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Apricorn

SATAWire 6G 480GB

SATAWire 6G 480GB
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Effective Speed -934%Effective Speed -934%Average Score -966%Read -1,061%, Write -1,487%, 4K Read -384%, 4K Write -585%, Mixed -1,368%, 4K Mixed -525%, SusWrite -1,348%Peak Score -1,149%Read -1,417%, Write -1,696%, 4K Read -789%, 4K Write -869%, Mixed -1,319%, 4K Mixed -699%, SusWrite -1,253%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,218%DQ Read -1,501%, DQ Write -1,143%, DQ Mixed -1,338%, ADQ Read -1,401%, ADQ Write -1,097%, ADQ Mixed -1,542%, Age -410%, AS-SSD Total -1,312%

Average Bench: 52.7% (883^rd of 1080)

Based on 13 user benchmarks. Model: Apricorn SATAWire 6G

Poor: 40%Average: 52.7% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The Apricorn SATAWire 6G 480GB averaged 47.2% 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 90.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.4MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apricorn SATAWire 6G 480GB is 25.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Apricorn SATAWire 6G 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 114MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 105MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)

Rank 88352.7%

Min	Avg	Max
297	Read 361	391
204	Write 293	358
10.4	Mixed 220	329
100	SusWrite 218	338
61.1% 273 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.7	4K Read 18.4	21.6
5.3	4K Write 30.2	39.1
0.4	4K Mixed 17.7	27.4
66.6% 22.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.6	DQ Read 114	145
38.7	DQ Write 105	153
9.48	DQ Mixed 90.4	146
73.1% 103 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 14 months ago.

314GB free

Firmware: 1411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 317 331 339 330 309 MB/s

66.1% Good

Write 323

Mixed 263

SusWrite 326

73% 326 MB/s

4K Read 21.6

4K Write 38.4

4K Mixed 22.6

82% 27.5 MB/s

DQ Read 128

DQ Write 108

DQ Mixed 135

96% 124 MB/s

SWE-User, 19 months ago.

337GB free

Firmware: 1411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 320 304 290 283 283 MB/s

62% Good

Write 326

Mixed 329

SusWrite 293

74% 331 MB/s

4K Read 19.3

4K Write 35.1

4K Mixed 20.9

75% 25.1 MB/s

DQ Read 126

DQ Write 145

DQ Mixed 60.2

66% 110 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

349GB free

Firmware: 1411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 341 332 340 336 329 MB/s

60.9% Good

Write 358

Mixed 291

SusWrite 338

75% 333 MB/s

4K Read 16.4

4K Write 32.1

4K Mixed 21.1

69% 23.2 MB/s

DQ Read 88.9

DQ Write 133

DQ Mixed 134

95% 119 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

111GB free

Firmware: 1411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 180 175 240 253 248 MB/s

55.4% Above average

Write 270

Mixed 260

SusWrite 225

62% 277 MB/s

4K Read 18

4K Write 36.1

4K Mixed 21.3

74% 25.1 MB/s

DQ Read 105

DQ Write 104

DQ Mixed 104

78% 105 MB/s

USA-User, 22 months ago.

159GB free

Firmware: 1411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 195 74 70 3.2 MB/s

43.4% Average

Write 347

Mixed 176

SusWrite 116

57% 254 MB/s

4K Read 16.4

4K Write 24.8

4K Mixed 14.1

56% 18.4 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 76.3

DQ Mixed 15.6

33% 67.9 MB/s

USA-User, 12 months ago.

113GB free

Firmware: 1411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 232 76 18 106 70 MB/s

28.6% Poor

Write 330

Mixed 10.4

SusWrite 100

44% 200 MB/s

4K Read 18

4K Write 5.3

4K Mixed 0.4

31% 7.9 MB/s

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Workstation 63%

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Motherboard: Asus P6X58-E-WS

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Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	9x
Xeon W3670IntelBench 73%, 1,878 samples	7x
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	7x

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GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	5x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	3x
GTX 580Nvidia $450Bench 23%, 15,395 samples	3x

SSD
SATAWire 6G 480GBApricornBench 53%, 13 samples	1x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	9x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	7x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $599

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Apricorn

SATAWire 6G 480GB

Average Bench: 52.7% (883^rd of 1080)

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Apricorn

SATAWire 6G 480GB

Average Bench: 52.7% (883rd of 1080)

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Good consistency

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Average Bench: 52.7% (883^rd of 1080)