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KINGSTON SA2000M81000G 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 235% (67th of 1072)

Based on 629 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe KINGSTON SA2000M81000G
Poor: 137%Average: 235% Great: 314%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M81000G 1TB averaged 135.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M81000G 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 405MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 921MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M81000G 1TB is 177%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M81000G 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 958MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 147MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 629 samples)
Rank 67235%
Min Avg Max
842 Read 1,545 1,864
606 Write 1,359 1,803
368 Mixed 1,101 1,391
418 SusWrite 958 1,601
278% 1,241 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.2 4K Read 53.6 67.9
48.3 4K Write 147 236
36.8 4K Mixed 73.8 98
254% 91.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
528 DQ Read 921 1,073
96.8 DQ Write 713 1,117
139 DQ Mixed 405 567
415% 680 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
152GB free
Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1075 543 484 485 481 503 MB/s
270% Outstanding
Read 1855
Write 1,614
Mixed 1,313
SusWrite 595
300% 1,344 MB/s
4K Read 70.1
4K Write 242
4K Mixed 104
367% 139 MB/s
DQ Read 1,067
DQ Write 1,009
DQ Mixed 402
476% 826 MB/s
157GB free
Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 548 490 491 489 490 MB/s
259% Outstanding
Read 1,838
Write 1,598
Mixed 1,316
SusWrite 563
297% 1,328 MB/s
4K Read 66.6
4K Write 214
4K Mixed 97.3
339% 126 MB/s
DQ Read 1069
DQ Write 1,012
DQ Mixed 409
480% 830 MB/s
217GB free
Firmware: S5Z44106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1214 633 573 141 104 124 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 1,341
Write 1,474
Mixed 1,219
SusWrite 465
253% 1,125 MB/s
4K Read 58.3
4K Write 179
4K Mixed 83.8
290% 107 MB/s
DQ Read 958
DQ Write 954
DQ Mixed 362
435% 758 MB/s
649GB free
Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 274 269 271 268 266 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 747
Write 652
Mixed 665
SusWrite 269
131% 583 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 83.7
261% 96 MB/s
DQ Read 835
DQ Write 535
DQ Mixed 428
388% 599 MB/s
231GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 428 486 299 552 472 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 997
Write 473
Mixed 385
SusWrite 430
126% 571 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 92.1
4K Mixed 53.7
184% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 766
DQ Write 355
DQ Mixed 484
380% 535 MB/s
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 738 548 437 180 324 173 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 1,380
Write 1,258
Mixed 123
SusWrite 400
175% 790 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 58.7
4K Mixed 44.3
142% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 523
DQ Write 73
DQ Mixed 129
137% 241 MB/s
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Gaming 14%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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System: Dell Inspiron 5502

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples867x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples742x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples8x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,391x
GeForce MX330NvidiaBench 14%, 4,518 samples175x
GeForce MX350NvidiaBench 18%, 3,277 samples43x
SSD
KINGSTON SA2000M81000G 1TBNvmeBench 235%, 629 samples1x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples177x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 45%, 34,565 samples145x
SMS4WEC8C1K0446FCG 2x8GBUnknownBench 88%, 1,420 samples88x
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