Pioneer APS-SE20Q 500Gb NVMe SSD technical review

Posted on November 07, 2022 by Raymond Chen

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 NVMe SSD technical review

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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Video Review

Pioneer APS-SE20Q-500 Internal SSD Review

FAQ

The Pioneer APS-SE20Q has 512 MB DDR3. DRAM in their controller help to increase input/output performance and endurance.

The Pioneer APS-SE20Q due to the low density of memory chips may run with no additional cooling systems. Some motherboards or laptops already has thermal pads above or below the storage for better productivity during heavy loads.

The Pioneer APS-SE20Q 500Gb has write speed 3000 Mb per second, maximum read speed 3400 Mb per second. Storage run on Phison PS5012-E12S-32 controller and M.2 3.0 x 4 high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard. The memory type is Micron 3D QLC.
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