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Ultra II 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 86.4% (393rd of 1080)

Based on 3,299 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk Ultra II 500GB
Poor: 60%Average: 86.4% Great: 109%

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Very good average bench

The Sandisk Ultra II 500GB averaged just 13.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Sandisk Ultra II 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 210MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk Ultra II 500GB is 48.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Sandisk Ultra II 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 243MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 270MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,299 samples)
Rank 39386.4%
Min Avg Max
352 Read 453 504
248 Write 379 484
172 Mixed 270 359
84.1 SusWrite 243 323
75.2% 336 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.4 4K Read 29.3 38
35.2 4K Write 77 116
20.9 4K Mixed 36.8 50.3
132% 47.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
147 DQ Read 318 374
96.9 DQ Write 251 308
89.4 DQ Mixed 210 253
177% 260 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
69GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 227 220 264 223 209 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 488
Mixed 354
SusWrite 254
89% 398 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 94.2
4K Mixed 49.8
168% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 254
211% 304 MB/s
325GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 217 251 229 246 245 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 454
Mixed 295
SusWrite 242
83% 373 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 46
165% 59.7 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 231
199% 294 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 265 196 218 73 138 MB/s
83.1% Excellent
Read 382
Write 294
Mixed 250
SusWrite 193
62% 279 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 36.2
139% 54.5 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 200
178% 268 MB/s
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 265 199 244 231 246 MB/s
82.7% Excellent
Read 421
Write 320
Mixed 225
SusWrite 244
68% 303 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 70.1
4K Mixed 37
121% 43.8 MB/s
DQ Read 336
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 209
179% 266 MB/s
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 183 146 94 119 78 MB/s
71.6% Very good
Read 462
Write 442
Mixed 233
SusWrite 136
71% 318 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 49.6
4K Mixed 32.8
104% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 236
185% 259 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 130 37 27 32 62 MB/s
62.3% Good
Read 388
Write 298
Mixed 144
SusWrite 70.8
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 72.6
4K Mixed 20.2
102% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 173
156% 242 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,559,938 SSDs tested

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Typical Ultra II 500GB Builds (Compare 26,921 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 127%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 128%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $200

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $138Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,807x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $160Bench 98%, 89,263 samples4,421x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $105Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,543x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,327x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $730Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,145x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,527x
SSD
Ultra II 500GBSandiskBench 86%, 3,299 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples796x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples758x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples670x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $778

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