New Price drop 9%
SanDisk 500GB SSD SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 545 MB/s
28 Overall Score
Price $99
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong affordability (73rd percentile) 73rd
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average speed (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 545 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 505 |
vs Competition
| Spec | SanDisk 500GB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 545 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk 500GB SSD | 25.8 | 22.3 | 14.5 | 26.4 | 14.7 | 86.9 | 72.8 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.6 | 98.8 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 38.1 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.9 | 96.3 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 57.6 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 91.4 | 95.9 | 53.6 | 78.3 | 88 | 99.6 | 37.6 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 77.4 | 26.7 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.8 | 80.8 | 93.5 | 54.9 | 98.7 | 95.2 | 44.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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