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SKC2500M81000G 1TB

SKC2500M81000G 1TB
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Effective Speed -87%Effective Speed -87%Average Score -98%Read -78%, Write -172%, 4K Read -66%, 4K Write -41%, Mixed -117%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite -163%Peak Score -140%Read -110%, Write -191%, 4K Read -195%, 4K Write -61%, Mixed -160%, 4K Mixed -122%, SusWrite -140%Value & Sentiment -828%User Rating -37%, Market Share -1,619%Nice To Haves -104%DQ Read -68%, DQ Write -51%, DQ Mixed -214%, ADQ Read -47%, ADQ Write -46%, ADQ Mixed -136%, Age -193%, AS-SSD Total -79%

Average Bench: 291% (40^th of 1080)

Based on 3,615 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SKC2500M81000G

Poor: 185%Average: 291% Great: 374%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SKC2500M81000G 1TB averaged 191.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SKC2500M81000G 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 630MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,357MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC2500M81000G 1TB is 189%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SKC2500M81000G 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 147MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 53.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,615 samples)

Rank 40291%

Min	Avg	Max
1,326	Read 2,357	2,827
1035	Write 1,716	2,209
905	Mixed 1,489	1,795
490	SusWrite 1,197	1,910
377% 1,690 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.8	4K Read 53.5	65.1
68.5	4K Write 147	235
50.4	4K Mixed 74.9	98.7
255% 91.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
664	DQ Read 1,163	1,383
370	DQ Write 861	1,255
371	DQ Mixed 630	668
574% 885 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

SWE-User, 2 days ago.

199GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1026 1042 1018 1082 1156 1151 MB/s

321% Outstanding

Write 2,038

Mixed 1,660

SusWrite 1,079

414% 1,854 MB/s

4K Read 61

4K Write 197

4K Mixed 83.7

304% 114 MB/s

DQ Read 1,357

DQ Write 1,155

DQ Mixed 645

650% 1,052 MB/s

LAO-User, 4 days ago.

145GB free

Firmware: S7780101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1354 1120 1126 1118 1116 1123 MB/s

315% Outstanding

Write 1,861

Mixed 1,664

SusWrite 1,160

406% 1,819 MB/s

4K Read 56.4

4K Write 156

4K Mixed 80.5

271% 97.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,357

DQ Write 1,191

DQ Mixed 655

660% 1,068 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 day ago.

201GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 993 496 557 607 612 564 MB/s

307% Outstanding

Write 2,277

Mixed 1,764

SusWrite 638

416% 1,868 MB/s

4K Read 60.8

4K Write 215

4K Mixed 90.3

322% 122 MB/s

DQ Read 1,358

DQ Write 1,217

DQ Mixed 619

647% 1,064 MB/s

SVN-User, 2 days ago.

465GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1302 1078 1063 981 947 1109 MB/s

297% Outstanding

Write 1,967

Mixed 1,570

SusWrite 1,080

398% 1,782 MB/s

4K Read 52.8

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 73.9

255% 92.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,311

DQ Write 1,001

DQ Mixed 727

660% 1,013 MB/s

POL-User, 11 mins ago.

636GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1482 887 1040 1094 1109 1143 MB/s

279% Outstanding

Write 2,024

Mixed 1,349

SusWrite 1,126

379% 1,694 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 132

4K Mixed 76.9

238% 85 MB/s

DQ Read 1,181

DQ Write 800

DQ Mixed 652

578% 878 MB/s

DEU-User, 12 hrs ago.

641GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1210 1068 1073 1108 1102 1099 MB/s

267% Outstanding

Write 1,719

Mixed 1,663

SusWrite 1,110

393% 1,765 MB/s

4K Read 52

4K Write 99.8

4K Mixed 67.3

218% 73 MB/s

DQ Read 793

DQ Write 476

DQ Mixed 630

471% 633 MB/s

HKG-User, 4 days ago.

359GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1075 1048 989 401 1014 1006 MB/s

238% Outstanding

Write 1,580

Mixed 1,242

SusWrite 922

339% 1,523 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 51.8

177% 64.1 MB/s

DQ Read 849

DQ Write 643

DQ Mixed 651

512% 714 MB/s

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Gaming 127%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 105%

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System: Komplett PC

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $83Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	193x
Core i7-9700KIntel $240Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	188x
Core i7-10700FIntel $230Bench 93%, 44,448 samples	180x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	375x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	342x
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	333x

SSD
SKC2500M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 291%, 3,615 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $66Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	591x
KF3200C18D4/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 96%, 1,404 samples	212x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GBKingstonBench 90%, 30,532 samples	204x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $549

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $278	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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Kingston

SKC2500M81000G 1TB

Average Bench: 291% (40^th of 1080)

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SKC2500M81000G 1TB

Average Bench: 291% (40th of 1080)

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench: 291% (40^th of 1080)