CheckDB creates a hidden snapshot to run against, to allow it to have a transactionally consistent view of the database. That's just the LSN that the database was at when the snapshot was created.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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