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SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 62.7% (673rd of 1000)

Based on 1,573 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006
Poor: 48%Average: 62.7% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB averaged 37.2% 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 73.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 225MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB is 31.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 11.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 212MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,573 samples)
Rank 67362.7%
Min Avg Max
316 Read 406 477
213 Write 272 313
169 Mixed 212 242
191 SusWrite 271 311
64.8% 290 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9 4K Read 18.1 26.3
29.6 4K Write 61.9 101
4.7 4K Mixed 11.1 14.3
74.4% 30.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.3 DQ Read 154 196
75.8 DQ Write 225 281
13.9 DQ Mixed 73.4 86.2
88.1% 151 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 279 296 292 291 223 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 430
Write 284
Mixed 194
SusWrite 272
66% 295 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 51.9
4K Mixed 11.5
73% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 21.2
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 13.2
41% 82.2 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 187 280 221 248 263 MB/s
57.1% Above average
Read 419
Write 306
Mixed 212
SusWrite 224
65% 290 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 55.9
4K Mixed 11.5
67% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 67.8
76% 128 MB/s
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 274 290 280 275 271 MB/s
55% Above average
Read 384
Write 252
Mixed 187
SusWrite 274
61% 274 MB/s
4K Read 10.5
4K Write 57.2
4K Mixed 9.8
59% 25.8 MB/s
DQ Read 18.6
DQ Write 243
DQ Mixed 10.4
44% 90.6 MB/s
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 218 272 227 216 228 MB/s
54.6% Above average
Read 304
Write 240
Mixed 159
SusWrite 222
52% 231 MB/s
4K Read 15
4K Write 61.7
4K Mixed 11.4
70% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 73.3
89% 152 MB/s
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 81 49 16 4.5 5.2 MB/s
24.2% Poor
Read 393
Write 103
Mixed 8.5
SusWrite 34
29% 135 MB/s
4K Read 14.5
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.4
24% 6.03 MB/s
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Gaming 14%
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Desktop
Desktop 41%
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Workstation
Workstation 23%
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System: HP Pavilion Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 42%, 64,108 samples2,986x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 52,747 samples2,388x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 49%, 85,069 samples2,357x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 6%, 148,256 samples4,417x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 7%, 136,868 samples2,724x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 6%, 122,495 samples1,736x
SSD
SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 63%, 1,573 samples337x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 36,834 samples961x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 56,111 samples888x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 27%, 16,918 samples797x
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