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SSD 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 46% (910th of 1072)

Based on 32 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SSD
Poor: 36%Average: 46% Great: 53%

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Below average average bench

The Sandisk SSD 480GB averaged 54.0% 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 413MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk SSD 480GB is just 17.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk SSD 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 116MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 68.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)
Rank 91046%
Min Avg Max
323 Read 413 465
38.3 Write 314 397
5.8 Mixed 228 310
29 SusWrite 116 232
59.5% 268 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.7 4K Read 18 24.7
9.3 4K Write 34.6 50.5
1.9 4K Mixed 13.1 19.7
62.2% 21.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.6 DQ Read 105 122
3.5 DQ Write 68.2 104
1.3 DQ Mixed 31.9 43.8
38.5% 68.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
223GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG40
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 107 216 183 193 223 MB/s
52.8% Above average
Read 416
Write 354
Mixed 292
SusWrite 188
70% 312 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 46
4K Mixed 13
69% 25.7 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 83.1
DQ Mixed 32.2
42% 77.5 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: UG4004RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 219 185 232 237 209 MB/s
52.6% Above average
Read 407
Write 361
Mixed 177
SusWrite 219
65% 291 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 46.3
4K Mixed 6.7
67% 25.2 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 59.5
DQ Mixed 36.2
41% 71.7 MB/s
224GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG40
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 219 183 221 165 148 MB/s
46% Average
Read 392
Write 38.3
Mixed 140
SusWrite 202
42% 193 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 9.3
4K Mixed 11.8
50% 13.7 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 11.1
DQ Mixed 33.6
32% 53.6 MB/s
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG4500RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 3.2 3.3 25 4 17 MB/s
41.3% Average
Read 429
Write 343
Mixed 294
SusWrite 42.5
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 20.2
4K Mixed 14.9
57% 17.8 MB/s
DQ Read 93.3
DQ Write 88.2
DQ Mixed 41.4
45% 74.3 MB/s
257GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG2204RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 41 106 39 33 64 MB/s
39.5% Below average
Read 426
Write 369
Mixed 299
SusWrite 78.6
65% 293 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 32.9
4K Mixed 9.9
54% 19.5 MB/s
DQ Read 28.6
DQ Write 50.5
DQ Mixed 32.2
26% 37.1 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG4500RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 47 2.3 5.7 57 4.7 MB/s
30.6% Below average
Read 366
Write 316
Mixed 235
SusWrite 40.3
53% 239 MB/s
4K Read 7.7
4K Write 16.2
4K Mixed 10.4
34% 11.4 MB/s
DQ Read 64.8
DQ Write 68.6
DQ Mixed 26.4
31% 53.3 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 40%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA (MS-7982) - $85

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples412x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples263x
Core i5-6402PIntelBench 68%, 15,913 samples256x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples249x
RX 480AMD  $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples185x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples167x
SSD
SSD 480GBSandiskBench 46%, 32 samples1x
RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples58x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples57x
PSD44G213381 2x4GBPatriotBench 71%, 1,250 samples48x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $269

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