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SanDisk Ultra II 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 64.8% (743rd of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID SanDisk Ultra II
Poor: 50%Average: 64.8% Great: 85%

Above average average bench

The Amd-raid SanDisk Ultra II 480GB averaged 35.2% 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-64Thread Write Speed 252MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 75.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid SanDisk Ultra II 480GB is 34.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Amd-raid SanDisk Ultra II 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 84.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 241MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 74364.8%
Min Avg Max
312 Read 430 491
315 Write 407 499
143 Mixed 276 459
81.9 SusWrite 241 398
75.9% 339 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.5 4K Read 18.1 27.3
19.7 4K Write 46.1 66.5
6.5 4K Mixed 18.9 24.8
76% 27.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.7 DQ Read 84.2 213
62 DQ Write 252 314
11.4 DQ Mixed 75.4 106
84.4% 137 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
446GB free
Firmware: X413
SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 477 476 351 305 305 MB/s
82.5% Excellent
Read 491
Write 437
Mixed 352
SusWrite 398
94% 419 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 64.3
4K Mixed 24.8
99% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 77.6
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 106
105% 161 MB/s
427GB free
Firmware: X412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 411 302 302 302 303 MB/s
73.5% Very good
Read 473
Write 457
Mixed 330
SusWrite 346
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 45.3
4K Mixed 21.7
82% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 77.8
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 104
104% 161 MB/s
427GB free
Firmware: X412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 427 303 304 303 301 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 467
Write 446
Mixed 329
SusWrite 348
89% 398 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 40.8
4K Mixed 20.7
75% 26.5 MB/s
DQ Read 79.6
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 106
107% 165 MB/s
146GB free
Firmware: X411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 181 253 187 87 97 MB/s
61.8% Good
Read 478
Write 426
Mixed 295
SusWrite 179
77% 345 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 44.4
4K Mixed 21.4
76% 27.4 MB/s
DQ Read 72.8
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 92.3
98% 154 MB/s
34GB free
Firmware: X412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 203 171 157 50 92 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 479
Write 455
Mixed 271
SusWrite 151
76% 339 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 42.1
4K Mixed 21.4
78% 27.4 MB/s
DQ Read 79.2
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 54.3
81% 145 MB/s
204GB free
Firmware: X413
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 102 102 100 118 MB/s
53.7% Above average
Read 344
Write 453
Mixed 213
SusWrite 107
63% 280 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 47.2
4K Mixed 22.2
82% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 72.7
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 101
102% 156 MB/s
56GB free
Firmware: X413
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 195 169 55 101 58 MB/s
50.5% Above average
Read 407
Write 322
Mixed 156
SusWrite 139
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 14.2
4K Write 41.2
4K Mixed 16.7
65% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 67.4
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 59.8
67% 109 MB/s
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