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Portable SSD 480GB

Portable SSD 480GB
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Effective Speed -1,064%Effective Speed -1,064%Average Score -1,026%Read -1,034%, Write -1,299%, 4K Read -466%, 4K Write -757%, Mixed -1,336%, 4K Mixed -887%, SusWrite -1,401%Peak Score -1,208%Read -1,183%, Write -1,488%, 4K Read -801%, 4K Write -817%, Mixed -1,324%, 4K Mixed -1,242%, SusWrite -1,601%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -2,333%DQ Read -1,849%, DQ Write -1,612%, DQ Mixed -5,777%, ADQ Read -1,610%, ADQ Write -1,398%, ADQ Mixed -4,800%, Age -113%, AS-SSD Total -1,503%

Average Bench: 46.8% (911^th of 1080)

Based on 141 user benchmarks. Model: SanDisk Portable SSD

Poor: 34%Average: 46.8% Great: 58%

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Below average average bench

The Sandisk Portable SSD 480GB averaged 53.1% 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 Write Speed 333MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 370MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk Portable SSD 480GB is 23.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk Portable SSD 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 100MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 83.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 141 samples)

Rank 91146.8%

Min	Avg	Max
294	Read 370	462
264	Write 333	405
150	Mixed 225	328
93.9	SusWrite 210	269
63.8% 285 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.11	4K Read 15.7	21.3
13.2	4K Write 24.2	41.3
5.4	4K Mixed 11.2	16.3
50.8% 17 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.5	DQ Read 100	119
50.4	DQ Write 83.9	111
12.7	DQ Mixed 30.3	35.7
39.6% 71.5 MB/s

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ITA-User, 2 months ago.

116GB free

Firmware: 6004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 175 164 161 161 164 MB/s

59.2% Above average

Write 334

Mixed 315

SusWrite 196

66% 294 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 38.3

4K Mixed 28.2

92% 30 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 87.3

DQ Mixed 162

108% 131 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

311GB free

Firmware: 0305

SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 215 198 210 193 215 MB/s

48.2% Average

Write 333

Mixed 170

SusWrite 221

60% 268 MB/s

4K Read 15.4

4K Write 23.6

4K Mixed 13.2

53% 17.4 MB/s

DQ Read 111

DQ Write 100

DQ Mixed 29.1

43% 80.2 MB/s

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,581x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,740x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	481x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,325x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	593x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	422x

SSD
Portable SSD 480GBSandiskBench 47%, 141 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	390x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	267x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	213x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
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Sandisk

Portable SSD 480GB

Average Bench: 46.8% (911^th of 1080)

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Portable SSD 480GB

Average Bench: 46.8% (911th of 1080)

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

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Average Bench: 46.8% (911^th of 1080)