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Extreme 500GB X3N

Extreme 500GB X3N
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Effective Speed -47%Effective Speed -47%Average Score -50%Read -50%, Write -71%, 4K Read -39%, 4K Write -30%, Mixed -47%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite -72%Peak Score -72%Read -42%, Write -79%, 4K Read -137%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -73%, 4K Mixed -90%, SusWrite -62%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +3% DQ Read -27%, DQ Write 12%, DQ Mixed -34%, ADQ Read -18%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed -17%, Age 131%, AS-SSD Total -22%

Average Bench: 370% (22^nd of 1080)

Based on 18 user benchmarks. Model: SanDisk Extreme 500GB X3N

Poor: 196%Average: 370% Great: 482%

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Outstanding average bench

The Sandisk Extreme 500GB X3N averaged 269.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sandisk Extreme 500GB X3N near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,264MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,716MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk Extreme 500GB X3N is 286%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Sandisk Extreme 500GB X3N performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 159MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 64.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)

Rank 22370%

Min	Avg	Max
734	Read 2,800	4,164
737	Write 2,716	3,601
679	Mixed 2,191	2,695
723	SusWrite 1,834	2,825
536% 2,385 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
49.5	4K Read 64.3	81.1
87	4K Write 159	316
55.1	4K Mixed 77.6	115
281% 100 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
498	DQ Read 1,445	1,829
420	DQ Write 1,232	2,122
450	DQ Mixed 1,264	1,572
967% 1,314 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 month ago.

383GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 731100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2219 3337 3463 3571 2119 535 MB/s

504% Outstanding

Write 3,581

Mixed 2,727

SusWrite 2,541

731% 3,265 MB/s

4K Read 74.8

4K Write 209

4K Mixed 92.8

343% 125 MB/s

DQ Read 1,813

DQ Write 1,587

DQ Mixed 1,480

1,170% 1,627 MB/s

TUR-User, 7 hrs ago.

308GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 731100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2194 2230 2224 2322 1927 711 MB/s

359% Outstanding

Write 2,487

Mixed 2,144

SusWrite 1,935

511% 2,270 MB/s

4K Read 60.1

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 75.3

262% 92.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,481

DQ Write 1,184

DQ Mixed 1,300

982% 1,322 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 month ago.

304GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 731100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2414 2428 2411 2424 1337 593 MB/s

353% Outstanding

Write 2,467

Mixed 2169

SusWrite 1,934

515% 2,289 MB/s

4K Read 61.4

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 73.1

261% 91.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,327

DQ Write 1,003

DQ Mixed 1,135

857% 1,155 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 day ago.

210GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 731100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1580 2086 2196 1899 660 302 MB/s

301% Outstanding

Write 1,978

Mixed 1837

SusWrite 1454

420% 1,867 MB/s

4K Read 52.8

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 65.2

226% 78.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1448

DQ Write 995

DQ Mixed 1,219

911% 1,221 MB/s

USA-User, 7 days ago.

173GB free

Firmware: 731100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 721 725 727 724 723 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 737

Mixed 679

SusWrite 723

162% 718 MB/s

4K Read 68.1

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 80.1

286% 100 MB/s

DQ Read 771

DQ Write 756

DQ Mixed 836

608% 788 MB/s

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Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520I AC

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Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	113x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $140Bench 86%, 5,183 samples	112x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	96x

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RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	98x
RTX 3060Nvidia $281Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	45x
RTX 3070Nvidia $470Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	41x

SSD
Extreme 500GB X3NSandiskBench 370%, 18 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $54Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	26x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $57Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	23x

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Value: 130% - Outstanding

Total price: $171

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Sandisk

Extreme 500GB X3N

Average Bench: 370% (22^nd of 1080)

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Extreme 500GB X3N

Average Bench: 370% (22nd of 1080)

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench: 370% (22^nd of 1080)