Sandisk

X400 M.2 2280 256GB

X400 M.2 2280 256GB
BENCHMARKS (4,952)
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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Effective Speed -57%Effective Speed -57%Average User Bench -66%Read -15%, Write -42%, 4K Read -71%, 4K Write -94%, Mixed -58%, 4K Mixed -82%, SusWrite -101%Peak Lab Bench -37%Read -6%, Write -12%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -32%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -37%, SusWrite -110%Value & Sentiment -639%User Rating -71%, Market Share -1,206%Nice To Haves -17%DQ Read -5%, DQ Write -28%, DQ Mixed -42%, ADQ Read -9%, ADQ Write -29%, ADQ Mixed -36%, Age 31%, AS-SSD Total -16%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 66.6% (642^nd of 1011)

Based on 4,952 user benchmarks. Model: SanDisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB

Poor: 47%Average: 66.6% Great: 90%

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Above average average bench

The Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB averaged 33.4% 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 201MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 309MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB is 42.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 160MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 231MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,952 samples)

Rank 64266.6%

Min	Avg	Max
306	Read 407	481
171	Write 298	435
148	Mixed 231	320
72.2	SusWrite 160	199
61% 274 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.26	4K Read 21.3	33.8
21.3	4K Write 48.4	96.2
11.8	4K Mixed 26.6	44.4
91.9% 32.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
36.5	DQ Read 309	365
100	DQ Write 233	281
63.5	DQ Mixed 201	236
169% 248 MB/s

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

DEU-User, 7 hrs ago.

182GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X4152012

SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 183 177 181 179 170 MB/s

91.4% Outstanding

Write 284

Mixed 248

SusWrite 182

67% 304 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 99.7

4K Mixed 38.3

160% 58.8 MB/s

DQ Read 267

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 200

168% 242 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X4130012

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 137 163 86 154 100 MB/s

84% Excellent

Write 466

Mixed 322

SusWrite 138

80% 356 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 73.1

4K Mixed 36.1

136% 47.6 MB/s

DQ Read 348

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 230

195% 286 MB/s

HKG-User, 1 hr ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X4152012

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 182 178 177 178 178 MB/s

67.8% Good

Write 382

Mixed 187

SusWrite 182

67% 301 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 43.3

4K Mixed 20.8

85% 29.2 MB/s

DQ Read 318

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 211

179% 263 MB/s

NZL-User, 4 hrs ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X4130012

SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 202 200 197 191 192 MB/s

54.2% Above average

Write 360

Mixed 278

SusWrite 205

68% 305 MB/s

4K Read 12.6

4K Write 20.9

4K Mixed 11.9

45% 15.1 MB/s

DQ Read 303

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 230

188% 269 MB/s

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 33%

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System: Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming - $788

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 58%, 230,303 samples	9,510x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 52%, 83,606 samples	7,174x
FX-Series FX-8320AMDBench 62%, 1 sample	1x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 7%, 157,501 samples	8,857x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 36%, 44,886 samples	5,814x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 63,762 samples	2,008x

SSD
X400 M.2 2280 256GBSandiskBench 67%, 4,952 samples	1,634x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 65,399 samples	5,391x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 10,228 samples	2,295x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 2,495 samples	928x

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $198	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
Intel Core i5-9600K $230	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $233	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $750	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $195

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $82	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

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X400 M.2 2280 256GB

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