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SanDisk SDSSDXPM2-500G-G25

Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 239% (53rd of 1040)

Based on 2,974 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk Extreme Pro 500GB
Poor: 172%Average: 239% Great: 282%

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Outstanding average bench

The SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018) averaged 139.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 997MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,894MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018) is 109%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 851MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,974 samples)
Rank 53239%
Min Avg Max
1,082 Read 1,781 2,011
1,012 Write 1,894 2,262
1,003 Mixed 1,541 1,765
620 SusWrite 851 1,048
341% 1,516 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.3 4K Read 44.6 51.3
89.1 4K Write 148 198
45.5 4K Mixed 66 78.8
230% 86.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
651 DQ Read 1,133 1,527
360 DQ Write 878 1,261
473 DQ Mixed 997 1,345
748% 1,002 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
405GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1374 992 995 993 993 997 MB/s
291% Outstanding
Read 2,002
Write 2,322
Mixed 1,774
SusWrite 1,057
402% 1,789 MB/s
4K Read 53
4K Write 201
4K Mixed 81.1
291% 112 MB/s
DQ Read 1,358
DQ Write 1,175
DQ Mixed 1,247
940% 1260 MB/s
274GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101200RL Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1139 826 826 825 790 824 MB/s
279% Outstanding
Read 1,932
Write 2,245
Mixed 1,716
SusWrite 872
380% 1691 MB/s
4K Read 51
4K Write 215
4K Mixed 79.7
293% 115 MB/s
DQ Read 1,419
DQ Write 1,223
DQ Mixed 1,290
975% 1,311 MB/s
258GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101110RL Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 961 714 692 720 680 659 MB/s
228% Outstanding
Read 1,926
Write 2,140
Mixed 1,671
SusWrite 738
364% 1,619 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 65.2
221% 80.5 MB/s
DQ Read 993
DQ Write 664
DQ Mixed 884
644% 847 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101200RL Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1097 613 596 597 599 562 MB/s
219% Outstanding
Read 1,906
Write 2,087
Mixed 1,678
SusWrite 677
356% 1,587 MB/s
4K Read 42.7
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 63.8
214% 77.8 MB/s
DQ Read 954
DQ Write 605
DQ Mixed 841
610% 800 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 37,836,566 SSDs tested.

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Gaming 103%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation 97%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $198Bench 84%, 694,528 samples16,005x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $270Bench 82%, 412,781 samples10,471x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $325Bench 87%, 432,810 samples8,643x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 403,865 samples5,591x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 107%, 302,536 samples5,210x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $338Bench 88%, 359,315 samples4,789x
SSD
Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)SanDiskBench 239%, 2,974 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 85%, 179,799 samples5,495x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples5,287x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples3,803x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $933

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