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SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 63.8% (679th of 1011)

Based on 1,711 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006
Poor: 47%Average: 63.8% Great: 80%

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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 76.7MB/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 32.6%. 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 1,711 samples)
Rank 67963.8%
Min Avg Max
324 Read 408 481
209 Write 274 310
167 Mixed 206 236
178 SusWrite 271 311
64.7% 290 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.69 4K Read 18.9 27.1
27.8 4K Write 63.4 105
8.4 4K Mixed 11.7 14.9
77.2% 31.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
101 DQ Read 158 200
125 DQ Write 234 281
39.6 DQ Mixed 76.7 86.6
91.5% 156 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
78GB free
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 287 318 320 320 320 MB/s
80.9% Excellent
Read 493
Write 321
Mixed 231
SusWrite 306
75% 338 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 95
4K Mixed 15.9
111% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 84.2
106% 185 MB/s
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 315 317 320 315 318 MB/s
78.3% Very good
Read 496
Write 306
Mixed 238
SusWrite 310
75% 338 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 83.3
4K Mixed 15
103% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 84.4
102% 175 MB/s
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 273 285 287 289 291 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 368
Write 286
Mixed 215
SusWrite 280
64% 287 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 61.4
4K Mixed 11.7
74% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 152
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 72.9
78% 128 MB/s
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.3 214 289 296 299 295 MB/s
59.7% Above average
Read 420
Write 265
Mixed 222
SusWrite 232
63% 285 MB/s
4K Read 10.4
4K Write 67
4K Mixed 10.7
65% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 0.2
62% 147 MB/s
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 261 260 243 260 290 MB/s
57.8% Above average
Read 350
Write 274
Mixed 217
SusWrite 262
62% 276 MB/s
4K Read 14.5
4K Write 58.4
4K Mixed 11.2
67% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 83
91% 151 MB/s
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 277 286 296 291 288 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 374
Write 264
Mixed 188
SusWrite 275
62% 275 MB/s
4K Read 11.5
4K Write 40.7
4K Mixed 10.4
52% 20.9 MB/s
DQ Read 172
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 73.8
96% 170 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 40%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
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System: HP Pavilion Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 40%, 75,457 samples3,736x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 46%, 107,766 samples2,914x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 44%, 55,204 samples2,871x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 168,934 samples5,450x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 167,760 samples3,332x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 136,318 samples2,140x
SSD
SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 64%, 1,711 samples1x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 44,278 samples1,164x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 73,647 samples1,102x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 20,452 samples932x
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