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Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 234% (69th of 1072)

Based on 240 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB
Poor: 147%Average: 234% Great: 299%

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Outstanding average bench

The Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB averaged 133.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 991MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,956MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB is 152%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 652MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 135MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 240 samples)
Rank 69234%
Min Avg Max
1,072 Read 1,880 2,093
851 Write 1,956 2,441
759 Mixed 1,670 2,041
453 SusWrite 652 728
345% 1,539 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34.6 4K Read 54.6 62.9
49.4 4K Write 135 223
41.3 4K Mixed 67.1 87.8
240% 85.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
483 DQ Read 1,173 1,800
296 DQ Write 878 1,471
408 DQ Mixed 991 1,481
750% 1,014 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
536GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1409 540 558 566 577 565 MB/s
300% Outstanding
Read 2,071
Write 2,118
Mixed 1,843
SusWrite 702
378% 1,684 MB/s
4K Read 62.2
4K Write 236
4K Mixed 94.6
340% 131 MB/s
DQ Read 1,768
DQ Write 1,340
DQ Mixed 1497
1,135% 1535 MB/s
166GB free
Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1318 579 569 576 551 558 MB/s
264% Outstanding
Read 2,047
Write 2,241
Mixed 1,973
SusWrite 692
390% 1,738 MB/s
4K Read 58.3
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 77.8
272% 98.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,410
DQ Write 1,085
DQ Mixed 1,193
907% 1,229 MB/s
304GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1161 486 314 300 321 298 MB/s
213% Outstanding
Read 1,676
Write 1,795
Mixed 1,114
SusWrite 480
283% 1,266 MB/s
4K Read 51.1
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 57
216% 77.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,305
DQ Write 963
DQ Mixed 1,184
871% 1,151 MB/s
242GB free
Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 336 333 301 281 287 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1,998
Write 2,175
Mixed 1,059
SusWrite 313
309% 1,386 MB/s
4K Read 53.3
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 67.1
230% 80 MB/s
DQ Read 1,015
DQ Write 658
DQ Mixed 851
631% 842 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,744,678 SSDs tested

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Gaming 43%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples3,390x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples1,666x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples457x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples406x
SSD
Ultra 3D NVMe 1TBSandiskBench 234%, 240 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples206x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $548

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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