APC UPS, ENERGY STAR certified
APC Smart-UPS 3000VA LCD 120V
3,000 VA / 2,700 W line interactive UPS, model number SMT3000C.
Capacity
3,000 VA
2,700 W real power
Topology
Line Interactive
Efficiency
98.7%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
17 min
5 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 3,000 VA and 2,700 W, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 2,160 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 98.7% compares with a median of 93.1% across 95 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 5.2 W, about $5.97 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- APC
- Model
- APC Smart-UPS 3000VA LCD 120V
- Model number
- SMT3000C
- Apparent power rating
- 3,000 VA
- Real power rating
- 2,700 W
- Power factor
- 0.90
- Topology
- Line Interactive
- Intended use
- Commercial
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 17 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 5 min
- Battery warranty
- 2 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 98.7%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 98.9% / 98.9% / 98.7% / 98.4%
- Input power at no load
- 5.2 W
- Outlets
- 10 (10 battery + surge, 0 surge only)
- Rack mountable
- No
- Rated input voltage
- 110-125 V
- Rated output voltage
- 110-125 V
- Connections
- Serial Port,USB Port,Ethernet
- Size (H x W x D)
- 432 x 196 x 544 mm
- Maker take-back program
- Yes
- On the market since
- Jun 2020
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 4 Jul 2019
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: APC Smart-UPS 3000VA LCD 120V with SmartConnect Factory Serviced, SMT3000CW, Std Exch APC Smart-UPS 3000VA LCD 120V with SmartConnect, SMT3000CQ.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 2340883, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the APC Smart-UPS 3000VA LCD 120V
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CyberPower PR3000RTXL2UHVA | 3,000 VA / 3,000 W | Line Interactive | 98.9% | 11 min |
| Delta RT-3K | 3,000 VA / 2,700 W | Double Conversion | 92.0% | 12 min |
| CyberPower OL3000RTXL2UHV | 3,000 VA / 2,700 W | Double Conversion | 92.0% | 11 min |
| CyberPower OL3000RTXL2UHVN | 3,000 VA / 2,700 W | Double Conversion | 92.0% | 11 min |
| CyberPower OL3000RTXL2UHVTAA | 3,000 VA / 2,700 W | Double Conversion | 92.0% | 11 min |
| CyberPower OL3000RT JP | 3,000 VA / 2,700 W | Double Conversion | 91.5% | 11 min |
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