Apacer

AST280 240GB

AST280 240GB
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Effective Speed -43%Effective Speed -43%Average Score -43%Read -6%, Write -32%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed -40%, 4K Mixed -78%, SusWrite -78%Peak Score -7%Read 0%, Write -7%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -25%, SusWrite -0%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -33%DQ Read -20%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -6%, ADQ Read -61%, ADQ Write -43%, ADQ Mixed -120%, Age 10%, AS-SSD Total -14%

Average Bench: 68.7% (688^th of 1072)

Based on 1,219 user benchmarks. Model: Apacer AST280 240GB

Poor: 37%Average: 68.7% Great: 103%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Apacer AST280 240GB averaged 31.3% 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 118MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.3MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apacer AST280 240GB is 66.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Apacer AST280 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 167MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 257MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,219 samples)

Rank 68868.7%

Min	Avg	Max
317	Read 431	509
96.8	Write 306	452
23	Mixed 257	426
49.6	SusWrite 167	386
64.7% 290 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.1	4K Read 27.3	40.9
13.1	4K Write 62.9	108
1.13	4K Mixed 25.3	46.6
107% 38.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
96.6	DQ Read 203	305
17.5	DQ Write 202	325
1.3	DQ Mixed 118	312
112% 174 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

120GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1114H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 261 261 129 251 263 MB/s

88.3% Excellent

Write 268

Mixed 271

SusWrite 228

71% 319 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 88.6

4K Mixed 38.2

138% 51.4 MB/s

DQ Read 278

DQ Write 243

DQ Mixed 179

156% 233 MB/s

SVN-User, 19 days ago.

85GB free

Firmware: R0412A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 51 56 57 56 57 MB/s

69.2% Good

Write 446

Mixed 36.6

SusWrite 77.4

58% 263 MB/s

4K Read 30.5

4K Write 27.1

4K Mixed 35.1

106% 30.9 MB/s

DQ Read 191

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 53.6

98% 189 MB/s

IDN-User, 1 month ago.

131GB free (System drive)

Firmware: APB12PE0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 158 87 102 115 MB/s

63.5% Good

Write 128

Mixed 183

SusWrite 129

42% 188 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 29.5

119% 46.2 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 160

DQ Mixed 93.7

87% 134 MB/s

THA-User, 11 days ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0503A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 158 136 122 119 123 MB/s

60.9% Good

Write 404

Mixed 136

SusWrite 141

64% 289 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 63.7

4K Mixed 8.2

86% 33.1 MB/s

DQ Read 179

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 16

65% 144 MB/s

NZL-User, 1 month ago.

103GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP612PE0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 137 4.5 2.7 127 56 MB/s

56.6% Above average

Write 300

Mixed 320

SusWrite 100

65% 294 MB/s

4K Read 28.2

4K Write 75.8

4K Mixed 9

94% 37.7 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 53.5

DQ Mixed 71.2

67% 110 MB/s

GEO-User, 23 days ago.

21GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V4.7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 135 160 132 139 83 MB/s

53.1% Above average

Write 299

Mixed 275

SusWrite 142

59% 264 MB/s

4K Read 19.1

4K Write 48.1

4K Mixed 15

74% 27.4 MB/s

DQ Read 176

DQ Write 224

DQ Mixed 34.6

72% 145 MB/s

ZAF-User, 13 hrs ago.

144GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0412A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 32 39 43 34 38 MB/s

34.3% Below average

Write 282

Mixed 6.7

SusWrite 60.5

41% 188 MB/s

4K Read 9.8

4K Write 33.1

4K Mixed 1.1

34% 14.7 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 80.3

DQ Mixed 1.2

33% 80.6 MB/s

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Typical AST280 240GB Builds (Compare 5,430 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Acer Nitro AN515-52

CPU
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples	3,706x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	1,723x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	2,876x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,496x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	683x

SSD
AST280 240GBApacerBench 69%, 1,219 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	598x
ACR26D4S9S8ME-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 19,360 samples	408x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 73,050 samples	276x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Apacer

AST280 240GB

Average Bench: 68.7% (688^th of 1072)

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AST280 240GB

Average Bench: 68.7% (688th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 68.7% (688^th of 1072)