Sandisk

3.2 Gen 1 256GB

3.2 Gen 1 256GB
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Effective Speed -144%Effective Speed -144%Average Score -239%Read -24%, Write -76%, 4K Read -227%, 4K Write -767%, Mixed -88%, 4K Mixed -471%, SusWrite -18%Peak Score -251%Read -27%, Write -38%, 4K Read -247%, 4K Write -911%, Mixed -73%, 4K Mixed -455%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -1,544%DQ Read -1,503%, DQ Write -2,789%, DQ Mixed -2,138%, ADQ Read -1,350%, ADQ Write -2,249%, ADQ Mixed -1,856%, Age 136%, AS-SSD Total -604%

Average Bench: 40.3% (948^th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: SanDisk 3.2 Gen 1

Poor: 32%Average: 40.3% Great: 50%

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Lenovo 81WE (1)

Below average average bench

The Sandisk 3.2 Gen 1 256GB averaged 59.7% 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. Sequential Read Speed 370MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 252MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 12.3MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 22.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 94840.3%

Min	Avg	Max
347	Read 370	398
49.8	Write 230	352
69.5	Mixed 191	245
130	SusWrite 252	358
58.2% 261 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.4	4K Read 10.5	12.4
4.5	4K Write 10.1	12.1
5.5	4K Mixed 7.88	10.5
31.4% 9.48 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22	DQ Read 22.5	22.9
12.3	DQ Write 12.3	12.4
11.6	DQ Mixed 13.3	14.8
11% 16.1 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 years ago.

238GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 362 359 359 355 358 MB/s

50.4% Above average

Write 352

Mixed 230

SusWrite 358

75% 335 MB/s

4K Read 12.4

4K Write 12.1

4K Mixed 10.5

39% 11.7 MB/s

DQ Read 22.6

DQ Write 12.3

DQ Mixed 11.6

10% 15.5 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

151GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 329 297 288 331 337 MB/s

45.5% Average

Write 329

Mixed 245

SusWrite 318

71% 316 MB/s

4K Read 10.2

4K Write 11.7

4K Mixed 9.6

34% 10.5 MB/s

DQ Read 22.9

DQ Write 12.3

DQ Mixed 14.8

12% 16.7 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

238GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 200 201 201 200 201 MB/s

33.3% Below average

Write 188

Mixed 219

SusWrite 201

53% 239 MB/s

4K Read 9.4

4K Write 4.5

4K Mixed 5.5

24% 6.47 MB/s

DEU-User, 23 months ago.

74GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 83 118 157 202 175 MB/s

31.9% Below average

Write 49.8

Mixed 69.5

SusWrite 130

33% 154 MB/s

4K Read 10.1

4K Write 11.9

4K Mixed 5.9

29% 9.3 MB/s

DQ Read 22

DQ Write 12.4

DQ Mixed 13.6

11% 16 MB/s

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Lenovo 81WE

CPU
Core i3-1005G1IntelBench 44%, 22,960 samples	1,328x
Core i5-1035G1IntelBench 51%, 53,170 samples	917x
Core i5-1035G4IntelBench 55%, 13,243 samples	138x

GPU
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples	2,186x
Iris Plus G4IntelBench 6%, 12,263 samples	138x
Iris Plus G7IntelBench 9%, 52,498 samples	133x

SSD
3.2 Gen 1 256GBSandiskBench 40%, 4 samples	1x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CWE M471A5244CB0-CTD 8GBSamsungBench 65%, 2,729 samples	449x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD 8GBHynixBench 67%, 1,560 samples	247x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 30%, 48,985 samples	177x

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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3.2 Gen 1 256GB

Average Bench: 40.3% (948^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 40.3% (948th of 1072)

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