Kingston SA1000M8/960G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB
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Effective Speed +32% Effective Speed 32%Average Score +39% Read 51%, Write 94%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed 90%, 4K Mixed -9%, SusWrite 54%Peak Score +44% Read 68%, Write 109%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 107%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite 45%Value & Sentiment -439%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,767%, Price -58%, Value 81%Nice To Haves +108% DQ Read 112%, DQ Write 109%, DQ Mixed 150%, ADQ Read 112%, ADQ Write 106%, ADQ Mixed 150%, Age 31%, AS-SSD Total 90%

Average Bench: 130% (179^th of 1072)

Based on 2,107 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA1000M8960G, NVMe KINGSTON SA1000M

Poor: 84%Average: 130% Great: 159%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB averaged 29.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 650MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 596MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB is 75.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 456MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,107 samples)

Rank 179130%

Min	Avg	Max
456	Read 691	849
444	Write 786	1,011
355	Mixed 681	878
253	SusWrite 456	563
147% 654 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.3	4K Read 31.2	37.7
39.2	4K Write 91.7	127
21.1	4K Mixed 41.2	53.1
149% 54.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
329	DQ Read 693	777
131	DQ Write 596	749
158	DQ Mixed 650	829
486% 646 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

EST-User, 2 hrs ago.

894GB free

Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 537 439 507 512 520 517 MB/s

140% Outstanding

Write 793

Mixed 831

SusWrite 505

163% 723 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 79.6

4K Mixed 43.2

145% 51.4 MB/s

DQ Read 760

DQ Write 739

DQ Mixed 820

596% 773 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 days ago.

300GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 379 413 417 406 490 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 898

Mixed 778

SusWrite 427

159% 705 MB/s

4K Read 34.9

4K Write 95.5

4K Mixed 48.2

165% 59.5 MB/s

DQ Read 760

DQ Write 431

DQ Mixed 561

427% 584 MB/s

SWE-User, 11 days ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 417 346 434 447 306 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 880

Mixed 555

SusWrite 399

134% 592 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 72.2

4K Mixed 42.6

135% 47.5 MB/s

DQ Read 767

DQ Write 746

DQ Mixed 824

600% 779 MB/s

CAN-User, 15 days ago.

466GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 363 476 518 394 395 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 896

Mixed 807

SusWrite 454

164% 729 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 57.5

4K Mixed 36.8

121% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 654

DQ Write 484

DQ Mixed 556

419% 565 MB/s

HKG-User, 14 days ago.

83GB free

Firmware: E8FK11.G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 518 483 632 578 533 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 520

Mixed 405

SusWrite 530

115% 512 MB/s

4K Read 17

4K Write 56.5

4K Mixed 23.6

86% 32.4 MB/s

DQ Read 792

DQ Write 523

DQ Mixed 480

406% 598 MB/s

QAT-User, 2 days ago.

334GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 574 362 367 325 343 323 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 947

Mixed 834

SusWrite 382

166% 735 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 36.7

4K Mixed 24.2

79% 26.5 MB/s

DQ Read 735

DQ Write 655

DQ Mixed 754

549% 715 MB/s

ESP-User, 5 days ago.

516GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 299 259 296 361 320 MB/s

74.6% Very good

Write 476

Mixed 479

SusWrite 309

100% 443 MB/s

4K Read 9.1

4K Write 32.7

4K Mixed 22.3

60% 21.4 MB/s

DQ Read 631

DQ Write 102

DQ Mixed 163

172% 299 MB/s

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 131%

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System: Komplett PC

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $260Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	175x
Core i5-9400FIntel $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	175x
Core i7-10700FIntel $167Bench 93%, 44,448 samples	160x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	351x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	313x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	302x

SSD
A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GBKingston $146Bench 130%, 2,107 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	548x
KF3200C18D4/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 96%, 1,404 samples	207x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GBKingstonBench 90%, 30,532 samples	195x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $981

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston SA1000M8/960G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB

Average Bench: 130% (179^th of 1072)

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A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB

Average Bench: 130% (179th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 130% (179^th of 1072)