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PLUS 480 GB 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 45% (918th of 1072)

Based on 8,604 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SSD PLUS 480 GB
Poor: 29%Average: 45% Great: 57%

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Below average average bench

The Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB averaged 55.0% 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 425MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.9MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB is 28%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 89.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 64.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,604 samples)
Rank 91845%
Min Avg Max
330 Read 425 462
172 Write 312 388
68.2 Mixed 229 319
28.8 SusWrite 89.1 211
58.5% 264 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.6 4K Read 18.9 23.3
0.54 4K Write 29.1 45.4
1.24 4K Mixed 15.2 19.7
63.4% 21 MB/s
Min Avg Max
63.3 DQ Read 110 120
6.59 DQ Write 64.8 95.4
1.6 DQ Mixed 34.8 44.2
40% 69.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
305GB free
Firmware: UC1700RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 287 83 85 149 5 MB/s
54.7% Above average
Read 453
Write 374
Mixed 272
SusWrite 146
69% 311 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 35.8
4K Mixed 18.1
76% 25.3 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 92.4
DQ Mixed 43.3
50% 85.4 MB/s
268GB free
Firmware: UG4500RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 26 172 135 219 54 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 446
Write 353
Mixed 298
SusWrite 165
70% 315 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 39.1
4K Mixed 18.6
71% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 90.7
DQ Mixed 43.2
49% 83.4 MB/s
137GB free
Firmware: UC1700RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 118 4.7 114 57 88 MB/s
48.8% Average
Read 426
Write 352
Mixed 300
SusWrite 86.1
65% 291 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 39.4
4K Mixed 17.2
72% 25.3 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 88.7
DQ Mixed 44.9
50% 84.3 MB/s
126GB free
Firmware: UG3600RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 56 43 49 35 56 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 456
Write 364
Mixed 320
SusWrite 51.3
66% 298 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 34.5
4K Mixed 18.4
75% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 45.3
DQ Mixed 42.2
41% 67.3 MB/s
314GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG3600RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 47 5 68 163 139 MB/s
45.7% Average
Read 424
Write 292
Mixed 193
SusWrite 79.5
55% 247 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 26.4
4K Mixed 17.2
65% 20.9 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 62.2
DQ Mixed 42.4
44% 73 MB/s
33GB free
Firmware: UG3600RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 22 20 18 86 155 MB/s
44.8% Average
Read 405
Write 333
Mixed 268
SusWrite 51
59% 264 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 39.1
4K Mixed 18.5
70% 24.9 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 60
DQ Mixed 1.5
24% 59.5 MB/s
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG3600RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 61 62 62 84 4.6 MB/s
40.3% Average
Read 453
Write 365
Mixed 290
SusWrite 52.5
64% 290 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 31.2
4K Mixed 10
56% 19.6 MB/s
DQ Read 109
DQ Write 6.7
DQ Mixed 44
36% 53.4 MB/s
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Typical PLUS 480 GB 480GB Builds (Compare 4,290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 45%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $92

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples976x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples416x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples388x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples491x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples302x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples277x
SSD
PLUS 480 GB 480GBSandiskBench 45%, 8,604 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples258x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples124x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $362

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