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KINGSTON SA2000M8500G 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 207% (92nd of 1072)

Based on 373 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe KINGSTON SA2000M8500G
Poor: 123%Average: 207% Great: 279%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M8500G 500GB averaged 106.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M8500G 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 320MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,430MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M8500G 500GB is 156%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M8500G 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 782MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 133MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 373 samples)
Rank 92207%
Min Avg Max
898 Read 1,430 1,717
504 Write 1,225 1,725
126 Mixed 923 1,290
359 SusWrite 782 1,315
244% 1,090 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.6 4K Read 50.4 68.5
44.9 4K Write 133 228
36.4 4K Mixed 68.6 98.5
235% 84.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
295 DQ Read 645 774
70.3 DQ Write 652 1,130
114 DQ Mixed 320 433
331% 539 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
155GB free
Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 698 541 541 543 537 646 MB/s
222% Outstanding
Read 1,041
Write 481
Mixed 1,200
SusWrite 584
185% 827 MB/s
4K Read 69.1
4K Write 199
4K Mixed 95.5
333% 121 MB/s
DQ Read 758
DQ Write 1,114
DQ Mixed 327
418% 733 MB/s
362GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z44101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 745 745 748 751 752 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1,847
Write 1,572
Mixed 1,028
SusWrite 763
291% 1,302 MB/s
4K Read 42.6
4K Write 66
4K Mixed 52
166% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 850
DQ Write 743
DQ Mixed 383
400% 659 MB/s
443GB free
Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1036 1012 1124 1125 830 549 MB/s
198% Outstanding
Read 988
Write 1,102
Mixed 983
SusWrite 946
227% 1,005 MB/s
4K Read 57.5
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 71.5
245% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 758
DQ Write 375
DQ Mixed 424
352% 519 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 267 592 533 540 539 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 1,258
Write 1,261
Mixed 523
SusWrite 508
198% 888 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 92.9
4K Mixed 39
137% 52.3 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 555
DQ Mixed 352
289% 403 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,908,294 SSDs tested

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Typical KINGSTON SA2000M8500G 500GB Builds (Compare 10,584 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 143%
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Desktop
Desktop 99%
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Workstation
Workstation 142%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-P - $200

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples3,274x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples1,499x
Core i7-10700KFIntel  $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples1,157x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,093x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples667x
SSD
KINGSTON SA2000M8500G 500GBNvmeBench 207%, 373 samples1x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples927x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples544x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples308x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $979

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