Testseek.co.uk have collected 103 expert reviews of the SanDisk 2.5 inch Ultra Plus Series SATA600 and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for SanDisk 2.5 inch Ultra Plus Series SATA600.
May 2013
(81%)
103 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(78%)
219 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
810100103
The editors liked
Price point is decent
Good performance with compressible and incompressible data
IOPS performance is above average
Decent midrange performance
Uses inhouse NAND and firmware
Available to OEMs in mSATA X110 form
Good price per GB
Solid but not stellar performance
Impressive 4K random result
The editors didn't like
A lot of competition
A marginal price drop would help
Outperformed by market leaders
Kitguru says
A solid all round purchase
Especially if you need to deal with incompressible and compressible data on a regular basis
It's a tough call between the Ultra Plus and its main competitor, the Samsung SSD 840. With its MLC NAND, the SanDisk drive has a clear lead in sequential write performance, but in sequential read the Samsung SSD has a distinct advantage. Random perfor...
Decent midrange performance, Uses inhouse NAND and firmware, Available to OEMs in mSATA X110 form
Isn't always as fast as competing SSDs
In some ways, SSDs are becoming a lot like graphics cards. A select few are grabbing the headlines for their benchmark-breaking capabilities, but the models that sell in volume are typically a bit further down the ladder. The SanDisk Ultra Plus is one of...
Abstract: SanDisk is a flash memory giant, needing no introduction. The latest in the SanDisk lineup are the Ultra PLUS and Extreme cards, targeting different consumers who have varying speed needs. And with very attractive price tags, these little SD cards promise...
Abstract: When trying to integrate a SSD card into your system, you can easily get swallowed up in techno-babble. If you like techno-babble, that's great – dive on in, the water is plenty deep. When I got my SanDisk Ultra Plus 256G SSD, all I wanted to know is how...
Abstract: Many of our readers should find the SanDisk name to at least be familiar, as the company has been a long time market-leader of flash memory products, offering just about every type of memory card imaginable, flash drives and even flash-based music players...
Published: 2013-07-01, Author: Christopher , review by: tomshardware.com
The SSD industry has a feudal dynamic of sorts. Up top you have the big powers, the players with fabs. In the middle and at the bottom, you have the other contenders, each paying homage to the organizations that create the NAND on which they all rely. Sam...
We’ve been meeting some interesting products lately. Following Samsung’s new SSDs, the SanDisk Ultra Plus has proved a very exciting object for us to test. That’s why this review has a generally favorable attitude towards it. Any innovation that stand...
The introduction of a pseudo SLC caching layer to reduce write amplification is simply genius and a perfect example of why SanDisk is a world leader in flash technology. ABL flash technology is another perfect example. What you get when you choose a Sa...
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Published: 2013-04-08, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
SanDisk Ultra doesn't really bring anything new in comparison with the drives tested before, but it...
The SanDisk Ultra Plus brings the four channel Marvel 9175 controller in tandem with 19nm eX2 ABL MLC NAND. This provides an endurance of 80TBW, more than enough for consumer workloads.The design of the SSD sacrifices the upper end of performance in favor...
