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SD7SB6B-256GB 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 49.4% (890th of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD7SB6B-256GB
Poor: 25%Average: 49.4% Great: 73%

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Below average average bench

The Sandisk SD7SB6B-256GB 256GB averaged 50.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 89.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.2MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SD7SB6B-256GB 256GB is 48.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Sandisk SD7SB6B-256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 99MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 115MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 89049.4%
Min Avg Max
268 Read 398 432
43.4 Write 301 367
2.5 Mixed 230 331
29 SusWrite 99 321
57.1% 257 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 23.2 37
0.1 4K Write 37.7 97.8
0 4K Mixed 16 38.1
75.7% 25.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
71 DQ Read 115 154
39.7 DQ Write 232 316
33.8 DQ Mixed 89.9 161
92% 146 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H190826a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 39 22 38 24 MB/s
52.7% Above average
Read 432
Write 43.4
Mixed 76.2
SusWrite 29
31% 145 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 24.7
4K Mixed 22.3
98% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 39.7
DQ Mixed 62.8
55% 85.2 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H190826a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 37 38 38 40 41 MB/s
51.1% Above average
Read 379
Write 355
Mixed 320
SusWrite 75.3
63% 282 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 38.5
4K Mixed 23.9
79% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 144
110% 149 MB/s
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0110A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 126 20 38 26 6.6 MB/s
29% Poor
Read 432
Write 345
Mixed 303
SusWrite 39
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
35% 8 MB/s
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0110A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 172 1.4 3.3 4.3 30 MB/s
28.5% Poor
Read 403
Write 304
Mixed 293
SusWrite 35.8
58% 259 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 0.4
38% 9.67 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0110A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 2.9 24 2.3 35 25 MB/s
13.2% Very poor
Read 268
Write 290
Mixed 2.5
SusWrite 40.5
33% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0
0% 0.03 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,785,788 SSDs tested

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Gaming 3%
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Desktop 43%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Lenovo 80SY

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples117x
Core i3-6006UIntelBench 36%, 47,111 samples74x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples61x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples185x
HD Graphics 520IntelBench 4%, 9,911 samples72x
Radeon R5 M330AMDBench 5%, 3,202 samples3x
SSD
SD7SB6B-256GB 256GBSandiskBench 49%, 11 samples1x
RAM
ATF51264HZ-2G3AZ Z 1x4GBUnknownBench 34%, 290 samples27x
471A5244BB0-CPB 1x4GBUnknownBench 34%, 457 samples20x
ATF51264HZ-2G3B1 1 1x4GBUnknownBench 34%, 206 samples19x
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