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 257 370 380 379 340 MB/s
71.2% Very good
Read 403
Write 341
Mixed 162
SusWrite 334
69% 310 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 50.3
4K Mixed 20.9
78% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 131
127% 203 MB/s
382GB free
Firmware: 10.04.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 302 337 355 342 335 MB/s
68.6% Good
Read 392
Write 362
Mixed 169
SusWrite 316
69% 310 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 40.2
4K Mixed 21.2
74% 26 MB/s
DQ Read 299
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 129
127% 205 MB/s
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Gaming 86%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II (MS-7C02)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,528x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples905x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples572x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples596x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples407x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples306x
SSD
X100 512GBSanDiskBench 79%, 101 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples510x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples283x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples137x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $392

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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