Sandisk

X400 M.2 2280 256GB

X400 M.2 2280 256GB
BENCHMARKS (4,460)
MKT (0.1%)
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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Effective Speed -55%Effective Speed -55%Average User Bench -65%Read -14%, Write -39%, 4K Read -68%, 4K Write -95%, Mixed -60%, 4K Mixed -78%, SusWrite -100%Peak Lab Bench -38%Read -6%, Write -11%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite -108%Value & Sentiment -820%User Rating -71%, Market Share -1,569%Nice To Haves -17%DQ Read -5%, DQ Write -28%, DQ Mixed -42%, ADQ Read -9%, ADQ Write -30%, ADQ Mixed -36%, Age 33%, AS-SSD Total -16%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 66.9% (621^st of 1003)

Based on 4,460 user benchmarks. Model: SanDisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB

Poor: 47%Average: 66.9% Great: 90%

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Above average average bench

The Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB averaged 33.0% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 205MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 313MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB is 42.9%. 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 228MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,460 samples)

Rank 62166.9%

Min	Avg	Max
314	Read 409	482
172	Write 302	438
136	Mixed 228	317
71.6	SusWrite 160	201
61.2% 275 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.35	4K Read 21.4	33.7
21.6	4K Write 47.9	96.6
12.1	4K Mixed 26.9	43.2
92.2% 32.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
70.3	DQ Read 313	365
119	DQ Write 236	281
103	DQ Mixed 205	236
172% 251 MB/s

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

ARM-User, 11 hrs ago.

220GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X4130012

SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 187 185 191 190 189 MB/s

69% Good

Write 236

Mixed 220

SusWrite 191

59% 266 MB/s

4K Read 19.5

4K Write 53.4

4K Mixed 24.5

89% 32.5 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 226

188% 272 MB/s

CZE-User, 17 hrs ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X4130012

SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 172 176 178 135 128 MB/s

65.8% Good

Write 390

Mixed 173

SusWrite 163

63% 281 MB/s

4K Read 17.2

4K Write 42.3

4K Mixed 27.3

83% 28.9 MB/s

DQ Read 365

DQ Write 245

DQ Mixed 235

194% 282 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

107GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X4152012

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 160 132 160 112 154 MB/s

61.6% Good

Write 240

Mixed 275

SusWrite 153

61% 272 MB/s

4K Read 16.2

4K Write 36.7

4K Mixed 24.4

75% 25.8 MB/s

DQ Read 338

DQ Write 185

DQ Mixed 231

180% 251 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X4130012

SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 179 181 182 186 182 MB/s

55.8% Above average

Write 214

Mixed 214

SusWrite 183

59% 266 MB/s

4K Read 17.9

4K Write 35.5

4K Mixed 26.1

79% 26.5 MB/s

DQ Read 23.4

DQ Write 37.5

DQ Mixed 148

79% 69.5 MB/s

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 36%

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System: Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming - $789

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 67%, 233,485 samples	8,978x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 63%, 72,951 samples	6,755x
FX-Series FX-8320AMDBench 76%, 1 sample	1x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 7%, 153,358 samples	8,414x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 37%, 39,104 samples	5,449x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 57,024 samples	1,865x

SSD
X400 M.2 2280 256GBSandiskBench 67%, 4,460 samples	1,569x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 55,720 samples	5,131x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 9,772 samples	2,185x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 2,402 samples	879x

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Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $335	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $101
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $144	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $280	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $646	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

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X400 M.2 2280 256GB

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