Kingston SA1000M8/240G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB
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Effective Speed +10% Effective Speed 10%Average Score +16% Read 44%, Write 55%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 58%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite -16%Peak Score +29% Read 64%, Write 77%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed 90%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite -6%Value & Sentiment -64%User Rating -11%, Market Share -339%, Price 77%, Value 16%Nice To Haves +72% DQ Read 92%, DQ Write 97%, DQ Mixed 78%, ADQ Read 77%, ADQ Write 59%, ADQ Mixed 69%, Age 32%, AS-SSD Total 75%

Average Bench: 108% (222^nd of 1072)

Based on 30,265 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA1000M8240G, NVMe KINGSTON SA1000M

Poor: 71%Average: 108% Great: 141%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB averaged 8.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 439MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 577MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB is 70.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 255MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 568MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 30,265 samples)

Rank 222108%

Min	Avg	Max
433	Read 657	832
253	Write 628	856
259	Mixed 568	803
124	SusWrite 255	364
118% 527 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.6	4K Read 29.3	38.3
47.6	4K Write 91.1	126
20.2	4K Mixed 38.5	52.5
142% 53 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
340	DQ Read 577	705
214	DQ Write 460	704
235	DQ Mixed 439	590
350% 492 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DNK-User, 3 days ago.

110GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 46 47 45 MB/s

474% Outstanding

Write 44.9

Mixed 86.8

SusWrite 43.7

317% 1,525 MB/s

4K Read 581

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 4.5

888% 196 MB/s

NOR-User, 2 days ago.

178GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 703 818 278 269 267 MB/s

154% Outstanding

Write 851

Mixed 806

SusWrite 522

169% 751 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 51.6

188% 70.1 MB/s

DQ Read 702

DQ Write 705

DQ Mixed 585

472% 664 MB/s

CZE-User, 3 days ago.

106GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 502 510 421 333 105 84 MB/s

131% Outstanding

Write 662

Mixed 650

SusWrite 326

134% 598 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 49.9

167% 62.2 MB/s

DQ Read 706

DQ Write 608

DQ Mixed 512

423% 609 MB/s

ITA-User, 4 days ago.

171GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 221 223 223 223 223 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 632

Mixed 640

SusWrite 263

126% 560 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 83.8

4K Mixed 47

148% 53.2 MB/s

DQ Read 704

DQ Write 678

DQ Mixed 589

470% 657 MB/s

CZE-User, 4 days ago.

50GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 172 168 175 171 175 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 270

Mixed 250

SusWrite 203

78% 355 MB/s

4K Read 25.6

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 44.7

174% 72.2 MB/s

DQ Read 506

DQ Write 499

DQ Mixed 496

375% 501 MB/s

FRA-User, 17 hrs ago.

174GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 255 259 260 258 236 MB/s

89.8% Excellent

Write 630

Mixed 588

SusWrite 285

116% 514 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 44

4K Mixed 29.7

95% 31.9 MB/s

DQ Read 686

DQ Write 242

DQ Mixed 417

320% 449 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	5,013x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	3,182x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,949x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,304x

SSD
A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBKingston $53Bench 108%, 30,265 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,558x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	960x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $651

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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 SA1000M8/240G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB

Average Bench: 108% (222^nd of 1072)

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Kingston SA1000M8/240G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB

Average Bench: 108% (222nd of 1072)

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