Kingston

SKC6005 512GB

SKC6005 512GB
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Effective Speed -10%Effective Speed -10%Average Score -8%Read -4%, Write -0%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite 25%Peak Score +10% Read 2%, Write -1%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed 21%, SusWrite 22%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -2%DQ Read 7%, DQ Write 2%, DQ Mixed -23%, ADQ Read -52%, ADQ Write -6%, ADQ Mixed -53%, Age 106%, AS-SSD Total 5%

Average Bench: 89.1% (343^rd of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SKC6005

Poor: 66%Average: 89.1% Great: 114%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Kingston SKC6005 512GB averaged just 10.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SKC6005 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 170MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC6005 512GB is 47.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SKC6005 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 214MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 371MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 34389.1%

Min	Avg	Max
262	Read 439	515
224	Write 405	479
14.6	Mixed 378	442
142	SusWrite 371	472
89.7% 398 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.2	4K Read 28.4	50.8
34	4K Write 64.1	127
0.2	4K Mixed 35.6	70.5
123% 42.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
43.3	DQ Read 214	391
13.9	DQ Write 273	366
24.9	DQ Mixed 170	270
149% 219 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

EST-User, 6 months ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S420

SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 443 459 466 430 423 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 470

Mixed 435

SusWrite 444

104% 461 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 83.8

4K Mixed 54.4

177% 60 MB/s

DQ Read 357

DQ Write 364

DQ Mixed 271

228% 330 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

149GB free

Firmware: S450

SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 457 459 458 458 458 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 462

Mixed 414

SusWrite 457

103% 456 MB/s

4K Read 38.4

4K Write 75.3

4K Mixed 49.4

161% 54.4 MB/s

DQ Read 363

DQ Write 357

DQ Mixed 269

227% 329 MB/s

USA-User, 6 months ago.

237GB free

Firmware: S450

SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 454 457 444 376 391 MB/s

94.9% Outstanding

Write 426

Mixed 332

SusWrite 426

93% 413 MB/s

4K Read 24.5

4K Write 73.1

4K Mixed 34.5

120% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 352

DQ Mixed 242

197% 275 MB/s

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Gaming 59%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 66%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision T5600

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	97x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 01stBench 55%, 2,873 samples	82x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples	49x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	47x

SSD
SKC6005 512GBKingstonBench 89%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
HMT31GR7CFR4C-PB 4x8GBHynix-00ADBench 78%, 761 samples	41x
M393B1K70DH0-CK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 79%, 545 samples	39x
M393B1G70BH0-YK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 67%, 378 samples	24x

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Value: 143% - Outstanding

Total price: $132

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston

SKC6005 512GB

Average Bench: 89.1% (343^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 89.1% (343rd of 1072)

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