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AS330 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 89.4% (338th of 1072)

Based on 204 user benchmarks.  Model: Apacer AS330 480GB
Poor: 64%Average: 89.4% Great: 109%

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Very good average bench

The Apacer AS330 480GB averaged just 10.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apacer AS330 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 162MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.7MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apacer AS330 480GB is 45.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Apacer AS330 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 309MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 349MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 204 samples)
Rank 33889.4%
Min Avg Max
268 Read 450 517
226 Write 415 480
237 Mixed 349 496
94.6 SusWrite 309 441
85.5% 381 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.2 4K Read 28.7 35.6
36 4K Write 76.8 106
13.4 4K Mixed 33.4 44
127% 46.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
87.9 DQ Read 304 357
104 DQ Write 277 360
40.6 DQ Mixed 162 208
157% 248 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
298GB free
Firmware: AP132PD0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 181 387 379 372 381 MB/s
98.1% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 448
Mixed 364
SusWrite 339
92% 408 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 92.7
4K Mixed 38
140% 52.8 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 196
188% 294 MB/s
353GB free
Firmware: AP022PD0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 418 418 439 438 442 MB/s
97.5% Outstanding
Read 460
Write 448
Mixed 327
SusWrite 419
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 66.2
4K Mixed 34.6
123% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 368
DQ Mixed 199
192% 300 MB/s
371GB free
Firmware: AP022PD0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 416 417 437 444 443 MB/s
95.3% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 450
Mixed 337
SusWrite 428
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 55.8
4K Mixed 32.2
111% 38.3 MB/s
DQ Read 336
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 189
182% 285 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AP132PD0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 219 214 12 373 MB/s
72.5% Very good
Read 420
Write 382
Mixed 310
SusWrite 200
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 52.3
4K Mixed 27.4
95% 33.7 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 190
176% 273 MB/s
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AP122PD0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 152 145 159 14 11 MB/s
57.5% Above average
Read 480
Write 450
Mixed 383
SusWrite 114
80% 357 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 69.3
4K Mixed 16.6
102% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 69.6
DQ Write 0.8
DQ Mixed 0.5
9% 23.6 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,820,769 SSDs tested

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Typical AS330 480GB Builds (Compare 7,268 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 93%
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Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 85%
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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) - $125

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples2,361x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,795x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples769x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples720x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples641x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia  $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples508x
SSD
AS330 480GBApacerBench 89%, 204 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples165x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $561

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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