Apacer

AS340 240GB

AS340 240GB
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Effective Speed -10%Effective Speed -10%Average Score -6%Read 5%, Write 6%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed 15%, 4K Mixed -20%, SusWrite -18%Peak Score -1%Read 3%, Write 0%, 4K Read -27%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 20%, 4K Mixed -18%, SusWrite 18%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -25%DQ Read -65%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -37%, ADQ Read -66%, ADQ Write 6%, ADQ Mixed -40%, Age 28%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 89.3% (338^th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: Apacer AS340 240GB

Poor: 68%Average: 89.3% Great: 103%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Apacer AS340 240GB averaged just 10.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apacer AS340 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 186MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.6MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apacer AS340 240GB is 35.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Apacer AS340 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 252MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 197MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 33889.3%

Min	Avg	Max
307	Read 481	524
128	Write 430	487
192	Mixed 412	508
69.6	SusWrite 252	456
88.4% 394 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.9	4K Read 27.7	33.8
6.1	4K Write 81.6	116
10.5	4K Mixed 37.6	49.5
133% 49 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.5	DQ Read 197	222
62.7	DQ Write 307	353
13.7	DQ Mixed 186	242
159% 230 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IRN-User, 6 months ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0925A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 82 256 30 51 51 MB/s

75.7% Very good

Write 455

Mixed 417

SusWrite 134

84% 374 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 57

4K Mixed 34.8

115% 39.4 MB/s

DQ Read 222

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 240

191% 261 MB/s

IRN-User, 5 months ago.

149GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0925A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 70 74 60 69 63 MB/s

70.7% Very good

Write 373

Mixed 327

SusWrite 104

66% 297 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 65.1

4K Mixed 35.7

116% 41.5 MB/s

DQ Read 221

DQ Write 350

DQ Mixed 239

194% 270 MB/s

IRN-User, 14 months ago.

74GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0925A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 291 368 273 313 176 MB/s

54.1% Above average

Write 320

Mixed 298

SusWrite 288

71% 315 MB/s

4K Read 14.3

4K Write 20.9

4K Mixed 16.7

54% 17.3 MB/s

DQ Read 146

DQ Write 101

DQ Mixed 124

92% 124 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H81M-C - $60

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	458x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	296x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	222x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	299x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	201x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	172x

SSD
AS340 240GBApacerBench 89%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	55x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	41x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $269

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Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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

AS340 240GB

Average Bench: 89.3% (338^th of 1072)

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AS340 240GB

Average Bench: 89.3% (338th of 1072)

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