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SD6SB2M2 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 75.5% (566th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD6SB2M2
Poor: 69%Average: 75.5% Great: 85%

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Good average bench

The Sandisk SD6SB2M2 256GB averaged 24.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sandisk SD6SB2M2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 98.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.2MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 29.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 14.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 56675.5%
Min Avg Max
457 Read 463 477
264 Write 322 398
331 Mixed 361 388
84.8% 382 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.1 4K Read 28.2 31.9
93.6 4K Write 98.8 104
13.4 4K Mixed 15.4 18.1
115% 47.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.3 DQ Read 29.4 31.8
101 DQ Write 167 240
13.6 DQ Mixed 14.9 16.2
35.9% 70.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 400 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 462
Write 398
Mixed 388
93% 416 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 18.1
126% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 31.8
DQ Write 240
DQ Mixed 16.2
48% 95.8 MB/s
3GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 400 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 477
Write 335
Mixed 360
87% 390 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 98.8
4K Mixed 16.3
112% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 29.3
DQ Write 220
DQ Mixed 13.8
43% 87.8 MB/s
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 400 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 457
Write 264
Mixed 331
78% 351 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 99.1
4K Mixed 13.4
116% 47.6 MB/s
DQ Read 30
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 16.2
28% 51 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 400 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
69% Good
Read 457
Write 291
Mixed 364
82% 370 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 93.6
4K Mixed 13.7
105% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 26.3
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 13.6
25% 46.8 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,785,457 SSDs tested

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Typical SD6SB2M2 256GB Builds (Compare 2,134 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Z87-K - $134

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples510x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples438x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples361x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples169x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples140x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples137x
SSD
SD6SB2M2 256GBSandiskBench 76%, 4 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples84x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples63x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples50x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $313

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