ADATA Ultimate SU800 (512GB) Review
With the Ultimate SU800 solid-state drive (SSD), ADATA is throwing its hat into the ring for 3D triple-layer-cell (TLC) NAND-based SSDs. It's the company's first drive to use this new type of vertically stacked memory. In 2015, ADATA released a TLC-based drive named the ADATA Premier SP550, and the Ultimate SU800 is a successor to that drive. We're not really sure why ADATA added the word "Ultimate" to its title, because just like the previous drive, this is a value-oriented SSD, just like all the other TLC-based drives on the market. We suppose it could be the ultimate in terms of low pricing, but it's certainly not an SSD designed for ultimate performance.
That's not necessarily a bad thing. Nowadays, most mainstream SSDs are good enough—in terms of performance—for any home user, and the type of memory that ADATA is using in this SSD has excellent endurance ratings, so it's designed to offer exceptional value. That's very much the point with opting for 3D TLC NAND in general; a...
The SU800 isn't quite the "ultimate" anything, but it is a decently performing SSD at a competitive price, thanks to its use of 3D TLC NAND.
Competitive pricing, good software, and fast sequential reads
Shoppers must register to get "bundled" migration-software key; Not the fastest or the cheapest SSD