Pioneer APS-SE20Q 500Gb NVMe SSD technical review
Pioneer's APS-SE20Q SSD works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 expansion standard. Read below about this NVMe SSD on this site.
Pioneer APS-SE20Q 500Gb works on Phison PS5012-E12S-32 controller. The NVMe SSD write a data location map on DRAM 512 MB DDR3 to open a files faster. The APS-SE20Q comes equipped with Micron 3D QLC memory. Internal SSD besides, available in 2 Tb and 1 Tb capacities.
Performance and benchmarks
SSD use PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 expansion standard with write speeds 3000 Mbps, and sequential read speeds 3400 MB/s. It also has IOPS 0 on writing and 650000 on reading operations per second.
Endurance and warranty
Pioneer give 3 years of warranty limited by 200 TBW.
Specs
| Category | Value |
| Capacity | 500 Gb |
| Interface | M.2 3.0 x 4 |
| Controller | Phison PS5012-E12S-32 |
| Memory type | Micron 3D QLC |
| DRAM | 512 MB DDR3 |
| Read speed (Mb/s) | 3400 |
| Write speed (Mb/s) | 3000 |
| Read IOPS | 650000 |
| Write IOPS | 0 |
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (million hours) | n/a |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Conclusion
APS-SE20Q (500Gb) produced by Pioneer support PCIe 3 that is undoubtedly slower than PCIe 4.0. The maximum write speed is 3000 Mb/s, that is pretty good for this expansion standard. The Internal SSD can write 200 TBW, that is bad in comparison with closest competitors. After evaluating all the facts, Pioneer APS-SE20Q 500Gb has more cons and we do not recommend to have it.
+ Pros
- Good writing speed
- Cons
- PCIe 3.0
- Capacity
- Writing speed
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