Kingston

SKC600256G 256GB

SKC600256G 256GB
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Effective Speed -17%Effective Speed -17%Average Score -13%Read -11%, Write -11%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -47%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -15%, SusWrite 6%Peak Score +7% Read 0%, Write -5%, 4K Read 15%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite 20%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -27%DQ Read -28%, DQ Write -27%, DQ Mixed -34%, ADQ Read -66%, ADQ Write -61%, ADQ Mixed -70%, Age 85%, AS-SSD Total -18%

Average Bench: 84% (420^th of 1072)

Based on 43 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SKC600256G

Poor: 50%Average: 84% Great: 117%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Kingston SKC600256G 256GB averaged just 15.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SKC600256G 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 153MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 39.2MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC600256G 256GB is 66.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SKC600256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 315MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 197MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 43 samples)

Rank 42084%

Min	Avg	Max
293	Read 412	508
158	Write 364	462
202	Mixed 364	444
64.5	SusWrite 315	465
81.8% 364 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.6	4K Read 30.8	49.6
6.6	4K Write 59.6	117
9.3	4K Mixed 39.2	66.7
128% 43.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.9	DQ Read 197	286
46.8	DQ Write 179	282
38.4	DQ Mixed 153	247
124% 176 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 3 months ago.

214GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 349 341 347 355 349 MB/s

56% Above average

Write 268

Mixed 251

SusWrite 350

63% 280 MB/s

4K Read 14.8

4K Write 23.5

4K Mixed 18.7

59% 19 MB/s

DQ Read 139

DQ Write 134

DQ Mixed 135

102% 136 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 months ago.

214GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 295 317 274 323 319 MB/s

51.6% Above average

Write 274

Mixed 238

SusWrite 304

61% 270 MB/s

4K Read 14.5

4K Write 13.9

4K Mixed 19.7

55% 16 MB/s

DQ Read 71.4

DQ Write 151

DQ Mixed 101

80% 108 MB/s

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus M2N-E

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+AMDBench 37%, 5,400 samples	3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	3x

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GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	3x
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	3x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	2x

SSD
SKC600256G 256GBKingstonBench 84%, 43 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	12x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	8x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	6x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $152

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Kingston

SKC600256G 256GB

Average Bench: 84% (420^th of 1072)

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Poor consistency

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Motherboard: Asus M2N-E

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SKC600256G 256GB

Average Bench: 84% (420th of 1072)

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Very good average bench

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Poor consistency

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Motherboard: Asus M2N-E

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Average Bench: 84% (420^th of 1072)