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Ultra II 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 86.4% (385th of 1072)

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,299 samples)
Rank 38586.4%
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%
224GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 246 234 262 264 258 MB/s
96.7% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 463
Mixed 271
SusWrite 261
83% 372 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 41.9
153% 54.2 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 235
198% 289 MB/s
194GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 307 296 298 297 294 MB/s
95.6% Outstanding
Read 416
Write 372
Mixed 267
SusWrite 306
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 96.4
4K Mixed 39.6
149% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 222
195% 294 MB/s
332GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 244 258 247 239 244 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 484
Write 330
Mixed 290
SusWrite 254
76% 339 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 70.7
4K Mixed 35.3
125% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 240
200% 291 MB/s
68GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 282 271 156 122 110 MB/s
82% Excellent
Read 404
Write 386
Mixed 281
SusWrite 208
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 39.8
141% 50.8 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 200
153% 208 MB/s
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 166 81 61 44 66 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 480
Write 440
Mixed 282
SusWrite 111
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 53.1
4K Mixed 34.9
119% 39.5 MB/s
DQ Read 336
DQ Write 161
DQ Mixed 145
135% 214 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,657,877 SSDs tested

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Typical Ultra II 500GB Builds (Compare 25,766 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) - $193

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,634x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,258x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,408x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,232x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,071x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,465x
SSD
Ultra II 500GBSandiskBench 86%, 3,299 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples769x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples724x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples645x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $838

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