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SanDisk Extreme 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 231% (72nd of 1071)

Based on 172 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SanDisk Extreme
Poor: 168%Average: 231% Great: 280%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SanDisk Extreme 500GB averaged 130.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SanDisk Extreme 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 896MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,839MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SanDisk Extreme 500GB is 111%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SanDisk Extreme 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 837MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 172 samples)
Rank 72231%
Min Avg Max
973 Read 1,701 2,015
808 Write 1,839 2,250
682 Mixed 1,538 1,900
571 SusWrite 837 1,017
333% 1,479 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.5 4K Read 44 51
78.1 4K Write 144 217
42.4 4K Mixed 64.2 79
225% 84.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
302 DQ Read 1,019 1,577
241 DQ Write 841 1,345
246 DQ Mixed 896 1,354
680% 919 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
319GB free
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1350 1000 999 999 997 1000 MB/s
292% Outstanding
Read 2,007
Write 2,265
Mixed 1,763
SusWrite 1,057
399% 1,773 MB/s
4K Read 49.6
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 72.6
254% 94.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,785
DQ Write 1,290
DQ Mixed 1,496
1,129% 1,523 MB/s
411GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101200RL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1106 833 815 859 830 553 MB/s
275% Outstanding
Read 1,941
Write 2,254
Mixed 1712
SusWrite 833
379% 1,685 MB/s
4K Read 50.2
4K Write 202
4K Mixed 77.3
282% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 1,503
DQ Write 1,210
DQ Mixed 1,306
992% 1,340 MB/s
410GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101200RL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1113 825 778 823 848 680 MB/s
263% Outstanding
Read 1946
Write 2,261
Mixed 1,656
SusWrite 844
377% 1,677 MB/s
4K Read 50.3
4K Write 190
4K Mixed 51.8
243% 97.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1531
DQ Write 1,241
DQ Mixed 1,343
1,017% 1,372 MB/s
266GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1040 692 718 619 689 630 MB/s
242% Outstanding
Read 2,036
Write 2,299
Mixed 1,976
SusWrite 731
396% 1,761 MB/s
4K Read 48.5
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 67.3
227% 81 MB/s
DQ Read 1120
DQ Write 920
DQ Mixed 1009
759% 1,016 MB/s
257GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 844 758 634 616 629 637 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 1,750
Write 2016
Mixed 1753
SusWrite 686
349% 1,551 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 56.9
192% 68.5 MB/s
DQ Read 830
DQ Write 679
DQ Mixed 727
552% 745 MB/s
380GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101140RL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 906 812 823 839 847 842 MB/s
175% Outstanding
Read 1,059
Write 1,815
Mixed 1364
SusWrite 845
288% 1,271 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 76.5
4K Mixed 45.3
151% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 886
DQ Write 654
DQ Mixed 717
550% 752 MB/s
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Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-179B

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples864x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples286x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples28x
GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples629x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples416x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples154x
SSD
SanDisk Extreme 500GBNvmeBench 231%, 172 samples1x
RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples182x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples120x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples98x
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