Question 1

Hopefully dumb question.  Specs say this SSD is SATA III.  I assume it is backward compatible with SATA II and will drop down to that speed when connected to a SATA II controller on the motherboard.  Am I right?

Accepted Answer

Hello Steve,

Better to be safe than sorry I always say!  You are correct, this will still work on a SATA II controller but will not be able to achieve its full potential due to the bandwidth limitations of SATA II when compared to SATA III.  Hope this helps!

Newegg Support

Question 2

How many Watts of electricity does this require?
(I'm assuming around 5 Watts)

Accepted Answer

According to test results by TechRadar.pro, While in use, the Adata SSD Ultimate SU800 averages a power draw of 0.65w, a drop from traditional 2.5-inch HDD’s and their average 3.2w. The power draw when idle is just 12mW, which makes the Adata SSD Ultimate SU800 a good choice if you want your device to keep a low energy consumption overall.

Question 3

What are the 4k Read/Writes for this drive?

Accepted Answer

ASSSD results:
4k read - 18.53MBs per second
4k write - 46.70MBs per second

4kQ64 read - 319.77MBs per second
4kQ64 write - 299.82MBs per second

SEQ read - 504MBs per second
SEQ write - 468MBs per second

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