Sandisk

PLUS 480GB

PLUS 480GB
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Effective Speed -103%Effective Speed -103%Average Score -92%Read -10%, Write -17%, 4K Read -85%, 4K Write -163%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -216%, SusWrite -110%Peak Score -77%Read -9%, Write -21%, 4K Read -75%, 4K Write -159%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -188%, SusWrite -57%Value & Sentiment -78%User Rating -44%, Market Share -112%Nice To Haves -276%DQ Read -203%, DQ Write -240%, DQ Mixed -593%, ADQ Read -216%, ADQ Write -260%, ADQ Mixed -668%, Age 126%, AS-SSD Total -154%

Average Bench: 48.3% (856^th of 1034)

Based on 25,518 user benchmarks. Model: SanDisk SSD PLUS 480GB

Poor: 34%Average: 48.3% Great: 59%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The Sandisk PLUS 480GB averaged 51.6% 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 418MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk PLUS 480GB is 24.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk PLUS 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 142MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 81.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25,518 samples)

Rank 85648.3%

Min	Avg	Max
325	Read 418	458
250	Write 352	401
151	Mixed 254	323
44.8	SusWrite 142	250
65% 291 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.44	4K Read 18	23.4
11.5	4K Write 33.8	46.5
7.2	4K Mixed 14.1	19.5
63.3% 22 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.7	DQ Read 102	121
29.4	DQ Write 81.6	105
12.8	DQ Mixed 33.4	45.7
40.9% 72.3 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

DEU-User, 5 mins ago.

269GB free

Firmware: UG4004RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 227 202 211 218 210 MB/s

46.9% Average

Write 281

Mixed 249

SusWrite 215

60% 269 MB/s

4K Read 15.8

4K Write 32.1

4K Mixed 12.6

57% 20.2 MB/s

DQ Read 72.6

DQ Write 78

DQ Mixed 30.8

36% 60.5 MB/s

DEU-User, 13 mins ago.

277GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UG4500RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 119 62 30 67 96 MB/s

46.2% Average

Write 375

Mixed 306

SusWrite 89.4

68% 304 MB/s

4K Read 14

4K Write 38.1

4K Mixed 17.4

64% 23.2 MB/s

DQ Read 89

DQ Write 57.5

DQ Mixed 41.5

40% 62.7 MB/s

ISR-User, 1 hr ago.

320GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UG4500RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 1.7 1.6 84 236 96 MB/s

43% Average

Write 344

Mixed 280

SusWrite 93.4

64% 286 MB/s

4K Read 15.9

4K Write 28.7

4K Mixed 10.8

53% 18.5 MB/s

DQ Read 110

DQ Write 90

DQ Mixed 41.3

47% 80.4 MB/s

ITA-User, 11 mins ago.

161GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UG5000RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 58 20 24 80 27 MB/s

41.8% Average

Write 375

Mixed 293

SusWrite 64.4

65% 291 MB/s

4K Read 12

4K Write 31

4K Mixed 16.5

56% 19.8 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 29.5

DQ Mixed 44.9

40% 63.8 MB/s

POL-User, 46 mins ago.

129GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UG5100RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 47 15 4.4 9.2 127 MB/s

41.7% Average

Write 325

Mixed 7

SusWrite 52.1

43% 196 MB/s

4K Read 15.8

4K Write 31.4

4K Mixed 16

61% 21.1 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 55.9

DQ Mixed 44.5

44% 72 MB/s

GBR-User, 20 mins ago.

233GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UG4004RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 120 92 94 127 159 MB/s

41% Average

Write 264

Mixed 163

SusWrite 128

48% 218 MB/s

4K Read 16.2

4K Write 28.2

4K Mixed 12.7

56% 19 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 65.1

DQ Mixed 35.1

40% 69.9 MB/s

ISR-User, 53 mins ago.

357GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UG4500RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 4 21 1.1 4 69 MB/s

39.2% Below average

Write 297

Mixed 300

SusWrite 36.9

57% 256 MB/s

4K Read 16.9

4K Write 29.9

4K Mixed 13.6

59% 20.1 MB/s

DQ Read 82.8

DQ Write 81

DQ Mixed 41.6

42% 68.5 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 00RL

SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 2.4 17 85 0.8 46 MB/s

38% Below average

Write 287

Mixed 196

SusWrite 42.5

51% 230 MB/s

4K Read 13.5

4K Write 23.4

4K Mixed 13.7

50% 16.9 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 74.5

DQ Mixed 42.3

45% 76.3 MB/s

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Gaming 95%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $205Bench 84%, 493,608 samples	10,569x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $209Bench 83%, 354,560 samples	6,744x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $273Bench 87%, 282,064 samples	5,265x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $500Bench 111%, 281,463 samples	3,898x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 106%, 201,805 samples	3,454x
RTX 2060Nvidia $314Bench 85%, 240,099 samples	3,018x

SSD
PLUS 480GBSandiskBench 48%, 25,518 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $84Bench 86%, 135,515 samples	3,422x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $66Bench 86%, 298,754 samples	3,336x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $64Bench 83%, 388,993 samples	2,681x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $919

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $193	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i7-9700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-9400F $143	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $43

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $66	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28

Sandisk

PLUS 480GB

Average Bench: 48.3% (856^th of 1034)

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

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PLUS 480GB

Average Bench: 48.3% (856th of 1034)

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