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SD8SB8U2 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 79.5% (498th of 1080)

Based on 20 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD8SB8U2
Poor: 66%Average: 79.5% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The Sandisk SD8SB8U2 256GB averaged 20.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sandisk SD8SB8U2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 152MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.9MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SD8SB8U2 256GB is 29.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk SD8SB8U2 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 164MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 235MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)
Rank 49879.5%
Min Avg Max
317 Read 435 498
78 Write 296 483
192 Mixed 235 316
72.8 SusWrite 164 207
62.8% 283 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.7 4K Read 30.9 42.7
38.4 4K Write 79.2 134
14.4 4K Mixed 33.5 56.1
132% 47.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
216 DQ Read 301 360
154 DQ Write 216 254
33.5 DQ Mixed 152 229
142% 223 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
205GB free
Firmware: 0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 202 202 196 197 198 MB/s
91.5% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 356
Mixed 219
SusWrite 207
71% 320 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 34.4
152% 61.6 MB/s
DQ Read 349
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 191
171% 262 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 195 194 194 197 195 MB/s
91% Outstanding
Read 430
Write 276
Mixed 192
SusWrite 195
61% 273 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 40.3
163% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 327
DQ Write 229
DQ Mixed 224
182% 260 MB/s
155GB free
Firmware: 3001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 198 196 199 198 198 MB/s
89.5% Excellent
Read 444
Write 278
Mixed 201
SusWrite 201
62% 281 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 45.2
151% 54.5 MB/s
DQ Read 332
DQ Write 223
DQ Mixed 226
182% 260 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4120000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 173 167 162 172 170 MB/s
79% Very good
Read 461
Write 372
Mixed 305
SusWrite 182
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 55.4
4K Mixed 33.7
118% 39.7 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 249
DQ Mixed 219
184% 269 MB/s
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 162 136 165 143 164 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 317
Write 248
Mixed 247
SusWrite 156
54% 242 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 88.9
4K Mixed 40.1
136% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 229
189% 274 MB/s
213GB free
Firmware: 0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 176 173 172 169 164 MB/s
76.2% Very good
Read 445
Write 414
Mixed 194
SusWrite 178
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 61.6
4K Mixed 33.7
114% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 315
DQ Write 233
DQ Mixed 34.6
91% 194 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4120000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 146 129 47 77 47 MB/s
69.1% Good
Read 451
Write 393
Mixed 267
SusWrite 104
68% 304 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 42.3
4K Mixed 30.9
100% 32.8 MB/s
DQ Read 349
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 226
190% 277 MB/s
154GB free
Firmware: 0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 202 201 197 197 199 MB/s
67.9% Good
Read 442
Write 318
Mixed 210
SusWrite 203
65% 293 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 40.2
4K Mixed 27.6
93% 30.5 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 197
149% 201 MB/s
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4120000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 111 24 93 42 43 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 439
Write 236
Mixed 234
SusWrite 72.8
54% 245 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 43.2
4K Mixed 29.3
101% 33.1 MB/s
DQ Read 332
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 136
137% 226 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V - $94

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples193x
Core i7-4790Intel  $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples97x
Core i5-4690Intel  $56Bench 67%, 73,695 samples86x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples82x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples73x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples65x
SSD
SD8SB8U2 256GBSandiskBench 80%, 20 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples32x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples28x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples23x
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