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APS-SE20G-256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 158% (145th of 1072)

Based on 1,193 user benchmarks.  Model: APS-SE20G-256
Poor: 99%Average: 158% Great: 209%

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Outstanding average bench

The APS-SE20G-256 256GB averaged 58.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the APS-SE20G-256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 532MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 631MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the APS-SE20G-256 256GB is 110%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the APS-SE20G-256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 332MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 41.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,193 samples)
Rank 145158%
Min Avg Max
549 Read 1,100 1,455
482 Write 955 1,225
332 Mixed 858 1,186
210 SusWrite 332 530
181% 812 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.7 4K Read 41.5 57.1
65 4K Write 142 212
32.1 4K Mixed 58.8 82.6
214% 80.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
340 DQ Read 643 824
242 DQ Write 631 1,144
222 DQ Mixed 532 860
429% 602 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
213GB free
Firmware: ECFM22.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 936 267 281 289 290 290 MB/s
217% Outstanding
Read 1,310
Write 1,215
Mixed 1,169
SusWrite 392
229% 1,022 MB/s
4K Read 54.2
4K Write 243
4K Mixed 82.1
316% 126 MB/s
DQ Read 735
DQ Write 1220
DQ Mixed 856
683% 937 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: ECFM22.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1074 1068 1074 1072 1079 1080 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 1,087
Write 314
Mixed 962
SusWrite 1,075
193% 859 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 61
4K Mixed 37.8
121% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 237
DQ Mixed 314
232% 310 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: ECFM22.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1074 1080 506 252 255 252 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 1,085
Write 1,068
Mixed 986
SusWrite 570
208% 927 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 68.7
4K Mixed 40
128% 45.2 MB/s
DQ Read 420
DQ Write 257
DQ Mixed 349
257% 342 MB/s
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Gaming 45%
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Desktop
Desktop 82%
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Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $79

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,694x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,083x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,285x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples982x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples980x
SSD
APS-SE20G-256 256GBBench 158%, 1,193 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples425x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $409

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