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Extreme Portable SSD 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 94.7% (281st of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD
Poor: 77%Average: 94.7% Great: 110%

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Excellent average bench

The Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD 500GB averaged just 5.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 227MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 43MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD 500GB is 32.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 245MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 295MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 28194.7%
Min Avg Max
331 Read 455 508
174 Write 381 496
187 Mixed 295 393
154 SusWrite 245 306
76.9% 344 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14 4K Read 33.1 40.7
46.3 4K Write 89.7 121
24.4 4K Mixed 43 55.1
153% 55.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
264 DQ Read 356 388
84.3 DQ Write 288 346
142 DQ Mixed 227 268
196% 290 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 415000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 120 146 151 71 154 MB/s
95.3% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 292
Mixed 295
SusWrite 140
67% 304 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 47.5
175% 63.1 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 196
176% 266 MB/s
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 415000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 213 209 212 209 208 MB/s
87.1% Excellent
Read 431
Write 421
Mixed 298
SusWrite 212
76% 341 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 72.5
4K Mixed 41.3
139% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 248
201% 286 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,698,974 SSDs tested

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Typical Extreme Portable SSD 500GB Builds (Compare 1,702 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 84%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples842x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples348x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples157x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples112x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples108x
SSD
Extreme Portable SSD 500GBSandiskBench 95%, 50 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples63x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $710

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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