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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 48.4% (902nd of 1080)

Based on 58,990 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SSD PLUS 480GB
Poor: 33%Average: 48.4% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Sandisk PLUS 480GB averaged 51.5% 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 421MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.5MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk PLUS 480GB is 28.3%. 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 144MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 82.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 58,990 samples)
Rank 90248.4%
Min Avg Max
333 Read 421 460
246 Write 349 401
123 Mixed 250 324
40.5 SusWrite 144 249
64.9% 291 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.81 4K Read 18.5 23.7
9.23 4K Write 33.3 46.8
5.63 4K Mixed 13.7 19.5
63.1% 21.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.7 DQ Read 101 120
34.4 DQ Write 82.4 107
10.9 DQ Mixed 32.5 45.4
40.6% 72.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free
Firmware: UG5100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 38 89 226 208 192 MB/s
59.7% Above average
Read 461
Write 396
Mixed 305
SusWrite 189
76% 338 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 44.6
4K Mixed 20.2
84% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 72.6
DQ Mixed 46
48% 79.4 MB/s
185GB free
Firmware: UG4004RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 221 235 201 184 179 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 444
Write 371
Mixed 299
SusWrite 226
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 14.5
72% 24.9 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 60.1
DQ Mixed 19.1
32% 64.6 MB/s
277GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG4500RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 3.8 49 3.6 17 2.6 MB/s
46.4% Average
Read 457
Write 383
Mixed 286
SusWrite 50.4
65% 294 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 37
4K Mixed 15.9
68% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 112
DQ Write 90.6
DQ Mixed 29.8
42% 77.4 MB/s
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG4004RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 73 84 34 66 39 MB/s
43% Average
Read 422
Write 384
Mixed 307
SusWrite 74.7
66% 297 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 38.4
4K Mixed 15.6
58% 21.8 MB/s
DQ Read 71.3
DQ Write 97.7
DQ Mixed 34.7
40% 67.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,510,940 SSDs tested

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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 86%
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Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,097x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,240x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $199Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,010x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,535x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,342x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,332x
SSD
PLUS 480GBSandiskBench 48%, 58,990 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,578x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples966x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $509

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