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APS-SE20-512 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 183% (117th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: Pioneer APS-SE20-512
Poor: 99%Average: 183% Great: 242%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pioneer APS-SE20-512 512GB averaged 83.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pioneer APS-SE20-512 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 414MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1442MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pioneer APS-SE20-512 512GB is 143%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pioneer APS-SE20-512 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 621MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 117183%
Min Avg Max
4 Read 1442 2,019
89.1 Write 1,152 2,230
24.2 Mixed 888 1,678
146 SusWrite 621 1,448
229% 1,026 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.3 4K Read 46 65.2
15.1 4K Write 130 208
0.5 4K Mixed 40.8 70.7
191% 72.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
220 DQ Read 749 927
28 DQ Write 622 1,144
11.9 DQ Mixed 414 654
384% 595 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
441GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN10660
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2398 2282 967 286 286 287 MB/s
328% Outstanding
Read 2,111
Write 2,611
Mixed 1550
SusWrite 1,084
414% 1,839 MB/s
4K Read 73.3
4K Write 229
4K Mixed 104
365% 135 MB/s
DQ Read 1,756
DQ Write 1,169
DQ Mixed 604
682% 1,176 MB/s
410GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN10660
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2194 2252 1330 285 275 290 MB/s
293% Outstanding
Read 1,961
Write 2,524
Mixed 1,531
SusWrite 1,104
401% 1,780 MB/s
4K Read 67.7
4K Write 171
4K Mixed 91.5
310% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 1,357
DQ Write 926
DQ Mixed 609
599% 964 MB/s
222GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN10660
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2177 355 244 177 152 109 MB/s
253% Outstanding
Read 1,843
Write 2,430
Mixed 1,902
SusWrite 536
378% 1,678 MB/s
4K Read 64.5
4K Write 200
4K Mixed 88.1
316% 118 MB/s
DQ Read 1,320
DQ Write 894
DQ Mixed 607
588% 940 MB/s
408GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN10660
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2190 2124 2064 288 284 287 MB/s
247% Outstanding
Read 1,867
Write 2,330
Mixed 1,755
SusWrite 1,206
404% 1,789 MB/s
4K Read 54.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 68.7
224% 74.7 MB/s
DQ Read 796
DQ Write 502
DQ Mixed 639
479% 646 MB/s
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN8349
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1628 227 182 194 188 173 MB/s
198% Outstanding
Read 1,218
Write 1,726
Mixed 1,223
SusWrite 432
259% 1,150 MB/s
4K Read 51.1
4K Write 202
4K Mixed 82
289% 112 MB/s
DQ Read 316
DQ Write 1,173
DQ Mixed 473
441% 654 MB/s
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 593 424 388 394 127 196 MB/s
183% Outstanding
Read 1,797
Write 1,288
Mixed 1,055
SusWrite 354
249% 1,123 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 46.2
202% 76.8 MB/s
DQ Read 897
DQ Write 407
DQ Mixed 287
310% 530 MB/s
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Gaming 3%
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Desktop 47%
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Workstation 3%
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CPU
Ryzen 3 3200UAMDBench 41%, 21,522 samples123x
Ryzen 5 3500UAMDBench 48%, 78,189 samples64x
A9-9425 APU (2016 M.SR)AMDBench 27%, 15,014 samples61x
GPU
Radeon Vega 3 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 27,821 samples128x
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 115,953 samples64x
Radeon R5 GraphicsAMDBench 3%, 31,419 samples61x
SSD
APS-SE20-512 512GBPioneerBench 183%, 50 samples1x
RAM
M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 30%, 48,985 samples44x
4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 1x4GBMicronBench 32%, 18,494 samples25x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 54,777 samples13x
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