ADATA SU800 256GB 3D-NAND SSD

Name: ADATA SU800 256GB 3D-NAND
Brand: ADATA
SKU: ASU800SS-256GT-C
Rating: 4.0 (167 reviews)

ADATA SU800 256GB 3D-NAND 2.5" SATA III (ASU800SS-256GT-C)

★★★★☆

(167 reviews)

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Options (5)

	1 TB 3D $89.99
	128 GB 3D $38.99
	480 GB 2D
	512 GB 3D $59.99
	960 GB 2D

New generation 3D NAND technology
R/W up to 560/520 MB/s
Dynamic SLC Caching and DRAM Cache Buffer for optimized performance
RAID Engine & Data Shaping for ultimate protection
3 Year Warranty

Specifications Overview

Model	ASU800SS-256GT-C
Release Date	November 2016 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	Ultimate SU800
Capacity	256 GB
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
NVME	No
Form Factor	2.5"
SSD Controller	Silicon Motion
NAND Flash Type	3D TLC
Max Sequential Read	Up to 560 MB/s (ATTO) Up to 550 MB/s (Crystal Disk Mark)
Max Sequential Write	Up to 520 MB/s (ATTO) Up to 500 MB/s (Crystal Disk Mark)
MTBF	2,000,000 hours

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

ADATA SU800 256GB 3D-NAND Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

ADATA SU800 256GB 3D-NAND Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Crucial MX300 750GB (276th)		101%
Crucial M550 128GB (276th)		101%
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB (276th)		101%
Corsair Neutron XTi 960GB (276th)		101%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB (282nd)		~
Crucial BX100 500GB (282nd)		~
Patriot Ignite 480GB (282nd)		~
OCZ ARC 100 120GB (282nd)		~
Corsair Neutron XTi 1920GB (282nd)		~
Adata Ultimate Su800 256GB (282nd)		~
ADATA SU800 256GB 3D-NAND (282nd)		100%
Western Digital WDS250G2B0A (289th)		98%
Transcend SSD370 512GB (289th)		98%
Crucial MX300 1TB M.2 (289th)		98%
OCZ Vector 128GB (289th)		98%
Transcend 370 1TB TS1TSSD370S (289th)		98%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB (289th)		98%
Transcend SSD370 256GB (295th)		97%
OCZ ARC 100 480GB (295th)		97%
WD Blue 1TB Internal SSD (295th)		97%
PNY CS2211 240GB Pro (295th)		97%

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Expert reviews

The ADATA Ultimate SU800 is a decent piece of storage hardware. While we had some mixed results, it delivered a killer score in PCMark 8 standard and proved to be very efficient. It has very good read and write speed (for the most part) and can compete...

thessdreview.com

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The ADATA Ultimate SU800 retails at around USD 70 and it is an amazingly speedy entry-level SSD and it comes with 3 years warranty which is quite long when it comes to coverage for computer components. If only ADATA had included some basis accessories...

GoldFries

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In 2012 I tested the ADATA SP900 SSD and back then almost every drive had the SandForce controller. Moving on to 2016, and things have evolved a lot. Not only have we more options on the controller of the SSD but we also have moved forward with NAND...

MyCE

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