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APS-SE20Q-500 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 154% (150th of 1072)

Based on 170 user benchmarks.  Model: APS-SE20Q-500
Poor: 62%Average: 154% Great: 218%

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Outstanding average bench

The APS-SE20Q-500 500GB averaged 53.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the APS-SE20Q-500 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 376MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 653MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the APS-SE20Q-500 500GB is 156%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the APS-SE20Q-500 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 323MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 525MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 170 samples)
Rank 150154%
Min Avg Max
544 Read 873 1,065
544 Write 896 1,015
234 Mixed 766 929
93 SusWrite 525 995
172% 765 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.4 4K Read 39.8 58.1
72.5 4K Write 147 208
0.6 4K Mixed 57.6 80
212% 81.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
44.4 DQ Read 323 384
84.7 DQ Write 653 998
63.2 DQ Mixed 376 489
318% 451 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
369GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM52.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 956 556 87 79 110 MB/s
157% Outstanding
Read 955
Write 976
Mixed 859
SusWrite 436
181% 806 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 62.1
214% 78.3 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 788
DQ Mixed 471
389% 542 MB/s
240GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM52.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 103 70 94 57 90 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 988
Write 847
Mixed 923
SusWrite 82.6
159% 710 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 171
4K Mixed 73.8
256% 97.1 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 896
DQ Mixed 185
269% 483 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM52.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 143 116 69 64 98 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 948
Write 1,041
Mixed 935
SusWrite 99.6
169% 756 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 68.6
232% 85.7 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 616
DQ Mixed 167
219% 385 MB/s
282GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM52.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 82 145 89 130 MB/s
98% Outstanding
Read 1,047
Write 1,025
Mixed 906
SusWrite 124
173% 776 MB/s
4K Read 53.9
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 3.4
165% 68.7 MB/s
DQ Read 102
DQ Write 83.1
DQ Mixed 76.7
62% 87.4 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM52.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 100 106 103 102 97 MB/s
50.4% Above average
Read 468
Write 533
Mixed 498
SusWrite 122
91% 405 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 15.6
4K Mixed 15.9
57% 16.8 MB/s
DQ Read 250
DQ Write 50.9
DQ Mixed 92.6
83% 131 MB/s
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Typical APS-SE20Q-500 500GB Builds (Compare 3,957 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 182%
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Desktop
Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 195%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (WI-FI) - $547

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel  $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples1,716x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples747x
Core i7-10700KIntel  $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples718x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples791x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples606x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples373x
SSD
APS-SE20Q-500 500GBBench 154%, 170 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples134x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples120x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples100x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $2,011

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