Apacer

AS340 240GB

AS340 240GB
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Effective Speed -38%Effective Speed -38%Average Score -36%Read -8%, Write -32%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -30%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -68%, SusWrite -73%Peak Score -11%Read -4%, Write -9%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment -192%User Rating -14%, Market Share -369%Nice To Haves -38%DQ Read -17%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -49%, ADQ Read -58%, ADQ Write -27%, ADQ Mixed -137%, Age 3%, AS-SSD Total -12%

Average Bench: 71.1% (649^th of 1072)

Based on 10,970 user benchmarks. Model: Apacer AS340 240GB

Poor: 38%Average: 71.1% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The Apacer AS340 240GB averaged 28.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 110MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.9MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apacer AS340 240GB is 57.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Apacer AS340 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 171MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 297MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,970 samples)

Rank 64971.1%

Min	Avg	Max
302	Read 423	489
114	Write 306	444
37.1	Mixed 297	407
54.1	SusWrite 171	413
66.8% 299 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
6.5	4K Read 28.9	39.4
13.3	4K Write 67.3	104
1.5	4K Mixed 26.8	41.1
114% 41 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
85.8	DQ Read 207	313
33.5	DQ Write 227	335
3.19	DQ Mixed 110	223
112% 181 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

155GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H190117H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 430 429 443 290 254 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 434

SusWrite 381

99% 440 MB/s

4K Read 39.2

4K Write 86.7

4K Mixed 44.3

162% 56.7 MB/s

DQ Read 309

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 329

241% 314 MB/s

KAZ-User, 2 days ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R1001A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 231 49 39 48 44 MB/s

77.9% Very good

Write 430

Mixed 415

SusWrite 135

82% 369 MB/s

4K Read 31.5

4K Write 80.5

4K Mixed 28.7

127% 46.9 MB/s

DQ Read 202

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 47.1

96% 191 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

32GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP613PE0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 28 32 28 28 29 MB/s

74.7% Very good

Write 366

Mixed 340

SusWrite 52.1

69% 309 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 76.3

4K Mixed 37.5

146% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 273

DQ Write 74.1

DQ Mixed 12.4

51% 120 MB/s

DZA-User, 1 day ago.

69GB free

Firmware: AP612PE0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 167 64 65 64 66 MB/s

69.2% Good

Write 299

Mixed 297

SusWrite 130

64% 287 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 77.7

4K Mixed 24.1

111% 42.6 MB/s

DQ Read 203

DQ Write 296

DQ Mixed 165

148% 221 MB/s

GEO-User, 2 days ago.

34GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V4.11

SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 66 70 56 55 MB/s

52.5% Above average

Write 73.1

Mixed 109

SusWrite 65.9

38% 176 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 44.4

4K Mixed 21.5

85% 29.5 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 46.2

DQ Mixed 26.9

38% 71.9 MB/s

THA-User, 22 hrs ago.

64GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H190117H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 124 130 112 105 122 MB/s

39.9% Below average

Write 142

Mixed 202

SusWrite 116

44% 199 MB/s

4K Read 14.7

4K Write 19.9

4K Mixed 12.4

49% 15.7 MB/s

DQ Read 175

DQ Write 31.7

DQ Mixed 88.7

69% 98.4 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

31GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP612PE0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 130 19 25 68 59 MB/s

24.2% Poor

Write 292

Mixed 220

SusWrite 62.5

55% 247 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 11.3

4K Mixed 0.6

7% 4.1 MB/s

DQ Read 69.8

DQ Write 15.6

DQ Mixed 12.2

17% 32.5 MB/s

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Gaming 73%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 66%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF B365M-PLUS GAMING

CPU
Core i7-9700FIntel $289Bench 92%, 54,980 samples	1,634x
Core i5-9400FIntel $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	1,234x
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	179x

GPU
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	844x
GTX 1660Nvidia $200Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	485x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	432x

SSD
AS340 240GBApacerBench 71%, 10,970 samples	144x

RAM
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples	364x
D12.2356WS.001 2x8GBApacerBench 81%, 464 samples	172x
D12.2324CS.001 2x8GBApacerBench 80%, 469 samples	163x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $432

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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
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Apacer

AS340 240GB

Average Bench: 71.1% (649^th of 1072)

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