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SD7SN6S-512G-1006 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 72.8% (616th of 1072)

Based on 902 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SD7SN6S-512G-1006
Poor: 52%Average: 72.8% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The Sandisk SD7SN6S-512G-1006 512GB averaged 27.1% 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 136MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 299MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SD7SN6S-512G-1006 512GB is 40.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Sandisk SD7SN6S-512G-1006 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 217MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 221MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 902 samples)
Rank 61672.8%
Min Avg Max
287 Read 392 472
254 Write 348 426
140 Mixed 217 287
117 SusWrite 221 266
65.9% 294 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.88 4K Read 22.6 33.1
32.4 4K Write 67.7 104
13.4 4K Mixed 27.2 40.4
105% 39.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
130 DQ Read 299 341
122 DQ Write 222 247
52.2 DQ Mixed 136 181
136% 219 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
362GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X3511006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 257 256 252 204 238 MB/s
90.9% Outstanding
Read 487
Write 444
Mixed 300
SusWrite 249
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 99
4K Mixed 37.2
146% 55.4 MB/s
DQ Read 288
DQ Write 241
DQ Mixed 186
161% 238 MB/s
365GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X3511006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 257 258 252 250 248 MB/s
85% Excellent
Read 351
Write 324
Mixed 293
SusWrite 258
69% 306 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 34.1
144% 55.2 MB/s
DQ Read 287
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 78.4
108% 200 MB/s
360GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X3511006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 245 250 246 239 240 MB/s
84.4% Excellent
Read 467
Write 410
Mixed 238
SusWrite 247
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 69.4
4K Mixed 34.2
126% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 159
148% 230 MB/s
358GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X3511006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 255 243 252 250 250 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 455
Write 371
Mixed 257
SusWrite 252
74% 334 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 70.9
4K Mixed 28.6
110% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 289
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 165
149% 228 MB/s
357GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X3511006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 193 178 233 223 183 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 350
Write 223
Mixed 121
SusWrite 203
50% 224 MB/s
4K Read 11.5
4K Write 53.7
4K Mixed 12.1
61% 25.8 MB/s
DQ Read 236
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 105
114% 190 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,666,380 SSDs tested

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Workstation 7%
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System: HP Spectre x360 Convertible

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples301x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples97x
Core i7-5500UIntelBench 46%, 73,655 samples37x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples398x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples44x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples16x
SSD
SD7SN6S-512G-1006 512GBSandiskBench 73%, 902 samples1x
RAM
EDFB164A1MA-JD-F 2x4GBElpidaBench 52%, 1,007 samples97x
K4EBE304EB-EGCF 2x8GBSamsungBench 59%, 5,177 samples69x
H9CCNNNCPTMLBR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 54%, 1,186 samples58x
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