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SanDiskSDSSDHP-256G-G25
▲ 531,512 ▼

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281. Memory: Intel 16nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2015.

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▲ 535,741 ▼

Controller: Marvell 88SS9175. Memory: SanDisk 19nm eX2 ABL MLC. Release date: Q1 2013.

Effective Speed 
+3%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 26,687 user samples
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Best Bench: 95% 223GB free
Worst Bench: 58% 136GB free
Poor: 58% Great: 95%
SPEED RANK: 497th / 1074
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Best Bench: 99% 168GB free
Worst Bench: 58% 238GB free
Poor: 58% Great: 99%
SPEED RANK: 471st / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		79.2 % 81.4 % +3%
Average Score 
+5%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		385 MB/s 438 MB/s Faster read speed.
+14%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		230 MB/s 347 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+51%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		29.9 MB/s Faster random read.
+13% 		26.5 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		80 MB/s Faster random write.
+12% 		71.2 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		274 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+41% 		194 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		37.8 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+29% 		29.3 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		180 MB/s 297 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+65%
Peak Score 
+13%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		454 MB/s 484 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+7%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		255 MB/s 437 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+71%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		36.7 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+14% 		32.2 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		111 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+7% 		104 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		301 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+24% 		242 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		47.3 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+31% 		36 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		230 MB/s 440 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+91%
Value & Sentiment 
+43%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.02 % Hugely higher market share.
+100%
Value
Value For Money 		5.91 % 8.37 % Much better value.
+42%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % 53 %
Price
Price (score) 		$200 $139 Much cheaper.
+30%
Nice To Haves 
+13%
Age
Newest 		110 Months More recent.
+20% 		137 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		296 MB/s 326 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+10%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		245 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+13% 		216 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		957 Pts 987 Pts +3%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		176 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+38% 		128 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		273 MB/s 287 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+5%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		212 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+12% 		189 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		158 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+36% 		116 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		240GB 256GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 79.2%
Average Bench 81.4%
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The Intel 535 SSD was quietly released in April 2015, very few review samples were distributed and the release went largely unnoticed. The 535 sports the same basic specs as its predecessor, the 530. The 20nm NAND in the 530 has been replaced with marginally slower 16nm NAND and both drives use the same five year old SandForce 2281 controller. Comparing performance between 240GB 530 and 535 shows that the two drives share the same performance profile which is severely hampered by a particularly weak incompressible write speed, something the SandForce controller is notorious for. Overall the 240GB 535 scores an effective speed of 71.5% which puts it amongst the slowest handful of new SSDs on the market. There are other drives on the market that use newer technology and represent far value for money. [Aug '15 SSDrivePro]

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The Sandisk Ultra Plus has an above average consumer performance profile and is available at a fantastic price. It's one of the cheapest SSD's we have reviewed and we like it a lot. With a real world speed of 488.1 MB/s and an AS-SSD Total score of 910 points, the Ultra Plus is able to handle consumer workloads reasonably well and enterprise workloads just below average. The slightly below average server performance is primarily due to the Ultra's deep queue 4k write speed which clocked in at just 165 MB/s, considerably below the group average of 241 MB/s. Given that this drive is only a few months old, there is a good chance that its prices will drop even further which would make it an even better value consumer proposition than it already is. [Apr '13 SSDrivePro]

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