Apacer

Z280 480G 480GB

Z280 480G 480GB
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Effective Speed +66% Effective Speed 66%Average Score +65% Read 150%, Write 103%, 4K Read -4%, 4K Write 16%, Mixed 99%, 4K Mixed -4%, SusWrite 98%Peak Score +149% Read 374%, Write 170%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write 10%, Mixed 283%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 204%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +92% DQ Read 187%, DQ Write 114%, DQ Mixed 55%, ADQ Read 123%, ADQ Write 73%, ADQ Mixed 35%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total 142%

Average Bench: 164% (139^th of 1072)

Based on 85 user benchmarks. Model: Apacer Z280 480G

Poor: 113%Average: 164% Great: 232%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Apacer Z280 480G 480GB averaged 63.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apacer Z280 480G 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 352MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 728MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apacer Z280 480G 480GB is 120%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Apacer Z280 480G 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 588MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 33MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 85 samples)

Rank 139164%

Min	Avg	Max
683	Read 1,142	2,404
223	Write 822	1,311
295	Mixed 715	1,620
200	SusWrite 588	1,176
182% 817 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.1	4K Read 33	43.4
58.6	4K Write 102	134
27.2	4K Mixed 43.3	60.6
159% 59.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
110	DQ Read 728	1,053
207	DQ Write 501	768
30.7	DQ Mixed 352	514
334% 527 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

ZAF-User, 2 months ago.

352GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP021PF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1008 1071 1133 1107 1068 1132 MB/s

204% Outstanding

Write 1,176

Mixed 851

SusWrite 1,087

241% 1,070 MB/s

4K Read 37.3

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 53.3

181% 65.4 MB/s

DQ Read 843

DQ Write 744

DQ Mixed 516

463% 701 MB/s

ISL-User, 1 month ago.

319GB free

Firmware: AP021PF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1059 1076 1159 1102 1159 1176 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 1,191

Mixed 831

SusWrite 1,122

241% 1,071 MB/s

4K Read 36.5

4K Write 81.4

4K Mixed 46.7

158% 54.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,032

DQ Write 749

DQ Mixed 513

486% 765 MB/s

ISL-User, 3 months ago.

94GB free

Firmware: AP021PF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1022 1276 1233 1272 1269 1263 MB/s

201% Outstanding

Write 102

Mixed 176

SusWrite 1,222

139% 628 MB/s

4K Read 34

4K Write 76.4

4K Mixed 53.9

161% 54.8 MB/s

DQ Read 842

DQ Write 750

DQ Mixed 513

462% 702 MB/s

AUS-User, 3 months ago.

290GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP021PF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 317 300 317 290 271 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 480

Mixed 395

SusWrite 294

116% 524 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 83.3

4K Mixed 39.6

141% 51.2 MB/s

DQ Read 892

DQ Write 296

DQ Mixed 345

320% 511 MB/s

JPN-User, 1 month ago.

413GB free

Firmware: AP021PF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 263 257 259 252 255 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 430

Mixed 299

SusWrite 258

99% 448 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 94

4K Mixed 36.4

143% 53.7 MB/s

DQ Read 824

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 235

254% 440 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 month ago.

111GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP021PF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 220 226 230 231 229 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 199

Mixed 328

SusWrite 227

85% 389 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 65.2

4K Mixed 30.9

116% 41.2 MB/s

DQ Read 736

DQ Write 241

DQ Mixed 246

245% 408 MB/s

MMR-User, 4 months ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP021PF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 289 284 271 258 253 MB/s

94.4% Outstanding

Write 314

Mixed 347

SusWrite 273

98% 445 MB/s

4K Read 24.5

4K Write 45.5

4K Mixed 29

98% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 276

212% 292 MB/s

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Typical Z280 480G 480GB Builds (Compare 3,387 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 93%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 85%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Extreme4 - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,699x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	838x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	395x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	335x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
Z280 480G 480GBApacerBench 164%, 85 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	148x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	112x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $901

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Apacer

Z280 480G 480GB

Average Bench: 164% (139^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Extreme4 - $250

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Z280 480G 480GB

Average Bench: 164% (139th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 164% (139^th of 1072)