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APS-SL2 Seri 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 27.1% (1027th of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: PIONEER APS-SL2 Seri
Poor: 9%Average: 27.1% Great: 40%

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Very poor average bench

The Pioneer APS-SL2 Seri 120GB averaged 72.8% 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 12.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 29.7MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pioneer APS-SL2 Seri 120GB is 30.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Pioneer APS-SL2 Seri 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 33.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 13.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 102727.1%
Min Avg Max
33.6 Read 167 228
25.7 Write 104 185
28.1 Mixed 109 172
28.6 SusWrite 90 170
26.2% 117 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.9 4K Read 12.7 22.2
6.3 4K Write 29.7 50.2
3.9 4K Mixed 8.04 14.2
45.3% 16.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23 DQ Read 33.6 84.6
21.8 DQ Write 60.8 81.6
6.9 DQ Mixed 13.5 21.2
19.8% 36 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q061
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 184 196 198 185 80 MB/s
43% Average
Read 228
Write 185
Mixed 172
SusWrite 170
42% 189 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 50.2
4K Mixed 10.2
73% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 26.4
DQ Write 81.6
DQ Mixed 12
21% 40 MB/s
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V2.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 79 52 55 56 58 MB/s
31.5% Below average
Read 219
Write 133
Mixed 154
SusWrite 68.3
32% 144 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 37.1
4K Mixed 9.4
52% 19.9 MB/s
DQ Read 84.6
DQ Write 66.7
DQ Mixed 16.1
28% 55.8 MB/s
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V3.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 104 103 103 88 88 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 169
Write 107
Mixed 111
SusWrite 90.6
27% 119 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 42.2
4K Mixed 6.8
50% 20.5 MB/s
DQ Read 24.1
DQ Write 73.3
DQ Mixed 10.5
19% 36 MB/s
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q061
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 58 80 54 49 34 MB/s
25.5% Poor
Read 114
Write 106
Mixed 98.8
SusWrite 56.8
21% 93.9 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 34.9
4K Mixed 9.5
53% 19.7 MB/s
DQ Read 24.5
DQ Write 60.7
DQ Mixed 13.2
18% 32.8 MB/s
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V2.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 82 43 35 42 47 MB/s
20.6% Poor
Read 195
Write 140
Mixed 128
SusWrite 62.7
29% 132 MB/s
4K Read 12.7
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 6
30% 8.33 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,722,966 SSDs tested

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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 47%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-7260

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+AMDBench 36%, 5,372 samples1x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+AMD  $50Bench 34%, 2,970 samples1x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+AMDBench 35%, 4,133 samples1x
GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples1x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples1x
GeForce GT 320NvidiaBench 3%, 2,109 samples1x
SSD
APS-SL2 Seri 120GBPioneerBench 27%, 10 samples1x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples2x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples1x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $92

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