Sandisk

Ultra II 500GB

Ultra II 500GB
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Effective Speed -22%Effective Speed -22%Average Score -20%Read -4%, Write 1%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write -29%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite -9%Peak Score -7%Read -8%, Write -1%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite -20%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -23%DQ Read 1%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read -35%, ADQ Write -44%, ADQ Mixed -72%, Age 17%, AS-SSD Total -5%

Average Bench: 80.7% (476^th of 1072)

Based on 16 user benchmarks. Model: SanDisk Ultra II

Poor: 62%Average: 80.7% Great: 111%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Sandisk Ultra II 500GB averaged just 19.2% 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 151MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk Ultra II 500GB is 48.8%. 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 273MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 278MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)

Rank 47680.7%

Min	Avg	Max
365	Read 439	469
333	Write 408	480
212	Mixed 278	403
210	SusWrite 273	322
78.4% 350 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.6	4K Read 26.4	39.1
36.2	4K Write 67.9	124
17.6	4K Mixed 31.8	54.1
117% 42 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.5	DQ Read 242	372
27.9	DQ Write 200	303
27.2	DQ Mixed 151	254
132% 198 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

240GB free

Firmware: 10WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 304 305 305 302 301 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 454

Mixed 312

SusWrite 319

86% 384 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 54.2

193% 71.8 MB/s

DQ Read 366

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 254

213% 309 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

190GB free

Firmware: 10WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 305 302 306 304 304 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 447

Mixed 303

SusWrite 322

86% 381 MB/s

4K Read 39

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 52.7

190% 70.8 MB/s

DQ Read 366

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 254

212% 307 MB/s

USA-User, 20 months ago.

193GB free

Firmware: X411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 303 305 305 301 301 MB/s

88.6% Excellent

Write 453

Mixed 290

SusWrite 310

85% 378 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 51.8

4K Mixed 34.5

118% 39 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 253

210% 303 MB/s

DEU-User, 14 months ago.

132GB free

Firmware: X411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 248 211 262 164 151 MB/s

85.3% Excellent

Write 345

Mixed 252

SusWrite 210

71% 318 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 80.3

4K Mixed 38.4

127% 47.4 MB/s

DQ Read 333

DQ Write 303

DQ Mixed 203

184% 279 MB/s

SGP-User, 2 years ago.

61GB free

Firmware: 10WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 304 216 253 150 78 MB/s

75.4% Very good

Write 371

Mixed 269

SusWrite 218

70% 313 MB/s

4K Read 9.6

4K Write 83

4K Mixed 32.8

100% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 350

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 212

190% 287 MB/s

USA-User, 7 months ago.

410GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 298 293 300 303 304 MB/s

63.5% Good

Write 412

Mixed 244

SusWrite 304

77% 342 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 38.7

4K Mixed 20.7

78% 26.7 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 57

DQ Mixed 72.1

61% 92.2 MB/s

USA-User, 12 months ago.

465GB free

Firmware: X411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 271 223 225 265 274 MB/s

62.1% Good

Write 426

Mixed 326

SusWrite 265

82% 365 MB/s

4K Read 17.2

4K Write 36.2

4K Mixed 19

70% 24.1 MB/s

DQ Read 68.4

DQ Write 237

DQ Mixed 86.2

85% 131 MB/s

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Typical Ultra II 500GB Builds (Compare 2,847 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Precision T3600

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,061x
Xeon E5-1650 0Intel $230Bench 73%, 10,189 samples	444x
Xeon E5-1603 0IntelBench 60%, 3,589 samples	237x

GPU
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	162x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	137x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples	117x

SSD
Ultra II 500GBSandiskBench 81%, 16 samples	1x

RAM
M393B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsung-00CEBench 85%, 1,049 samples	147x
HMT351R7CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynix-00ADBench 83%, 808 samples	130x
M393B1K70DH0-CK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 79%, 545 samples	73x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $345

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Ultra II 500GB

Average Bench: 80.7% (476^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 80.7% (476th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 80.7% (476^th of 1072)