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SD5SF2256G1002E 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 58.3% (820th of 1072)

Based on 34 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD5SF2256G1002E
Poor: 43%Average: 58.3% Great: 72%

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Average average bench

The Sandisk SD5SF2256G1002E 256GB averaged 41.6% 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 97.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 383MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SD5SF2256G1002E 256GB is 28.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk SD5SF2256G1002E 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 180MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 29.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)
Rank 82058.3%
Min Avg Max
289 Read 383 450
2 Write 309 384
7 Mixed 180 350
11.8 SusWrite 300 363
65.6% 293 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 14.6 23.8
0.4 4K Write 29.9 69.5
0 4K Mixed 16 24.9
58.5% 20.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.4 DQ Read 199 304
11.6 DQ Write 123 188
6.87 DQ Mixed 97.1 152
89.6% 140 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.04.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 366 370 341 358 319 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 404
Write 346
Mixed 153
SusWrite 354
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 15.3
4K Write 35.3
4K Mixed 20.2
68% 23.6 MB/s
DQ Read 304
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 132
129% 208 MB/s
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.04.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 346 354 363 343 319 MB/s
62.8% Good
Read 357
Write 305
Mixed 160
SusWrite 346
66% 292 MB/s
4K Read 10.7
4K Write 32.5
4K Mixed 16.8
55% 20 MB/s
DQ Read 297
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 105
112% 189 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.04.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 278 295 290 302 298 MB/s
62.2% Good
Read 372
Write 308
Mixed 137
SusWrite 295
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 29.5
4K Mixed 19.3
64% 21.6 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 151
DQ Mixed 129
117% 181 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.02.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 330 276 262 326 349 MB/s
62.1% Good
Read 383
Write 288
Mixed 149
SusWrite 310
63% 283 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 33
4K Mixed 17.4
62% 21.7 MB/s
DQ Read 261
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 135
117% 176 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.02.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 220 197 202 185 186 MB/s
57.2% Above average
Read 342
Write 301
Mixed 121
SusWrite 208
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 37.3
4K Mixed 20
67% 23.9 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 123
118% 190 MB/s
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10.02.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 114 170 206 122 211 MB/s
44.2% Average
Read 305
Write 312
Mixed 130
SusWrite 168
51% 229 MB/s
4K Read 13.5
4K Write 22.9
4K Mixed 13.6
50% 16.7 MB/s
DQ Read 171
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 100
87% 129 MB/s
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Workstation 4%
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System: Asus UX32VD

CPU
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples103x
Core i5-3317UIntel  $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples57x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples18x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples166x
GeForce GT620MNvidiaBench 3%, 886 samples18x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples3x
SSD
SD5SF2256G1002E 256GBSandiskBench 58%, 34 samples8x
RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 6GBHynixBench 41%, 1,509 samples21x
SSZ302G08-GGNHC Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 4GBAsintBench 44%, 252 samples18x
99U5428-063.A00LF Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 10GBKingstonBench 35%, 80 samples14x
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