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AS681 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 60.5% (799th of 1072)

Based on 37 user benchmarks.  Model: Apacer AS681 120GB
Poor: 48%Average: 60.5% Great: 72%

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Above average average bench

The Apacer AS681 120GB averaged 39.5% 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 89.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 76.1MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apacer AS681 120GB is 24.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Apacer AS681 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 57.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 142MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 37 samples)
Rank 79960.5%
Min Avg Max
251 Read 364 465
100 Write 252 381
167 Mixed 295 419
29.1 SusWrite 57.2 73.8
53.9% 242 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.2 4K Read 26 32
9 4K Write 76.1 102
5 4K Mixed 18 27.4
103% 40 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.8 DQ Read 142 164
8.5 DQ Write 235 339
5.66 DQ Mixed 89.6 143
95.7% 155 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AP710PE0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 44 68 38 9.4 11 MB/s
50.1% Above average
Read 368
Write 226
Mixed 271
SusWrite 53
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 43.1
4K Mixed 18.7
78% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 141
121% 175 MB/s
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AP710PE0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 40 48 30 34 16 MB/s
48.8% Average
Read 362
Write 366
Mixed 288
SusWrite 36
59% 263 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 86.4
4K Mixed 11.8
103% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 103
DQ Write 19.6
DQ Mixed 32.1
31% 51.6 MB/s
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AP710PE0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 120 0.6 9.1 57 3.6 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 351
Write 100
Mixed 259
SusWrite 37
41% 187 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 47.6
4K Mixed 17.2
78% 28.3 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 132
113% 164 MB/s
24GB free
Firmware: AP710PE0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 39 0.4 5.1 5.9 30 MB/s
31.1% Below average
Read 312
Write 118
Mixed 235
SusWrite 48.6
39% 178 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 9
4K Mixed 11
44% 12.2 MB/s
DQ Read 95.1
DQ Write 8.5
DQ Mixed 15.8
21% 39.8 MB/s
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Typical AS681 120GB Builds (Compare 896 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 25%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H310M DS2 2.0

CPU
Core i3-9100FIntel  $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples258x
Core i5-9400FIntel  $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples214x
Core i3-8100Intel  $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples106x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples91x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples74x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples59x
SSD
AS681 120GBApacerBench 60%, 37 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples26x
HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 32,519 samples21x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $221

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