Sandisk

Ext SSD 480GB

Ext SSD 480GB
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Effective Speed -70%Effective Speed -70%Average Score -70%Read -27%, Write -30%, 4K Read -83%, 4K Write -160%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -126%, SusWrite -26%Peak Score -71%Read -25%, Write -22%, 4K Read -84%, 4K Write -209%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -114%, SusWrite -31%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -120%DQ Read -127%, DQ Write -120%, DQ Mixed -119%, ADQ Read -161%, ADQ Write -116%, ADQ Mixed -198%, Age -7%, AS-SSD Total -109%

Average Bench: 57.9% (825^th of 1072)

Based on 354 user benchmarks. Model: SanDisk Ext SSD

Poor: 36%Average: 57.9% Great: 69%

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Average average bench

The Sandisk Ext SSD 480GB averaged 42.1% 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 Mixed IO Speed 87.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.8MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk Ext SSD 480GB is 32.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk Ext SSD 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 125MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 33.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 354 samples)

Rank 82557.9%

Min	Avg	Max
306	Read 359	404
149	Write 312	397
143	Mixed 254	380
91.5	SusWrite 236	296
65.1% 290 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.2	4K Read 18.8	23.3
5.89	4K Write 33.7	39.6
7.36	4K Mixed 19.9	27.2
71.8% 24.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
53.4	DQ Read 125	162
53	DQ Write 134	163
22.8	DQ Mixed 87.2	151
77.3% 115 MB/s

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94GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 306 305 301 300 303 MB/s

66.7% Good

Write 336

Mixed 241

SusWrite 304

71% 316 MB/s

4K Read 19.1

4K Write 38.3

4K Mixed 26.8

84% 28.1 MB/s

DQ Read 134

DQ Write 156

DQ Mixed 144

109% 145 MB/s

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Typical Ext SSD 480GB Builds (Compare 197 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Asus N551JW

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	167x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 63%, 5,497 samples	21x
Core i5-4200HIntelBench 57%, 11,882 samples	9x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	105x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	77x
Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz)IntelBench 6%, 5,483 samples	15x

SSD
Ext SSD 480GBSandiskBench 58%, 354 samples	1x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	81x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	45x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	11x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Ext SSD 480GB

Average Bench: 57.9% (825^th of 1072)

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Ext SSD 480GB

Average Bench: 57.9% (825th of 1072)

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