SanDisk Extreme II SSD Review

Name: SanDisk Extreme II Solid State Drive
Brand: SanDisk

by Marco Chiappetta — Friday, June 14, 2013, 01:09 PM EDT

Performance Summary: SanDisk’s Extreme II series of solid state drives generally performed very well throughout our entire battery of tests. They faltered a bit in our IOMeter tests, but consistently offered some of the best read performance we have seen to date, with competitive write performance as well. The drives excelled with large sequential transfers, and with small random transfers at higher queue depths. Performance with SanDisk’s Extreme II drives is consistent regardless of the compressibility of the data being used and access times were competitive as well.

The SanDisk Extreme II SSD

As we’ve mentioned, SanDisk will initially be offering three drives in the Extreme II series of products with 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities. Pricing for the drives is set at $129.99 (120GB), $229.99 ($240GB), and $439.99 (480GB). At those prices, the SanDisk Extreme II series of drives are slight more expensive than competing offerings, but we suspect street prices to tip-toe downward as availability ramps up. Considering the consistently high performance of the drives though, pricing is still competitive.

Ultimately, we think SanDisk’s new Extreme II series of solid state drives are top-notch and worthy of consideration for your next build / upgrade. Overall performance is very good, the drives offer high endurance and they’re backed by a 5-year warranty from a company that’s been around for ages. If you’re looking for a high-performance SSD, SanDisk’s Extreme II SSDs should be on your short list.


Solid Performance Multi-Tiered Cache Consistent Performance, Regardless of Data Type	Prices Slightly Higher Then Some Competing Drives

Tags: SSD, Flash, Storage, Sandisk, SATA, solid state, extreme ii

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com