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PLUS 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 39.6% (951st of 1072)

Based on 120 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SSD PLUS
Poor: 27%Average: 39.6% Great: 51%

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Poor average bench

The Sandisk PLUS 120GB averaged 60.4% 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. Sequential Read Speed 404MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16.9MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk PLUS 120GB is 23.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk PLUS 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 65.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 55MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 120 samples)
Rank 95139.6%
Min Avg Max
322 Read 404 486
50.7 Write 187 289
23.5 Mixed 172 296
24.9 SusWrite 65.2 111
45.5% 207 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.6 4K Read 16.9 23
1.31 4K Write 23.9 40
3.32 4K Mixed 12.5 19.1
54.3% 17.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.4 DQ Read 91.8 120
11.2 DQ Write 55 90.6
6.96 DQ Mixed 28.1 42.6
33.1% 58.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
110GB free
Firmware: UE30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 134 77 78 80 80 MB/s
53.6% Above average
Read 473
Write 235
Mixed 224
SusWrite 117
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 37.7
4K Mixed 18.3
76% 25.8 MB/s
DQ Read 121
DQ Write 84.6
DQ Mixed 40.3
47% 81.9 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: UE45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 96 76 77 89 88 MB/s
52.6% Above average
Read 475
Write 270
Mixed 254
SusWrite 122
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 32.7
4K Mixed 18.1
71% 23.6 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 86.7
DQ Mixed 42.9
48% 83 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: UE50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 137 91 92 91 92 MB/s
50.7% Above average
Read 429
Write 266
Mixed 240
SusWrite 129
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 33.6
4K Mixed 17.6
68% 23.3 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 93.1
DQ Mixed 42.8
49% 85.3 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 60 10 37 32 25 MB/s
31.7% Below average
Read 376
Write 99.7
Mixed 19.7
SusWrite 30.8
28% 131 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 11.6
4K Mixed 7.1
40% 11.8 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 27.4
DQ Mixed 23
29% 53.3 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: 00RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 51 58 55 78 80 MB/s
30.5% Below average
Read 308
Write 235
Mixed 82.7
SusWrite 86.3
39% 178 MB/s
4K Read 11.1
4K Write 14.1
4K Mixed 11.1
38% 12.1 MB/s
DQ Read 18.3
DQ Write 23
DQ Mixed 16.6
14% 19.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,696,281 SSDs tested

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Typical PLUS 120GB Builds (Compare 2,926 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus B85M-E - $106

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples397x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples322x
Core i5-4570Intel  $62Bench 62%, 129,272 samples258x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples326x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples175x
SSD
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 40%, 120 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples53x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples37x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples31x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $315

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