Average Bench: 63.1% (767th of 1072)

Based on 638 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD5SG2256G1052E

Above average average bench

The Sandisk SD5SG2256G1052E 256GB averaged 36.8% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 87MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 399MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SD5SG2256G1052E 256GB is 28.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk SD5SG2256G1052E 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 224MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 38.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 638 samples)
Min Avg Max
317 Read 399 447
227 Write 320 383
135 Mixed 224 366
128 SusWrite 301 382
69.6% 311 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.5 4K Read 16.3 23.8
21.2 4K Write 38.9 63.4
8.49 4K Mixed 17.4 25.6
67.6% 24.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.5 DQ Read 208 308
40.4 DQ Write 149 195
9.17 DQ Mixed 87 136
89.8% 148 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.04.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 376 367 378 379 371 MB/s
Read 445
Write 362
Mixed 165
SusWrite 372
75% 336 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 48.3
4K Mixed 26.9
92% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 135
131% 210 MB/s
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.04.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 333 336 331 339 337 MB/s
Read 396
Write 319
Mixed 148
SusWrite 334
67% 299 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 44.6
4K Mixed 24.7
83% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 125
118% 186 MB/s
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.04.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 291 253 259 265 172 MB/s
Read 408
Write 362
Mixed 142
SusWrite 261
66% 293 MB/s
4K Read 16.8
4K Write 36.2
4K Mixed 21.4
72% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 122
123% 202 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.02.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 249 184 129 119 123 MB/s
Read 413
Write 329
Mixed 137
SusWrite 184
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 37
4K Mixed 22.7
79% 26.6 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 147
121% 177 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.04.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 267 240 244 201 181 MB/s
Read 430
Write 288
Mixed 203
SusWrite 230
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 26.1
4K Mixed 19.2
64% 20.7 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 130
115% 178 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.04.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 188 165 127 126 112 MB/s
Read 352
Write 248
Mixed 182
SusWrite 157
52% 235 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 38.4
4K Mixed 19
72% 25.2 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 177
DQ Mixed 117
117% 191 MB/s
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.04.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 218 213 174 169 240 MB/s
Read 398
Write 292
Mixed 131
SusWrite 204
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 30.4
4K Mixed 18.1
65% 21.9 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 90.8
DQ Mixed 54.1
68% 126 MB/s
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.02.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 307 284 254 260 232 MB/s
Read 253
Write 314
Mixed 124
SusWrite 256
53% 237 MB/s
4K Read 13.4
4K Write 18.6
4K Mixed 11
44% 14.3 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 87.1
81% 127 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,647,787 SSDs tested

Typical SD5SG2256G1052E 256GB Builds (Compare 18 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 3443CTO

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