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SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 60% (648th of 959)

Based on 1,322 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006
Poor: 47%Average: 60% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB averaged 40.0% 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 Random Write Speed 57.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 435MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB is 25.5%. 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 6.22MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 115MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,322 samples)
Rank 64860%
Min Avg Max
329 Read 435 493
238 Write 293 329
183 Mixed 308 390
189 SusWrite 269 309
73% 326 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.92 4K Read 18 25.6
22.4 4K Write 57.3 91.9
3.14 4K Mixed 6.22 13.3
65.6% 27.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.6 DQ Read 115 196
46.1 DQ Write 170 277
3.36 DQ Mixed 36.7 84.7
57.5% 107 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 305 310 308 310 308 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 404
Write 277
Mixed 216
SusWrite 302
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 74.2
4K Mixed 12.6
90% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 84.8
103% 176 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 291 298 301 303 306 MB/s
68.3% Good
Read 448
Write 94.3
Mixed 214
SusWrite 296
58% 263 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 59.9
4K Mixed 12.8
78% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 84.9
102% 173 MB/s
211GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 252 261 264 262 269 MB/s
62% Good
Read 431
Write 282
Mixed 205
SusWrite 263
66% 295 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 58.5
4K Mixed 9.4
74% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 74.4
83% 139 MB/s
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 225 46 23 36 29 MB/s
55.3% Above average
Read 455
Write 290
Mixed 234
SusWrite 104
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 63
4K Mixed 13.6
82% 32.3 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 162
DQ Mixed 74.4
79% 129 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 277 278 197 175 0.7 MB/s
50.5% Above average
Read 366
Write 260
Mixed 209
SusWrite 200
58% 259 MB/s
4K Read 9.1
4K Write 47
4K Mixed 8.8
50% 21.6 MB/s
DQ Read 156
DQ Write 250
DQ Mixed 78.4
94% 162 MB/s
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2311006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 213 67 35 32 29 MB/s
48.1% Average
Read 373
Write 275
Mixed 216
SusWrite 104
54% 242 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 62.2
4K Mixed 11.1
66% 28.5 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 75
84% 141 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%, 47,867 samples2,063x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 42,095 samples1,713x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 48%, 56,461 samples1,616x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 6%, 112,730 samples3,118x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 7%, 96,334 samples1,940x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 5%, 86,140 samples1,228x
SSD
SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 60%, 1,322 samples258x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 27,459 samples666x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 12,587 samples573x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 1x8GBMicronBench 37%, 9,067 samples543x
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