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AS350 256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 61% (793rd of 1072)

Based on 29 user benchmarks.  Model: Apacer AS350 256
Poor: 39%Average: 61% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The Apacer AS350 256 256GB averaged 38.9% 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 94MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.9MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apacer AS350 256 256GB is 46.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Apacer AS350 256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 166MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 150MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29 samples)
Rank 79361%
Min Avg Max
209 Read 413 474
77.7 Write 335 471
59.5 Mixed 293 421
35.5 SusWrite 166 434
67.4% 302 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.5 4K Read 23.9 39.5
14.2 4K Write 50.3 117
0.9 4K Mixed 20.3 42.2
88.8% 31.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.5 DQ Read 150 310
33.6 DQ Write 193 327
0.9 DQ Mixed 94 244
92.4% 145 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W020
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 447 448 243 42 69 MB/s
82.6% Excellent
Read 508
Write 449
Mixed 421
SusWrite 282
93% 415 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 59.5
4K Mixed 26.4
109% 38.2 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 352
DQ Mixed 50.6
101% 198 MB/s
161GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W020
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 21 18 102 302 18 MB/s
72.5% Very good
Read 501
Write 450
Mixed 424
SusWrite 115
83% 372 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 65
4K Mixed 27.9
115% 40.9 MB/s
DQ Read 152
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 49.4
91% 175 MB/s
231GB free
Firmware: AP61
SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 146 83 81 76 75 MB/s
65.4% Good
Read 470
Write 402
Mixed 317
SusWrite 130
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 67
4K Mixed 21.8
99% 37.5 MB/s
DQ Read 69.3
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 92.1
103% 166 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: W020
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 125 104 68 68 49 MB/s
53.6% Above average
Read 500
Write 448
Mixed 308
SusWrite 100
76% 339 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 16.3
4K Mixed 8.3
56% 16.2 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 50.3
98% 192 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AP61
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 124 104 35 26 82 MB/s
6.5% Terrible
Read 13.9
Write 289
Mixed 12.5
SusWrite 93.4
24% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.5
1% 0.17 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,892,064 SSDs tested

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Typical AS350 256 256GB Builds (Compare 273 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock H61M-VS4

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples49x
Core i3-3220Intel  $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples25x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples23x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples50x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples21x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples17x
SSD
AS350 256 256GBApacerBench 61%, 29 samples1x
RAM
ST51264BA1339.16FM 2x4GBCrucialBench 49%, 1,344 samples7x
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 8,612 samples7x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 11,344 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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