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APS-SL3N-480 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 67.5% (706th of 1072)

Based on 709 user benchmarks.  Model: APS-SL3N-480
Poor: 30%Average: 67.5% Great: 98%

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Above average average bench

The APS-SL3N-480 480GB averaged 32.4% 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 119MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.3MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the APS-SL3N-480 480GB is 68.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the APS-SL3N-480 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 181MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 265MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 709 samples)
Rank 70667.5%
Min Avg Max
210 Read 415 506
96.2 Write 299 448
10.7 Mixed 265 389
51.1 SusWrite 181 425
64.7% 290 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.42 4K Read 27.3 41.5
5.42 4K Write 59.9 106
0.3 4K Mixed 24.7 43.7
105% 37.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
48.3 DQ Read 190 303
10.8 DQ Write 220 337
0.4 DQ Mixed 119 223
114% 176 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
331GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN4763
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 119 41 13 16 51 MB/s
80.2% Excellent
Read 466
Write 454
Mixed 389
SusWrite 116
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 71.1
4K Mixed 37.7
144% 48.9 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 224
174% 233 MB/s
283GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 144 145 125 191 107 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 440
Write 308
Mixed 327
SusWrite 153
68% 307 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 32.4
124% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 214
180% 260 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 9.3 9.8 13 151 65 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 492
Write 421
Mixed 372
SusWrite 99.5
77% 346 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 74.2
4K Mixed 18.8
96% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 24.2
73% 150 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMX1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 19 45 50 20 17 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 268
Write 102
Mixed 341
SusWrite 66.5
43% 194 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 48.6
4K Mixed 26.4
96% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 269
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 26.6
77% 167 MB/s
314GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN4763
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 157 84 36 15 MB/s
48.6% Average
Read 305
Write 18.5
Mixed 1.7
SusWrite 55.9
20% 95.3 MB/s
4K Read 77.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 4.4
123% 27.2 MB/s
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN4763
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 53 6.7 4 5 4.7 MB/s
28.1% Poor
Read 300
Write 72.5
Mixed 83.1
SusWrite 20.3
26% 119 MB/s
4K Read 11.1
4K Write 17.7
4K Mixed 10.4
40% 13.1 MB/s
DQ Read 73.3
DQ Write 50.6
DQ Mixed 75
52% 66.3 MB/s
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asus B450M-DRAGON

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples125x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD  $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples118x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples83x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples96x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples75x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples73x
SSD
APS-SL3N-480 480GBBench 68%, 709 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples43x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples38x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $407

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