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Ultra 3D NVMe 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 205% (93rd of 1072)

Based on 4,755 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk Ultra 3D NVMe
Poor: 150%Average: 205% Great: 237%

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Outstanding average bench

The Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 500GB averaged 104.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 884MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,099MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 500GB is 87.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 441MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 48.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,755 samples)
Rank 93205%
Min Avg Max
1,111 Read 1,487 1,595
1,028 Write 1,503 1,682
906 Mixed 1,189 1,323
328 SusWrite 441 516
259% 1,155 MB/s
Min Avg Max
37.1 4K Read 48.2 55.1
84 4K Write 157 215
45.9 4K Mixed 69.6 83.3
246% 91.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
720 DQ Read 1,099 1,262
376 DQ Write 812 1,180
480 DQ Mixed 884 1,006
680% 932 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
295GB free
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 437 438 438 436 435 MB/s
235% Outstanding
Read 1,573
Write 1,632
Mixed 1,259
SusWrite 516
279% 1,245 MB/s
4K Read 53.1
4K Write 193
4K Mixed 79.1
284% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 1,262
DQ Write 1,122
DQ Mixed 1,006
805% 1,130 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 871 435 435 438 437 438 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,532
Write 1,597
Mixed 1,193
SusWrite 509
271% 1,208 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 88.8
4K Mixed 55
182% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,262
DQ Write 1,228
DQ Mixed 1,009
822% 1,166 MB/s
252GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 699 387 338 336 325 305 MB/s
203% Outstanding
Read 1539
Write 1,608
Mixed 1,181
SusWrite 398
265% 1,182 MB/s
4K Read 47.9
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 69.5
238% 87.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,163
DQ Write 792
DQ Mixed 943
713% 966 MB/s
356GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 732 424 317 315 326 307 MB/s
160% Outstanding
Read 1,082
Write 1,128
Mixed 921
SusWrite 404
198% 884 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 58.4
187% 68.1 MB/s
DQ Read 900
DQ Write 623
DQ Mixed 737
557% 753 MB/s
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Gaming 79%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,182x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,161x
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD  $97Bench 72%, 52,721 samples443x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples542x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples490x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples439x
SSD
Ultra 3D NVMe 500GBSandiskBench 205%, 4,755 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples367x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples342x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples309x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $406

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