Apacer

A ST680S 240GB

A ST680S 240GB
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Effective Speed -77%Effective Speed -77%Average Score -112%Read -6%, Write -83%, 4K Read -95%, 4K Write -82%, Mixed -35%, 4K Mixed -202%, SusWrite -280%Peak Score -84%Read -4%, Write -6%, 4K Read -53%, 4K Write -67%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed -107%, SusWrite -354%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -116%DQ Read -38%, DQ Write -64%, DQ Mixed -181%, ADQ Read -90%, ADQ Write -143%, ADQ Mixed -368%, Age -1%, AS-SSD Total -44%

Average Bench: 55.8% (845^th of 1072)

Based on 14 user benchmarks. Model: Apacer A ST680S 240GB

Poor: 41%Average: 55.8% Great: 70%

Popular builds with this SSD

MSI A88XM-E35 V2 (MS-7721) (3)

Average average bench

The Apacer A ST680S 240GB averaged 44.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 433MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.6MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apacer A ST680S 240GB is 29.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Apacer A ST680S 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 78MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 221MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)

Rank 84555.8%

Min	Avg	Max
336	Read 433	487
31.4	Write 221	456
130	Mixed 266	449
72.6	SusWrite 78	85.3
55.1% 249 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
3.43	4K Read 17.6	28
8.28	4K Write 48	73.4
1.8	4K Mixed 14.9	28.1
71.1% 26.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.4	DQ Read 172	265
27.2	DQ Write 119	219
2.85	DQ Mixed 55.6	118
65.8% 115 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

UKR-User, 6 years ago.

223GB free

Firmware: AP11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

78.4% Very good

Write 456

Mixed 449

103% 460 MB/s

4K Read 21.2

4K Write 42.9

4K Mixed 12.8

71% 25.6 MB/s

DQ Read 265

DQ Write 219

DQ Mixed 62

96% 182 MB/s

JPN-User, 6 years ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

67.1% Good

Write 335

Mixed 361

80% 360 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 47.5

4K Mixed 13.4

85% 29.8 MB/s

DQ Read 194

DQ Write 105

DQ Mixed 60.5

69% 120 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 84 79 66 57 79 MB/s

61.8% Good

Write 101

Mixed 130

SusWrite 78

39% 177 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 24.1

107% 40.8 MB/s

DQ Read 190

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 79.8

92% 157 MB/s

MYS-User, 4 years ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 76 79 79 87 80 MB/s

56% Above average

Write 342

Mixed 211

SusWrite 85.3

58% 260 MB/s

4K Read 13.5

4K Write 50.4

4K Mixed 27.4

82% 30.4 MB/s

DQ Read 243

DQ Write 143

DQ Mixed 118

108% 168 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

129GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 34 80 80 80 90 MB/s

56% Above average

Write 116

Mixed 174

SusWrite 78.8

40% 183 MB/s

4K Read 13.8

4K Write 70.7

4K Mixed 28.1

94% 37.5 MB/s

DQ Read 258

DQ Write 68.8

DQ Mixed 55.9

69% 128 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

108GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 59 79 88 68 58 MB/s

53.7% Above average

Write 344

Mixed 250

SusWrite 75.3

61% 273 MB/s

4K Read 9.3

4K Write 41

4K Mixed 27.9

72% 26.1 MB/s

DQ Read 249

DQ Write 151

DQ Mixed 68.2

86% 156 MB/s

THA-User, 4 years ago.

94GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 70 69 52 75 74 MB/s

40.7% Average

Write 97.1

Mixed 138

SusWrite 72.6

38% 176 MB/s

4K Read 14.4

4K Write 38

4K Mixed 15.3

62% 22.6 MB/s

DQ Read 45.7

DQ Write 27.2

DQ Mixed 69.5

43% 47.5 MB/s

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Typical A ST680S 240GB Builds (Compare 91 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E35 V2 (MS-7721)

CPU
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	24x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	10x
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	10x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	12x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	9x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	6x

SSD
A ST680S 240GBApacerBench 56%, 14 samples	1x

RAM
99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 9,823 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $51

Popular A ST680S 240GB compatible motherboards:

MSI A88XM-E35 V2 (MS-7721) (3)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Apacer

A ST680S 240GB

Average Bench: 55.8% (845^th of 1072)

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Good consistency

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A ST680S 240GB

Average Bench: 55.8% (845th of 1072)

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Good consistency

Weaknesses

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Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E35 V2 (MS-7721)

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Average Bench: 55.8% (845^th of 1072)