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U100 32GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 35% (990th of 1072)

Based on 373 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SSD U100 32GB
Poor: 26%Average: 35% Great: 41%

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Poor average bench

The Sandisk U100 32GB averaged 64.9% 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. Sequential Read Speed 413MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16.2MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk U100 32GB is just 14.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk U100 32GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 12.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 31.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 373 samples)
Rank 99035%
Min Avg Max
344 Read 413 450
27.4 Write 95.8 115
39.2 Mixed 108 177
14.6 SusWrite 88 114
38.3% 176 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.8 4K Read 16.2 19
6.01 4K Write 11.5 14.1
2.82 4K Mixed 7.96 12
40.8% 11.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.3 DQ Read 31.8 37.6
7.71 DQ Write 12.2 14.1
4.48 DQ Mixed 10.6 15.4
10.9% 18.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
30GB free
Firmware: 10.56.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 115 116 116 115 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 445
Write 115
Mixed 122
SusWrite 115
43% 199 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 14.3
4K Mixed 12.3
53% 15.4 MB/s
DQ Read 34.7
DQ Write 13.7
DQ Mixed 14.8
13% 21.1 MB/s
24GB free
Firmware: 10.56.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 120 112 116 113 MB/s
41.3% Average
Read 436
Write 118
Mixed 73.4
SusWrite 116
40% 186 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 14.1
4K Mixed 12.5
52% 15.1 MB/s
DQ Read 33.8
DQ Write 14
DQ Mixed 15.8
14% 21.2 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: 10.56.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 112 112 113 MB/s
38.8% Below average
Read 398
Write 111
Mixed 114
SusWrite 112
40% 184 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 13.9
4K Mixed 11.8
50% 14.5 MB/s
DQ Read 33.8
DQ Write 13.1
DQ Mixed 15.6
14% 20.8 MB/s
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.56.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 109 50 23 23 MB/s
37.2% Below average
Read 451
Write 106
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 68.5
38% 177 MB/s
4K Read 19.3
4K Write 10.3
4K Mixed 10
48% 13.2 MB/s
DQ Read 31.4
DQ Write 8.8
DQ Mixed 10
10% 16.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,668,246 SSDs tested

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Typical U100 32GB Builds (Compare 292 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard

System: Asus CG8270

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples227x
Core i5-3350PIntel  $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples18x
Core i5-3450Intel  $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples10x
GPU
GTX 660Nvidia  $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples36x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples29x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples16x
SSD
U100 32GBSandiskBench 35%, 373 samples1x
RAM
SLA302G08-GGNHC 2x4GBUnknownBench 54%, 1,334 samples13x
SLA302G08-GGNHC 4x4GBUnknownBench 56%, 881 samples12x
EL64C1C1624Z1 2x4GBAdataBench 55%, 601 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $467

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