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APS-SE20G-256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 158% (153rd of 1080)

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 153158%
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%
183GB free
Firmware: ECFM12.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 303 303 300 302 302 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 1,369
Write 997
Mixed 1,035
SusWrite 399
212% 950 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 59.5
193% 70.6 MB/s
DQ Read 707
DQ Write 668
DQ Mixed 711
527% 695 MB/s
97GB free
Firmware: ECFM22.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 262 271 264 241 271 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,227
Write 503
Mixed 1,068
SusWrite 313
173% 778 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 82.7
4K Mixed 52.8
169% 57.8 MB/s
DQ Read 697
DQ Write 829
DQ Mixed 794
590% 773 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 269 271 262 266 271 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 1,108
Write 1,202
Mixed 1,028
SusWrite 268
202% 901 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 59.8
192% 69.1 MB/s
DQ Read 619
DQ Write 543
DQ Mixed 311
307% 491 MB/s
232GB free
Firmware: ECFM22.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 1049 300 298 302 302 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 401
Write 703
Mixed 499
SusWrite 528
121% 533 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 63
198% 73.8 MB/s
DQ Read 705
DQ Write 898
DQ Mixed 727
569% 777 MB/s
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 289 293 230 248 181 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 984
Write 1,014
Mixed 1189
SusWrite 252
193% 860 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 93
4K Mixed 37.1
165% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 686
DQ Write 675
DQ Mixed 554
451% 638 MB/s
219GB free
Firmware: ECFM22.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1067 967 252 251 252 249 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 1,048
Write 1,070
Mixed 954
SusWrite 506
201% 895 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 63.2
4K Mixed 41.3
133% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 323
236% 313 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 239 240 242 172 31 MB/s
90.8% Outstanding
Read 230
Write 1,069
Mixed 471
SusWrite 194
112% 491 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 41.6
177% 72.3 MB/s
DQ Read 476
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 309
245% 346 MB/s
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Desktop 82%
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Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $95

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Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,633x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,744x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $175Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,098x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,302x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples995x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples995x
SSD
APS-SE20G-256 256GBBench 158%, 1,193 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples942x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples600x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples433x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $404

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