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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 80.4% (480th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: APS-SL3N 256
Poor: 67%Average: 80.4% Great: 90%

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Very good average bench

The Aps-sl3n 256 256GB averaged just 19.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Aps-sl3n 256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 86.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.6MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Aps-sl3n 256 256GB is 22.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Aps-sl3n 256 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 30MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 150MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 48080.4%
Min Avg Max
360 Read 452 511
304 Write 390 446
327 Mixed 384 415
177 SusWrite 338 406
87.8% 391 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.2 4K Read 27.6 32.9
53.2 4K Write 86.4 110
13.9 4K Mixed 18.5 22.3
111% 44.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
114 DQ Read 150 251
213 DQ Write 268 318
29.2 DQ Mixed 30 31.5
73.4% 149 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0921A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 376 387 267 100 29 MB/s
81.4% Excellent
Read 489
Write 411
Mixed 394
SusWrite 245
86% 385 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 20
128% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 29.9
76% 155 MB/s
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0921A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 369 386 377 383 375 MB/s
79.2% Very good
Read 446
Write 382
Mixed 380
SusWrite 371
89% 395 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 76.5
4K Mixed 15.7
99% 39.3 MB/s
DQ Read 213
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 30.7
76% 158 MB/s
159GB free
Firmware: T0921A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 372 370 404 363 366 MB/s
77.8% Very good
Read 434
Write 382
Mixed 368
SusWrite 375
88% 390 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 61.8
4K Mixed 13.9
89% 33.6 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 30
88% 188 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0921A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 146 280 15 157 137 MB/s
76.9% Very good
Read 451
Write 402
Mixed 393
SusWrite 177
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 20.5
132% 53.7 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 29.9
77% 155 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0921A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 341 354 342 337 351 MB/s
67.5% Good
Read 360
Write 304
Mixed 327
SusWrite 334
75% 332 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 53.2
4K Mixed 16.2
85% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 122
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 29.2
61% 121 MB/s

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

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FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples961x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples412x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples264x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples166x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples149x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples142x
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256 256GBAps-sl3nBench 80%, 9 samples1x
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Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples34x
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