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SD6SB2M5 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 78.1% (519th of 1072)

Based on 52 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD6SB2M5
Poor: 70%Average: 78.1% Great: 88%

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Good average bench

The Sandisk SD6SB2M5 512GB averaged 21.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sandisk SD6SB2M5 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 107MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.8MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SD6SB2M5 512GB is just 18.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk SD6SB2M5 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 263MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 357MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 52 samples)
Rank 51978.1%
Min Avg Max
362 Read 412 462
313 Write 374 422
174 Mixed 263 369
190 SusWrite 357 422
79% 351 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.2 4K Read 24.8 32.8
34 4K Write 53.8 95.7
15.7 4K Mixed 24.8 32.9
97.9% 34.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.4 DQ Read 244 319
72.7 DQ Write 205 241
17.4 DQ Mixed 107 131
112% 185 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
334GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 418 413 421 429 425 MB/s
91.2% Outstanding
Read 443
Write 408
Mixed 251
SusWrite 420
86% 381 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 60.6
4K Mixed 32.3
117% 40.5 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 131
135% 221 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 801
SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 339 311 300 298 289 MB/s
81% Excellent
Read 354
Write 350
Mixed 222
SusWrite 308
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 66.4
4K Mixed 31
118% 41.9 MB/s
DQ Read 307
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 125
133% 223 MB/s
236GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 801
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 347 350 348 344 352 MB/s
79.9% Very good
Read 369
Write 338
Mixed 239
SusWrite 350
73% 324 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 56.9
4K Mixed 30.6
105% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 221
DQ Mixed 127
129% 209 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 281 255 268 266 263 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 454
Write 390
Mixed 228
SusWrite 277
75% 337 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 46.4
4K Mixed 28.8
101% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 291
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 131
134% 219 MB/s
261GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 801
SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 315 330 334 354 337 MB/s
76.1% Very good
Read 389
Write 372
Mixed 244
SusWrite 334
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 43.9
4K Mixed 26.8
95% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 124
126% 204 MB/s
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 396 389 375 359 359 MB/s
75.5% Very good
Read 410
Write 387
Mixed 246
SusWrite 380
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 31.7
4K Mixed 23.4
80% 25.8 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 133
131% 210 MB/s
238GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 801
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 297 296 293 340 306 MB/s
70.7% Very good
Read 361
Write 338
Mixed 231
SusWrite 305
69% 309 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 47.2
4K Mixed 23.6
86% 30.4 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 129
130% 210 MB/s
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop 66%
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Workstation 19%
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CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples114x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples87x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples65x
SSD
SD6SB2M5 512GBSandiskBench 78%, 52 samples1x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples18x
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