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SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 63.8% (679th of 1011)

Based on 1,686 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006
Poor: 49%Average: 63.8% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB averaged 36.1% 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 77MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 234MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB is 30.2%. 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 11.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 206MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,686 samples)
Rank 67963.8%
Min Avg Max
319 Read 406 478
215 Write 273 310
171 Mixed 206 236
204 SusWrite 273 311
64.6% 290 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.69 4K Read 18.6 26.9
32.3 4K Write 63.6 105
8.6 4K Mixed 11.7 14.7
76.8% 31.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
118 DQ Read 159 201
127 DQ Write 234 281
55.4 DQ Mixed 77 86.3
91.8% 157 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 306 319 298 309 312 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 456
Write 314
Mixed 234
SusWrite 309
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 81.4
4K Mixed 13.8
99% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 172
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 87.8
106% 181 MB/s
203GB free
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 314 314 313 313 311 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 452
Write 307
Mixed 242
SusWrite 313
74% 329 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 71.2
4K Mixed 13.8
90% 35.8 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 85.4
104% 178 MB/s
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 212 200 215 293 234 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 428
Write 315
Mixed 209
SusWrite 224
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 66.4
4K Mixed 13.8
87% 34.3 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 272
DQ Mixed 13.7
67% 148 MB/s
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 263 281 283 283 252 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 346
Write 263
Mixed 213
SusWrite 269
61% 273 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 85.8
4K Mixed 9.6
86% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 73.5
91% 158 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 237 270 281 286 286 MB/s
60.3% Good
Read 401
Write 271
Mixed 222
SusWrite 271
65% 291 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 53.5
4K Mixed 12.5
71% 27.9 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 161
DQ Mixed 69.7
76% 127 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 267 265 267 268 269 MB/s
50.8% Above average
Read 354
Write 273
Mixed 195
SusWrite 267
61% 272 MB/s
4K Read 8.1
4K Write 23.5
4K Mixed 7.7
35% 13.1 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 82.4
102% 177 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 40%
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Workstation 21%
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System: HP Pavilion Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 32%, 72,799 samples3,526x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 35%, 58,756 samples2,721x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 37%, 101,822 samples2,715x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 159,610 samples5,154x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 160,388 samples3,111x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 124,664 samples2,024x
SSD
SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 64%, 1,686 samples1x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 43,792 samples1,109x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 62,832 samples1,034x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 19,199 samples895x
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