Average Bench: 74.8% (578th of 1072)

Based on 749 user benchmarks.  Model: APS-SL3N-512

Good average bench

The APS-SL3N-512 512GB averaged 25.2% 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 161MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.5MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the APS-SL3N-512 512GB is 61.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the APS-SL3N-512 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 203MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 284MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 749 samples)
Min Avg Max
236 Read 390 485
102 Write 284 450
96.3 Mixed 304 401
64.7 SusWrite 203 415
66.1% 295 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.6 4K Read 29.5 39.6
15.5 4K Write 68.1 104
6.2 4K Mixed 30.2 45.6
119% 42.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
91.2 DQ Read 231 306
16.7 DQ Write 249 340
14.3 DQ Mixed 161 294
143% 213 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
417GB free
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 428 431 436 435 436 MB/s
Read 491
Write 427
Mixed 382
SusWrite 431
97% 433 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 88.4
4K Mixed 22.7
119% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 33.6
82% 163 MB/s
434GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 321 147 99 100 99 MB/s
Read 480
Write 423
Mixed 367
SusWrite 165
80% 359 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 78.6
4K Mixed 37.8
142% 50.2 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 221
191% 280 MB/s
476GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 442 131 106 103 103 MB/s
Read 448
Write 418
Mixed 361
SusWrite 222
81% 362 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 69.6
4K Mixed 36.6
133% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 319
DQ Mixed 224
192% 282 MB/s
311GB free
Firmware: S0530B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 201 205 174 10 11 MB/s
Read 366
Write 357
Mixed 321
SusWrite 134
66% 295 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 79.6
4K Mixed 28.3
122% 45.5 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 47.7
67% 120 MB/s
68GB free
Firmware: V3.0.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 74 56 56 56 56 MB/s
Read 403
Write 295
Mixed 102
SusWrite 53.3
47% 213 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 47.8
4K Mixed 29.6
112% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 56.8
DQ Mixed 59.5
55% 88.2 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,709,564 SSDs tested

Typical APS-SL3N-512 512GB Builds (Compare 61 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire V5-571PG

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