Apacer

AS720 480GB

AS720 480GB
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Effective Speed -15%Effective Speed -15%Average Score -19%Read -9%, Write -17%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -56%, SusWrite 8%Peak Score -24%Read -7%, Write -21%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -0%, 4K Mixed -64%, SusWrite -16%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -40%DQ Read -29%, DQ Write -26%, DQ Mixed -98%, ADQ Read -24%, ADQ Write -10%, ADQ Mixed -132%, Age 24%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 85.7% (393^rd of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks. Model: Apacer AS720 480GB

Poor: 78%Average: 85.7% Great: 97%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Apacer AS720 480GB averaged just 14.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apacer AS720 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 112MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 79.4MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 319MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 322MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)

Rank 39385.7%

Min	Avg	Max
377	Read 420	473
304	Write 345	402
235	Mixed 322	423
310	SusWrite 319	333
79% 352 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.1	4K Read 25.2	32.1
66.5	4K Write 79.4	97.7
23.6	4K Mixed 28.9	35.6
117% 44.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
227	DQ Read 264	284
197	DQ Write 263	285
24.6	DQ Mixed 112	167
126% 213 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 6 years ago.

366GB free

Firmware: AP002JB1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

96.7% Outstanding

Write 402

Mixed 423

96% 432 MB/s

4K Read 32.1

4K Write 97.7

4K Mixed 29.1

138% 53 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 24.6

87% 191 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 years ago.

260GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP002JB1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 347 328 323 276 317 MB/s

86.1% Excellent

Write 304

Mixed 268

SusWrite 315

71% 316 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 91.5

4K Mixed 35.6

129% 50 MB/s

DQ Read 254

DQ Write 285

DQ Mixed 140

141% 226 MB/s

CAN-User, 5 years ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP002JB1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s

85.1% Excellent

Write 400

Mixed 423

96% 428 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 66.5

4K Mixed 26.2

108% 39.6 MB/s

DQ Read 227

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 64.1

89% 163 MB/s

USA-User, 5 years ago.

234GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP002JB1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 319 249 257 363 350 MB/s

82.7% Excellent

Write 310

Mixed 264

SusWrite 310

72% 322 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 74.7

4K Mixed 30.1

114% 42.9 MB/s

DQ Read 284

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 165

156% 244 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 years ago.

261GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP002JB1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 332 348 340 340 333 MB/s

77.6% Very good

Write 309

Mixed 235

SusWrite 333

71% 315 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 66.7

4K Mixed 23.6

98% 37.1 MB/s

DQ Read 281

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 167

156% 242 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A - $60

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	431x
Core i3-6100Intel $66Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	196x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	156x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	150x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	145x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	129x

SSD
AS720 480GBApacerBench 86%, 5 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	59x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	54x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	37x

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Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $289

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Apacer

AS720 480GB

Average Bench: 85.7% (393^rd of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A - $60

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AS720 480GB

Average Bench: 85.7% (393rd of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A - $60

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