Testseek.com 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.
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The editors liked
Home grown firmware
Software and NAND
Very compact design geared towards notebooks and ultrabooks
Low max latency during consumer and enterprise workloads
Available in 64GB
128GB and 256GB capacities
Marvell 88SS9175 controller
Features nCache Technology
Good sequential read and write speeds
Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data
SATA 6Gb/s interface
128MB DRAM Cache
Support
The SanDisk Ultra Plus is great-looking and comparatively affordable. The drive offers decent performance
Low cost
7mm form factor fits in Ultrabooks
Very fast when writing large files and reading small ones
Good all-around performance for the price
7mm profile will fit in many thin laptops and ultrabooks
The editors didn't like
Lower burst performance than many mainstream and high-performance consumer SSDs
Weaker enterprise workload throughput
Mediocre random write performance
The SanDisk Ultra Plus' overall performance could use some improvement compared with similar drives' numbers. The drive doesn't come with desktop accessories
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...
Very fast when writing large files and reading small ones, Good all-around performance for the price, 7mm profile will fit in many thin laptops and ultrabooks
No bundled software, Warranty is shorter than pricier drives, Capacity tops out at 256GB
Those looking for a reasonably speedy and affordable SSD should seriously consider SanDisk's latest mainstream drive. Content creators will especially appreciate its speed when writing large files. ...
The design and size of the PCB inside the Ultra Plus leads us to believe there may be something left on the table here for SanDisk. As interesting as that sounds, the delivery of nCache as a game changer ends up with it just being another player on the fi...
