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pSSD-S2 32GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 7.1% (1071st of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk pSSD-S2 32GB
Poor: 4%Average: 7.1% Great: 10%

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Terrible average bench

The Sandisk pSSD-S2 32GB averaged 92.8% 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 Read Speed 4.28MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 53.4MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk pSSD-S2 32GB is just 6.7%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk pSSD-S2 32GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.88MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 23.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 10717.1%
Min Avg Max
13 Read 53.4 72.2
4 Write 27.1 50.1
0.5 Mixed 23.6 56.2
7.8 SusWrite 39 65.8
7.98% 35.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.34 4K Read 4.28 6.96
0.28 4K Write 1.88 2.7
0.008 4K Mixed 1.69 3.2
9.63% 2.62 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
20GB free
Firmware: SSD 6.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 66 71 58 69 MB/s
10.4% Very poor
Read 63.7
Write 50
Mixed 6.7
SusWrite 64.7
10% 46.3 MB/s
4K Read 5.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 2.8
13% 3.57 MB/s
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SSD 6.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 59 57 63 60 58 MB/s
8.56% Terrible
Read 56.9
Write 9.3
Mixed 6.7
SusWrite 58.5
7% 32.8 MB/s
4K Read 4.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
10% 2.63 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SSD 6.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 56 61 61 67 67 MB/s
7.21% Terrible
Read 32.9
Write 4.5
Mixed 7.4
SusWrite 60.1
6% 26.2 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 2.4
7% 1.97 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SSD 6.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 32 40 29 36 MB/s
4.73% Terrible
Read 38.7
Write 21.2
Mixed 3.4
SusWrite 31.7
5% 23.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
4% 1.23 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: SSD 6.30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s
3.47% Terrible
Read 13
Write 10.5
Mixed 4.5
SusWrite 13
2% 10.2 MB/s
4K Read 4.3
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.4
8% 2.13 MB/s
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SSD 6.30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 8.2 11 6.1 13 4.1 MB/s
2.61% Terrible
Read 26.3
Write 5
Mixed 0.5
SusWrite 7.8
2% 9.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.8
4% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop 24%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Asus EB1503

CPU
Atom D2550IntelBench 25%, 408 samples2x
GPU
GeForce 610MNvidiaBench 2%, 4,874 samples2x
SSD
pSSD-S2 32GBSandiskBench 7%, 19 samples1x
RAM
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples1x
99U5469-014.A00L 2x2GBKingstonBench 13%, 5 samples1x
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