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S3256G 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 87.6% (362nd of 1072)

Based on 1,070 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SDSSDH3256G
Poor: 64%Average: 87.6% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Sandisk S3256G 256GB averaged just 12.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sandisk S3256G 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 233MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk S3256G 256GB is 40.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Sandisk S3256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 189MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 250MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,070 samples)
Rank 36287.6%
Min Avg Max
339 Read 458 513
139 Write 350 484
152 Mixed 250 345
96.5 SusWrite 189 239
69.4% 312 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.5 4K Read 32.7 40.4
41.5 4K Write 81.2 115
23.3 4K Mixed 40.3 52.3
144% 51.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
216 DQ Read 336 380
112 DQ Write 259 329
126 DQ Mixed 233 284
192% 276 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
237GB free
Firmware: X6107000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 191 191 198 195 203 MB/s
98.8% Outstanding
Read 484
Write 462
Mixed 331
SusWrite 230
84% 377 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 42
164% 64.3 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 273
224% 320 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: X6104000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 194 194 196 192 196 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 475
Mixed 315
SusWrite 213
84% 376 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 86.8
4K Mixed 45.8
160% 56.4 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 275
226% 325 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: X6107000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 245 217 217 216 217 MB/s
97.6% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 452
Mixed 353
SusWrite 259
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 95.5
4K Mixed 47.9
166% 59.7 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 216
164% 222 MB/s
162GB free
Firmware: X6107000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 199 198 201 199 199 MB/s
82.6% Excellent
Read 476
Write 427
Mixed 294
SusWrite 206
78% 351 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 59.1
4K Mixed 34.1
116% 40 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 274
223% 318 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X6107000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 137 151 140 120 119 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 482
Write 355
Mixed 258
SusWrite 144
69% 310 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 52.3
4K Mixed 33.9
113% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 258
211% 303 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X6107000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 206 186 210 212 206 MB/s
61.8% Good
Read 386
Write 267
Mixed 184
SusWrite 200
58% 259 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 48
4K Mixed 28.4
102% 34.3 MB/s
DQ Read 33.2
DQ Write 86.5
DQ Mixed 44.1
38% 54.6 MB/s
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X610
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 199 209 215 154 89 MB/s
53.1% Above average
Read 288
Write 214
Mixed 113
SusWrite 163
43% 194 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 52.6
4K Mixed 15.6
92% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 85.8
DQ Mixed 55.4
55% 90 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 10%
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System: Apple MacBookPro9,1

CPU
Core i7-3615QMIntelBench 62%, 2,657 samples96x
Core i7-3720QMIntel  $100Bench 65%, 9,911 samples45x
Core i7-3820QMIntel  $275Bench 66%, 3,135 samples14x
GPU
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples151x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples1x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples1x
SSD
S3256G 256GBSandiskBench 88%, 1,070 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples87x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples41x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples7x
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