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APS-SM1 Serise 120GB

APS-SM1 Serise 120GB
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Effective Speed -77%Effective Speed -77%Average Score -111%Read -8%, Write -33%, 4K Read -61%, 4K Write -61%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -508%, SusWrite -85%Peak Score -77%Read -3%, Write -31%, 4K Read -57%, 4K Write -62%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -378%, SusWrite -6%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -509%DQ Read -198%, DQ Write -66%, DQ Mixed -1,455%, ADQ Read -276%, ADQ Write -79%, ADQ Mixed -1,917%, Age 12%, AS-SSD Total -95%

Average Bench: 55.5% (845^th of 1072)

Based on 352 user benchmarks. Model: PIONEER APS-SM1 Serise

Poor: 40%Average: 55.5% Great: 70%

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Average average bench

The Pioneer APS-SM1 Serise 120GB averaged 44.4% 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. 4K Random Read Speed 21.3MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 425MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pioneer APS-SM1 Serise 120GB is 30%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Pioneer APS-SM1 Serise 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 12.9MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 7.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 352 samples)

Rank 84555.5%

Min	Avg	Max
330	Read 425	491
109	Write 304	369
137	Mixed 294	410
72.4	SusWrite 160	366
65.9% 296 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.4	4K Read 21.3	27.4
22.8	4K Write 54.3	75.6
2.65	4K Mixed 7.4	12.2
70.5% 27.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.4	DQ Read 86.7	123
61	DQ Write 161	216
2.68	DQ Mixed 12.9	21.3
41.3% 87 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MYS-User, 4 months ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V2.8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 70 68 72 72 72 MB/s

56.4% Above average

Write 330

Mixed 309

SusWrite 92.1

65% 290 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 73.8

4K Mixed 12.6

96% 37.7 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 168

DQ Mixed 17.6

48% 98.9 MB/s

SWE-User, 2 months ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V2.8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 89 70 71 71 72 MB/s

56.3% Above average

Write 338

Mixed 299

SusWrite 91

67% 300 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 65.7

4K Mixed 11.6

89% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 173

DQ Mixed 17.4

48% 101 MB/s

MYS-User, 4 months ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V2.8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 65 73 74 74 73 MB/s

54% Above average

Write 340

Mixed 294

SusWrite 92.7

65% 293 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 62.9

4K Mixed 11.1

85% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 169

DQ Mixed 18.5

48% 99.9 MB/s

IDN-User, 3 months ago.

72GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V2.8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 72 72 72 59 68 MB/s

52.1% Above average

Write 335

Mixed 285

SusWrite 90.1

63% 283 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 60.5

4K Mixed 12.1

81% 31.6 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 171

DQ Mixed 17.6

48% 100 MB/s

THA-User, 1 month ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V3.10

SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 64 70 71 72 MB/s

47.5% Average

Write 370

Mixed 286

SusWrite 96.2

66% 295 MB/s

4K Read 19.7

4K Write 39.9

4K Mixed 10.3

64% 23.3 MB/s

DQ Read 80.9

DQ Write 183

DQ Mixed 17.6

46% 93.7 MB/s

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Illegear RAVEN

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	9x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples	8x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	6x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	7x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	7x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	6x

SSD
APS-SM1 Serise 120GBPioneerBench 56%, 352 samples	5x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	6x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	3x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	2x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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APS-SM1 Serise 120GB

Average Bench: 55.5% (845^th of 1072)

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