Kingston

SKC2500M8250G 250GB

SKC2500M8250G 250GB
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Effective Speed +115% Effective Speed 115%Average Score +122% Read 386%, Write 124%, 4K Read 49%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 176%, 4K Mixed 44%, SusWrite 39%Peak Score +155% Read 449%, Write 153%, 4K Read 50%, 4K Write 77%, Mixed 211%, 4K Mixed 59%, SusWrite 88%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +108% DQ Read 100%, DQ Write 210%, DQ Mixed 43%, ADQ Read 101%, ADQ Write 107%, ADQ Mixed 55%, Age 101%, AS-SSD Total 143%

Average Bench: 212% (90^th of 1072)

Based on 1,594 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G

Poor: 121%Average: 212% Great: 276%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SKC2500M8250G 250GB averaged 111.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SKC2500M8250G 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 404MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,224MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC2500M8250G 250GB is 155%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SKC2500M8250G 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 411MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 122MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,594 samples)

Rank 90212%

Min	Avg	Max
794	Read 2,224	2,783
430	Write 907	1,225
234	Mixed 990	1,316
252	SusWrite 411	728
249% 1,133 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.5	4K Read 51	64.3
33.1	4K Write 122	217
26.6	4K Mixed 65	92.4
225% 79.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
424	DQ Read 656	735
172	DQ Write 599	1,109
141	DQ Mixed 404	473
365% 553 MB/s

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

GBR-User, 5 days ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 311 358 364 317 362 MB/s

192% Outstanding

Write 362

Mixed 514

SusWrite 345

195% 906 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 51.1

183% 68.1 MB/s

DQ Read 452

DQ Write 375

DQ Mixed 387

297% 405 MB/s

USA-User, 11 days ago.

183GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 678 1007 734 350 369 360 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 1,056

Mixed 1083

SusWrite 583

233% 1,043 MB/s

4K Read 50.2

4K Write 97.5

4K Mixed 62.6

208% 70.1 MB/s

DQ Read 729

DQ Write 528

DQ Mixed 467

393% 575 MB/s

BGR-User, 1 day ago.

140GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 229 303 335 260 325 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 476

Mixed 949

SusWrite 305

154% 689 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 91.9

4K Mixed 44.5

149% 54.9 MB/s

DQ Read 674

DQ Write 483

DQ Mixed 389

342% 515 MB/s

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 98%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asrock B560M Steel Legend

CPU
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	261x
Core i5-10400FIntel $97Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	219x
Core i5-11400Intel $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	193x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	192x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	136x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	69x

SSD
SKC2500M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 212%, 1,594 samples	1x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	62x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	60x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	58x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $366

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
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

SKC2500M8250G 250GB

Average Bench: 212% (90^th of 1072)

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SKC2500M8250G 250GB

Average Bench: 212% (90th of 1072)

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Terrible consistency

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Motherboard: Asrock B560M Steel Legend

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Average Bench: 212% (90^th of 1072)