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PLUS 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 42.9% (931st of 1072)

Based on 16,974 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SSD PLUS 120GB
Poor: 29%Average: 42.9% Great: 55%

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Below average average bench

The Sandisk PLUS 120GB averaged 57.0% 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 410MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.2MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk PLUS 120GB is 26.3%. 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 75.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 67.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,974 samples)
Rank 93142.9%
Min Avg Max
319 Read 410 456
151 Write 244 302
98.8 Mixed 212 295
42.8 SusWrite 75.2 123
52% 235 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.8 4K Read 18.2 23.6
3.88 4K Write 28 43.1
4.84 4K Mixed 14.6 20
61% 20.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.6 DQ Read 103 120
20.5 DQ Write 67.5 91.9
9.35 DQ Mixed 33.3 42.4
38.8% 67.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE5100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 1.4 0.8 35 134 27 MB/s
46.3% Average
Read 439
Write 281
Mixed 286
SusWrite 56.5
59% 265 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 33.3
4K Mixed 16.2
71% 23.7 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 55.9
DQ Mixed 18.7
32% 64.3 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE5100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 5.8 2.2 5.1 66 99 MB/s
36.6% Below average
Read 334
Write 199
Mixed 132
SusWrite 55.3
40% 180 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 20.4
4K Mixed 18.3
60% 18.6 MB/s
DQ Read 20
DQ Write 24
DQ Mixed 16.8
14% 20.3 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE5100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 0.6 23 3.6 2.3 2.6 MB/s
20.4% Poor
Read 463
Write 20
Mixed 36.3
SusWrite 5.7
28% 131 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 1.4
5% 1.2 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,713,125 SSDs tested

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Typical PLUS 120GB Builds (Compare 12,049 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 29%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,463x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples1,307x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples1,006x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples949x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples735x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples654x
SSD
PLUS 120GBSandiskBench 43%, 16,974 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples293x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples226x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples204x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $329

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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