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AST280 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 62.8% (770th of 1072)

Based on 978 user benchmarks.  Model: Apacer AST280 120GB
Poor: 36%Average: 62.8% Great: 90%

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Above average average bench

The Apacer AST280 120GB averaged 37.1% 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 Random Read Speed 26.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 77.5MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apacer AST280 120GB is 53.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Apacer AST280 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 249MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 978 samples)
Rank 77062.8%
Min Avg Max
311 Read 426 501
112 Write 290 417
27.2 Mixed 249 397
42.2 SusWrite 155 385
62.3% 280 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.6 4K Read 26.5 37.5
11.9 4K Write 57.2 97.7
1.7 4K Mixed 20.2 41.4
96.3% 34.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
93.2 DQ Read 172 288
20.7 DQ Write 183 316
4.34 DQ Mixed 77.5 227
85.8% 144 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
62GB free
Firmware: V3.33.S
SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 428 437 421 419 423 MB/s
89.4% Excellent
Read 474
Write 424
Mixed 350
SusWrite 424
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 74.3
4K Mixed 22
120% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 30.3
73% 151 MB/s
41GB free
Firmware: AP613PE0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 132 85 99 88 87 MB/s
87.1% Excellent
Read 480
Write 418
Mixed 366
SusWrite 147
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 85.9
4K Mixed 38.2
150% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 198
177% 264 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AP613PE0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 43 72 55 45 54 MB/s
70.5% Very good
Read 440
Write 182
Mixed 328
SusWrite 79.7
57% 258 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 72.8
4K Mixed 34.4
136% 47.6 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 41.8
DQ Mixed 15.4
44% 101 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AP612PE0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 32 19 38 19 23 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 453
Write 303
Mixed 319
SusWrite 45
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 69.4
4K Mixed 28.2
124% 43.8 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 83.4
DQ Mixed 23.1
55% 119 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AP613PE0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 143 0.9 31 81 78 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 361
Write 316
Mixed 286
SusWrite 100
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 29.5
4K Mixed 18.9
69% 22.5 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 196
166% 240 MB/s
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: APB11PE0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 17 64 17 65 15 MB/s
46.7% Average
Read 354
Write 90.3
Mixed 160
SusWrite 38.2
35% 161 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 45.6
4K Mixed 20.5
78% 28.1 MB/s
DQ Read 152
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 82.2
78% 122 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,660,983 SSDs tested

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Typical AST280 120GB Builds (Compare 5,978 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock A320M-HDV R4.0

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples866x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples714x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples543x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples454x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples423x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples402x
SSD
AST280 120GBApacerBench 63%, 978 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples131x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples126x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples114x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $295

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