APS-SL3N-256 256GB

APS-SL3N-256 256GB
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Effective Speed -45%Effective Speed -45%Average Score -44%Read -11%, Write -40%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -73%, SusWrite -100%Peak Score -13%Read -3%, Write -14%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite 0%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -28%DQ Read -20%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -51%, ADQ Read -62%, ADQ Write -26%, ADQ Mixed -103%, Age 59%, AS-SSD Total -14%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 67.9% (700^th of 1072)

Based on 728 user benchmarks. Model: APS-SL3N-256

Poor: 31%Average: 67.9% Great: 92%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The APS-SL3N-256 256GB averaged 32.1% 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 128MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the APS-SL3N-256 256GB is 61.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the APS-SL3N-256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 148MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 288MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 728 samples)

Rank 70067.9%

Min	Avg	Max
279	Read 413	492
104	Write 290	425
18.9	Mixed 288	390
40.4	SusWrite 148	389
63.5% 285 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.2	4K Read 28	39.8
7.06	4K Write 64.1	104
0.3	4K Mixed 26	41.9
110% 39.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
61	DQ Read 202	306
14.6	DQ Write 230	332
0.4	DQ Mixed 128	219
121% 187 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ARE-User, 21 hrs ago.

125GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 181 166 80 79 67 MB/s

87.3% Excellent

Write 374

Mixed 345

SusWrite 112

73% 329 MB/s

4K Read 39.1

4K Write 89.6

4K Mixed 41.7

160% 56.8 MB/s

DQ Read 241

DQ Write 305

DQ Mixed 198

170% 248 MB/s

USA-User, 30 days ago.

31GB free

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 72 79 40 39 39 MB/s

83.3% Excellent

Write 294

Mixed 370

SusWrite 75.3

66% 299 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 85.5

4K Mixed 42

162% 56.3 MB/s

DQ Read 307

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 15.4

74% 170 MB/s

IDN-User, 22 days ago.

105GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V4.15.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 250 247 253 253 260 MB/s

77.9% Very good

Write 395

Mixed 357

SusWrite 256

83% 371 MB/s

4K Read 34

4K Write 69

4K Mixed 21.1

115% 41.4 MB/s

DQ Read 197

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 31

74% 152 MB/s

IDN-User, 1 month ago.

109GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V4.15.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 252 254 253 253 253 MB/s

77.8% Very good

Write 433

Mixed 354

SusWrite 257

85% 379 MB/s

4K Read 34

4K Write 68.5

4K Mixed 21

115% 41.2 MB/s

DQ Read 199

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 30.7

74% 152 MB/s

FRA-User, 12 days ago.

183GB free

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 211 107 107 104 109 MB/s

74.4% Very good

Write 106

Mixed 354

SusWrite 160

46% 205 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 73.1

4K Mixed 36.3

139% 48.3 MB/s

DQ Read 306

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 220

192% 283 MB/s

TUR-User, 8 days ago.

27GB free

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 186 151 124 64 64 MB/s

73.3% Very good

Write 244

Mixed 307

SusWrite 133

61% 274 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 64.6

4K Mixed 31.8

119% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 258

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 198

170% 249 MB/s

MYS-User, 21 days ago.

49GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0330A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 117 85 77 74 58 MB/s

49.2% Average

Write 378

Mixed 373

SusWrite 95.5

73% 328 MB/s

4K Read 23.1

4K Write 28

4K Mixed 18.8

74% 23.3 MB/s

DQ Read 70.2

DQ Write 29.1

DQ Mixed 26.2

26% 41.8 MB/s

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Typical APS-SL3N-256 256GB Builds (Compare 1,723 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,305x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	121x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	178x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x

SSD
APS-SL3N-256 256GBBench 68%, 728 samples	1x

RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples	54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples	41x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $256

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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

APS-SL3N-256 256GB

Average Bench: 67.9% (700^th of 1072)

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System: Dell XPS 8300

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APS-SL3N-256 256GB

Average Bench: 67.9% (700th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 67.9% (700^th of 1072)