Kingston SKC1000/480G

KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB

KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB
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Effective Speed +66% Effective Speed 66%Average Score +64% Read 111%, Write 141%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 50%, 4K Mixed -9%, SusWrite 155%Peak Score +86% Read 132%, Write 187%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed 91%, 4K Mixed -5%, SusWrite 209%Value & Sentiment -500%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,733%, Price -229%, Value -25%Nice To Haves +122% DQ Read 239%, DQ Write 119%, DQ Mixed 88%, ADQ Read 170%, ADQ Write 110%, ADQ Mixed 81%, Age 17%, AS-SSD Total 156%

Average Bench: 164% (139^th of 1071)

Based on 1,236 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SKC1000480G, NVMe KINGSTON SKC1000

Poor: 107%Average: 164% Great: 209%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB averaged 63.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 470MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 880MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 539MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 88.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,236 samples)

Rank 139164%

Min	Avg	Max
608	Read 966	1,174
255	Write 977	1,394
244	Mixed 539	810
243	SusWrite 755	1,196
182% 809 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.7	4K Read 33.6	40.2
47.6	4K Write 88.5	114
27.7	4K Mixed 41.3	55.5
151% 54.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
396	DQ Read 880	1,243
149	DQ Write 606	786
210	DQ Mixed 470	623
424% 652 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 26 days ago.

296GB free

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1266 1243 966 884 801 764 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 1,412

Mixed 830

SusWrite 987

249% 1,105 MB/s

4K Read 40.3

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 55.7

192% 69.3 MB/s

DQ Read 836

DQ Write 772

DQ Mixed 623

517% 744 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 months ago.

158GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 1039 1204 1253 1256 1089 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 1,321

Mixed 543

SusWrite 1,107

227% 1,006 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 44.2

165% 62.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1134

DQ Write 786

DQ Mixed 517

506% 812 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 month ago.

322GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1010 725 843 804 680 224 MB/s

158% Outstanding

Write 1,177

Mixed 539

SusWrite 714

188% 836 MB/s

4K Read 30.3

4K Write 75.3

4K Mixed 38.2

135% 47.9 MB/s

DQ Read 864

DQ Write 753

DQ Mixed 517

467% 712 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 months ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 877 1110 1154 854 817 MB/s

149% Outstanding

Write 289

Mixed 293

SusWrite 839

129% 579 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 65.5

4K Mixed 33.4

118% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 886

DQ Write 293

DQ Mixed 311

302% 497 MB/s

HUN-User, 1 month ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 300 298 284 283 522 MB/s

134% Outstanding

Write 308

Mixed 325

SusWrite 326

101% 457 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 135

4K Mixed 41.1

169% 68.6 MB/s

DQ Read 958

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 294

307% 523 MB/s

FIN-User, 1 month ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 715 749 739 695 656 MB/s

134% Outstanding

Write 269

Mixed 337

SusWrite 663

123% 554 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 49.6

4K Mixed 30.5

105% 35.3 MB/s

DQ Read 817

DQ Write 232

DQ Mixed 226

244% 425 MB/s

FIN-User, 1 month ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 621 662 653 620 572 538 MB/s

133% Outstanding

Write 995

Mixed 540

SusWrite 611

172% 768 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 50.7

4K Mixed 31

106% 36 MB/s

DQ Read 460

DQ Write 690

DQ Mixed 540

419% 563 MB/s

HUN-User, 1 month ago.

88GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 276 244 223 231 227 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 261

Mixed 246

SusWrite 250

84% 384 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 70.2

4K Mixed 35.7

127% 45.1 MB/s

DQ Read 914

DQ Write 313

DQ Mixed 282

295% 503 MB/s

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Gaming 169%

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Desktop 108%

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Workstation 172%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690 UD DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $186Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	1,419x
Core i7-12700KIntel $250Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	1,066x
Core i7-12700KFIntel $232Bench 114%, 70,812 samples	623x

GPU
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $450Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	530x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	524x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	521x

SSD
KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GBKingston $320Bench 164%, 1,236 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	224x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 47,657 samples	135x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,024

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston SKC1000/480G

KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB

Average Bench: 164% (139^th of 1071)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690 UD DDR4

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KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB

Average Bench: 164% (139th of 1071)

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