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S3 250G 250GB

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Effective Speed -537%Effective Speed -537%Average Score -761%Read -878%, Write -1,247%, 4K Read -183%, 4K Write -162%, Mixed -1,172%, 4K Mixed -185%, SusWrite -1,500%Peak Score -876%Read -1,065%, Write -1,232%, 4K Read -365%, 4K Write -226%, Mixed -1,176%, 4K Mixed -306%, SusWrite -1,761%Value & Sentiment -2,329%User Rating -37%, Market Share -4,622%Nice To Haves -483%DQ Read -498%, DQ Write -476%, DQ Mixed -686%, ADQ Read -400%, ADQ Write -380%, ADQ Mixed -628%, Age -275%, AS-SSD Total -524%

Average Bench: 85.5% (404^th of 1080)

Based on 1,478 user benchmarks. Model: SanDisk SDSSDH3 250G

Poor: 59%Average: 85.5% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Sandisk S3 250G 250GB averaged just 14.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sandisk S3 250G 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 204MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk S3 250G 250GB is 49.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Sandisk S3 250G 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 197MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 254MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,478 samples)

Rank 40485.5%

Min	Avg	Max
290	Read 429	509
217	Write 346	483
149	Mixed 254	366
101	SusWrite 197	246
68.4% 306 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.2	4K Read 31.4	41.3
40.5	4K Write 79	116
16.9	4K Mixed 38.8	53.9
139% 49.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
160	DQ Read 342	388
88.5	DQ Write 262	330
46.9	DQ Mixed 204	267
179% 269 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

AUS-User, 13 days ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 401100RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 211 219 220 214 219 MB/s

90.6% Outstanding

Write 461

Mixed 269

SusWrite 218

81% 362 MB/s

4K Read 34.5

4K Write 72

4K Mixed 38.9

140% 48.5 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 244

202% 293 MB/s

DEU-User, 13 days ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 401120RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 232 227 228 220 152 MB/s

87.1% Excellent

Write 421

Mixed 332

SusWrite 223

79% 354 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 66.1

4K Mixed 38.8

130% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 249

212% 312 MB/s

ITA-User, 9 days ago.

63GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 401120RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 86 80 98 102 81 MB/s

80.5% Excellent

Write 375

Mixed 319

SusWrite 102

68% 306 MB/s

4K Read 34.4

4K Write 74.1

4K Mixed 43.3

147% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 239

DQ Mixed 239

185% 253 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 days ago.

46GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 401100RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 171 133 164 136 126 MB/s

78.6% Very good

Write 416

Mixed 281

SusWrite 154

72% 324 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 68

4K Mixed 29.6

119% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 200

190% 298 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 days ago.

63GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 401100RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 160 195 180 152 132 MB/s

71.6% Very good

Write 374

Mixed 279

SusWrite 166

63% 279 MB/s

4K Read 32.3

4K Write 73.1

4K Mixed 24.2

119% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 97.1

134% 247 MB/s

USA-User, 11 days ago.

184GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 401120RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 224 223 204 224 227 MB/s

64.4% Good

Write 394

Mixed 182

SusWrite 221

66% 297 MB/s

4K Read 19.8

4K Write 37.2

4K Mixed 26.4

84% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 246

DQ Write 159

DQ Mixed 161

131% 189 MB/s

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 21%

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System: HP Z220 CMT Workstation

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	642x
Xeon E3-1225 V2Intel $200Bench 70%, 2,869 samples	165x
Core i5-3470Intel $69Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	111x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	78x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	74x

SSD
S3 250G 250GBSandiskBench 86%, 1,478 samples	1x

RAM
M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 2,354 samples	35x
16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 4x4GBMicronBench 55%, 1,512 samples	27x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	26x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $356

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Sandisk

S3 250G 250GB

Average Bench: 85.5% (404^th of 1080)

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S3 250G 250GB

Average Bench: 85.5% (404th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 85.5% (404^th of 1080)