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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 48.4% (894th of 1072)

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 89448.4%
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%
174GB free
Firmware: UG5000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 158 285 293 293 287 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 450
Write 372
Mixed 244
SusWrite 267
74% 333 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 40.8
4K Mixed 19.8
81% 27.6 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 93.8
DQ Mixed 32.9
44% 81.3 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: UG4304RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 228 222 226 212 214 MB/s
60.6% Good
Read 456
Write 394
Mixed 327
SusWrite 247
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 38.5
4K Mixed 16.5
74% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 34.4
47% 87.1 MB/s
408GB free
Firmware: UG2204RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 192 200 176 224 224 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 424
Write 351
Mixed 292
SusWrite 210
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 46.1
4K Mixed 13.3
75% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 31.7
46% 85 MB/s
114GB free
Firmware: UG4304RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 106 242 204 192 201 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 451
Write 398
Mixed 196
SusWrite 196
69% 310 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 41.9
4K Mixed 11.5
72% 25.4 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 95.2
DQ Mixed 35.8
46% 82.9 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG4004RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 48 130 140 199 167 MB/s
53.8% Above average
Read 444
Write 353
Mixed 283
SusWrite 143
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 41.1
4K Mixed 15.5
76% 26.4 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 18.5
38% 78.5 MB/s
142GB free
Firmware: UG8704RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 166 205 189 194 184 MB/s
51.2% Above average
Read 422
Write 349
Mixed 182
SusWrite 198
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 28.1
4K Mixed 10.3
61% 20 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 85.7
DQ Mixed 33.9
44% 78.5 MB/s
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Typical PLUS 480GB Builds (Compare 23,318 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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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  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,013x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,183x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,949x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,304x
SSD
PLUS 480GBSandiskBench 48%, 58,990 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,558x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $598

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