Sandisk

U100 252GB

U100 252GB
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Effective Speed -183%Effective Speed -183%Average Score -321%Read -13%, Write -137%, 4K Read -204%, 4K Write -1,002%, Mixed -139%, 4K Mixed -648%, SusWrite -103%Peak Score -273%Read -13%, Write -56%, 4K Read -187%, 4K Write -1,065%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -533%, SusWrite -31%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,751%DQ Read -905%, DQ Write -3,042%, DQ Mixed -2,409%, ADQ Read -1,025%, ADQ Write -3,078%, ADQ Mixed -2,994%, Age -28%, AS-SSD Total -526%

Average Bench: 34.7% (991^st of 1072)

Based on 177 user benchmarks. Model: SanDisk SSD U100 252GB

Poor: 24%Average: 34.7% Great: 46%

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Poor average bench

The Sandisk U100 252GB averaged 65.2% 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. Sequential Read Speed 405MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 11.3MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk U100 252GB is 21.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk U100 252GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 9.09MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 29MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 177 samples)

Rank 99134.7%

Min	Avg	Max
324	Read 405	448
24.7	Write 171	311
37.9	Mixed 150	328
17.7	SusWrite 146	296
48% 218 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
6.69	4K Read 11.3	15
4.08	4K Write 7.95	10.5
3.24	4K Mixed 6.02	9.2
29% 8.42 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.9	DQ Read 29	36.5
7.04	DQ Write 9.09	11.4
3.36	DQ Mixed 8.41	13.2
8.97% 15.5 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ITA-User, 2 months ago.

186GB free

Firmware: 10.51.02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 288 312 287 277 298 MB/s

41.1% Average

Write 292

Mixed 130

SusWrite 291

60% 270 MB/s

4K Read 9.2

4K Write 8.2

4K Mixed 6

26% 7.8 MB/s

DQ Read 34.8

DQ Write 8.1

DQ Mixed 10.8

11% 17.9 MB/s

CAN-User, 20 months ago.

218GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10.51.02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 74 115 150 171 121 MB/s

36.2% Below average

Write 300

Mixed 114

SusWrite 146

54% 243 MB/s

4K Read 10.6

4K Write 9.2

4K Mixed 8.8

32% 9.53 MB/s

DQ Read 34.5

DQ Write 9.9

DQ Mixed 11.8

11% 18.7 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 months ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10.51.02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 142 141 122 88 69 MB/s

32.1% Below average

Write 265

Mixed 122

SusWrite 112

49% 224 MB/s

4K Read 12

4K Write 7.1

4K Mixed 7.3

31% 8.8 MB/s

PRT-User, 19 months ago.

3GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10.51.02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 25 11 19 19 22 MB/s

31.1% Below average

Write 32.6

Mixed 17.2

SusWrite 18.5

28% 134 MB/s

4K Read 18.2

4K Write 3.8

4K Mixed 6.9

38% 9.63 MB/s

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

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System: Asus UX31A

CPU
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	70x
Core i5-3317UIntel $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples	54x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	10x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	134x

SSD
U100 252GBSandiskBench 35%, 177 samples	20x

RAM
2x2GBElpidaBench 44%, 4,273 samples	123x
2x4GBElpidaBench 51%, 4,362 samples	11x

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HDD	RAM	USB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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U100 252GB

Average Bench: 34.7% (991^st of 1072)

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