Apacer

Z280 120G 120GB

Z280 120G 120GB
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Effective Speed +39% Effective Speed 39%Average Score +35% Read 154%, Write 36%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 75%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite 10%Peak Score +101% Read 289%, Write 139%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed 231%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite 67%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +45% DQ Read 81%, DQ Write 98%, DQ Mixed 45%, ADQ Read 28%, ADQ Write 17%, ADQ Mixed -14%, Age 17%, AS-SSD Total 84%

Average Bench: 136% (173^rd of 1072)

Based on 107 user benchmarks. Model: Apacer Z280 120G

Poor: 81%Average: 136% Great: 202%

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Outstanding average bench

The Apacer Z280 120G 120GB averaged 36.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apacer Z280 120G 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 228MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,160MB/s

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Terrible consistency

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

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 326MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 553MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 107 samples)

Rank 173136%

Min	Avg	Max
552	Read 1,160	1,971
101	Write 553	1,160
187	Mixed 629	1,401
122	SusWrite 326	646
147% 667 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.5	4K Read 32.2	40.9
9.92	4K Write 83.6	119
14.9	4K Mixed 37.3	53.1
141% 51 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.2	DQ Read 419	665
65	DQ Write 339	709
14.9	DQ Mixed 228	481
212% 329 MB/s

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THA-User, 10 months ago.

18GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AP021PF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 169 153 149 141 169 MB/s

95% Outstanding

Write 159

Mixed 263

SusWrite 156

81% 372 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 59.3

4K Mixed 35

117% 40.5 MB/s

DQ Read 417

DQ Write 143

DQ Mixed 183

161% 248 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF B450-PLUS GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,384x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	805x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	470x

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RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	422x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	294x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	293x

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Z280 120G 120GBApacerBench 136%, 107 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	387x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	240x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	206x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $448

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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 120G 120GB

Average Bench: 136% (173^rd of 1072)

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Z280 120G 120GB

Average Bench: 136% (173rd of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus TUF B450-PLUS GAMING

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Average Bench: 136% (173^rd of 1072)