Write
We have already tested external SSDs from SanDisk several times. However, it has always been a model of Extreme Portable SSD, namely from 2018 and 2020. However, the manufacturer also offers another model, which it refers to as Extreme Pro Portable SSD. We have tested its second generation from 2020 in detail and we will be interested in whether it’s worth paying extra for the “Pro” label or whether you can do with the base model.
Write: practical tests
Practical tests in Windows show that the Pro V2 is about as fast as the P50, which is no surprise. In most tests, it therefore moves to the first two places and thus defeats SSDs with a Thunderbolt connection. Note that the Pro is at the same level as the classic V2 model in the 10 Gb/s mode.
Write: synthetic tests
Synthetic write tests show high speed in sequential write, but in 4K tests the Pro V2 lags a bit. Repeating the tests did not help either, and surprisingly, higher speeds were measured in the 10 Gb/s mode than at 20 Gb/s, which does not make sense. I therefore assume that this is either a problem on the side of the test configuration or the benchmark itself. Unfortunately, I did not have another 20 Gb/s motherboard available at the time of testing. However, synthetic tests have shown us unusual results in the past, so they need to be taken with a grain of salt.
