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KINGSTON SKC2500 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 211% (90th of 1072)

Based on 79 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe KINGSTON SKC2500
Poor: 109%Average: 211% Great: 272%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KINGSTON SKC2500 250GB averaged 111.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2500 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 404MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,019MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2500 250GB is 163%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2500 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 500MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 127MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 79 samples)
Rank 90211%
Min Avg Max
477 Read 2,019 2,755
433 Write 1,023 1,227
438 Mixed 1,056 1,333
274 SusWrite 500 727
254% 1,149 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34.4 4K Read 52 63.6
37.3 4K Write 127 223
34.7 4K Mixed 68.7 87.7
234% 82.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
291 DQ Read 642 733
118 DQ Write 587 1084
188 DQ Mixed 404 472
361% 544 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S7780101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1219 1086 612 361 360 364 MB/s
271% Outstanding
Read 2,670
Write 1,131
Mixed 1,292
SusWrite 667
318% 1,440 MB/s
4K Read 59.8
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 81.6
287% 105 MB/s
DQ Read 724
DQ Write 832
DQ Mixed 472
440% 676 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S778 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 285 298 360 356 260 MB/s
241% Outstanding
Read 2508
Write 683
Mixed 1,047
SusWrite 333
250% 1,143 MB/s
4K Read 63.7
4K Write 206
4K Mixed 90.9
322% 120 MB/s
DQ Read 731
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 8.4
127% 317 MB/s
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1142 534 639 404 380 372 MB/s
197% Outstanding
Read 2,223
Write 1,156
Mixed 1,147
SusWrite 578
282% 1,276 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 48.9
149% 49.3 MB/s
DQ Read 678
DQ Write 491
DQ Mixed 467
381% 545 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S7780100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 343 318 346 352 281 MB/s
173% Outstanding
Read 2212
Write 350
Mixed 464
SusWrite 329
181% 839 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 86.7
4K Mixed 43.6
150% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 456
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 268
237% 358 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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System: Dell XPS 13 9365

CPU
Core i7-7Y75IntelBench 44%, 2,904 samples400x
Core i7-8500YIntelBench 50%, 528 samples84x
Core i5-7Y54IntelBench 47%, 1,509 samples57x
GPU
HD 615 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 3%, 11,115 samples474x
UHD Graphics 615IntelBench 4%, 2,909 samples106x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples4x
SSD
KINGSTON SKC2500 250GBNvmeBench 211%, 79 samples1x
RAM
K4EBE304EB-EGCF 2x8GBSamsungBench 59%, 5,177 samples135x
MT52L1G32D4PG-107 2x8GBMicronBench 56%, 2,777 samples124x
K4E6E304EB-EGCF 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 7,516 samples77x
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