Apacer AS2280F4 PCIe Gen5 1TB M.2 SSD Review

The drive is rated for read/write speeds of up to 12,000MB/s and 11,800MB/s, but that’s absolutely best case scenario, and the read speeds got extremely close to that, but the write speeds were coming in a little over 9500 MB/s, which is still extremely fast, but I was hoping to push that a little further.

IOPS are fantastic though, with around 250,000 read IOPS in the RND4K test.

One of the highest scores we’ve ever had for Anvil, coming in at 27,704, and seeing 13,000 MB/s read in the 128K read test.

The drive was a little slower getting to its maximum read speed, albeit as it’s so damn fast, the read has completed before its had time to get up to full speed! But it hit its stride at around 2MB. However, write speeds got to full speed from around 64-128KB test runs.

Again, very fast in AS SSD, showing extremely fast access times and a strong overall score.

This is reflected in the IOPS yet again, with incredibly high scores throughout all the tests.

Response times from the drive are impressive, showing fast loading times for ISO, programs and gaming loads.

AJA is a great test for those planning to record high-resolution footage to the drive, and since I’ve seen drives 1/4 as fast pass this test with flying colours, these speeds are clearly more than fast enough.

The compression test was great, showing consistent read speeds throughout, and only two drops in the write speed, likely caused by the CPU bottleneck, but the drive was nearly instantly back to full speed when the compression was ready to be written.

With a score of 15977, Final Fantasy XIV scored an “extremely high” rating, but I think that was to be expected.

This drive is rated to operate at its best up to 70c, and clearly, that premium heatsink and fan combo is doing its job, as the drive never exceeded 66c under sustained heavy loads.