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PLUS 120 GB 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 41.5% (871st of 1011)

Based on 9,400 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SSD PLUS 120 GB
Poor: 30%Average: 41.5% Great: 53%

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Below average average bench

The Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB averaged 58.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 404MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB is 23.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 57.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 46.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,400 samples)
Rank 87141.5%
Min Avg Max
315 Read 404 455
52 Write 121 281
6.38 Mixed 115 267
21.6 SusWrite 57.8 110
38% 175 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.9 4K Read 19.4 23.6
5.44 4K Write 24.8 41.4
5.08 4K Mixed 14.9 20
61.7% 19.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34 DQ Read 106 120
10.2 DQ Write 46.6 86
9.16 DQ Mixed 30.7 42.7
34.8% 61.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
58GB free
Firmware: UE3000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 87 88 85 88 100 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 458
Write 268
Mixed 260
SusWrite 95.7
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 45.9
4K Mixed 20.6
88% 30.4 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 95
DQ Mixed 42.7
49% 85.5 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: UE3600RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 86 84 85 85 86 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 425
Write 270
Mixed 261
SusWrite 115
60% 268 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 39.6
4K Mixed 18.9
78% 26.8 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 93.6
DQ Mixed 42.2
48% 83.3 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE3600RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 75 72 75 70 72 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 428
Write 77.7
Mixed 116
SusWrite 71.1
38% 173 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 34.2
4K Mixed 15.6
69% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 9.2
DQ Mixed 40.6
35% 54.7 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE4500RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 14 3.3 52 103 40 MB/s
36.3% Below average
Read 424
Write 268
Mixed 287
SusWrite 60.4
58% 260 MB/s
4K Read 16.8
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 16.7
49% 12.7 MB/s
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE3000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 30 19 41 13 35 MB/s
35.8% Below average
Read 354
Write 70.5
Mixed 69
SusWrite 28.8
28% 131 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 18.8
4K Mixed 14.6
53% 16.4 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 48.5
DQ Mixed 42.2
41% 67.9 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 18,503,312 SSDs tested.

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Typical PLUS 120 GB 120GB Builds (Compare 32,691 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 53%
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Desktop
Desktop 56%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $100

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $95Bench 68%, 199,979 samples11,456x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $215Bench 69%, 117,598 samples4,701x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $140Bench 74%, 78,136 samples4,242x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 56%, 706,813 samples5,366x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $359Bench 78%, 613,412 samples2,918x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 401,466 samples2,883x
SSD
PLUS 120 GB 120GBSandiskBench 41%, 9,400 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 85%, 245,677 samples2,849x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 86%, 130,179 samples951x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 87%, 80,472 samples854x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $490

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It's a really poor SSD. Don't recommend at all.

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