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SM230 25 SATA 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 69.6% (675th of 1072)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Model: Apacer SM230 25 SATA 512GB
Poor: 40%Average: 69.6% Great: 90%

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Above average average bench

The Apacer SM230 25 SATA 512GB averaged 30.3% 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 105MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 234MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apacer SM230 25 SATA 512GB is 49.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Apacer SM230 25 SATA 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 166MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 297MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 67569.6%
Min Avg Max
305 Read 352 490
107 Write 336 471
127 Mixed 297 370
105 SusWrite 338 458
74.5% 331 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.3 4K Read 22.5 34.3
15.9 4K Write 46.9 88.3
10 4K Mixed 22.9 33.4
88.3% 30.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.9 DQ Read 166 203
19.1 DQ Write 234 308
5.59 DQ Mixed 105 147
106% 168 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SFMA1D2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 447 426 441 444 309 MB/s
87.9% Excellent
Read 382
Write 471
Mixed 351
SusWrite 412
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 78.8
4K Mixed 28.2
121% 45.2 MB/s
DQ Read 181
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 91.1
112% 193 MB/s
403GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SFMA1D2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 402 409 423 427 410 MB/s
83.7% Excellent
Read 349
Write 420
Mixed 352
SusWrite 413
87% 384 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 63.8
4K Mixed 27.1
112% 39.8 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 144
136% 209 MB/s
446GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SFMA1D2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 343 377 367 346 318 MB/s
83.2% Excellent
Read 380
Write 410
Mixed 370
SusWrite 356
86% 379 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 57.8
4K Mixed 31
117% 39.8 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 136
131% 203 MB/s
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SFMA1D2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 391 377 369 355 347 MB/s
64.4% Good
Read 306
Write 387
Mixed 274
SusWrite 371
76% 334 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 23.5
4K Mixed 18.7
63% 19.9 MB/s
DQ Read 167
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 91.2
107% 180 MB/s
428GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SFMA1D2B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 98 103 129 111 105 MB/s
38.1% Below average
Read 306
Write 107
Mixed 127
SusWrite 105
36% 161 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 21.5
4K Mixed 12.9
47% 15.6 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 45.5
DQ Mixed 87.6
72% 106 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,762,967 SSDs tested

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Workstation 43%
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CPU
Xeon W-2123IntelBench 70%, 2,702 samples334x
Xeon W-2133IntelBench 77%, 1,612 samples310x
Xeon W-2125IntelBench 78%, 1,514 samples305x
GPU
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples322x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples245x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples217x
SSD
SM230 25 SATA 512GBApacerBench 70%, 15 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 56%, 828 samples149x
HMA81GR7AFR8N-VK 4x8GBHynixBench 84%, 1,278 samples139x
HMA82GR7AFR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 60%, 538 samples124x
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