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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 74.7% (581st of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGMAX SSD 480G
Poor: 62%Average: 74.7% Great: 85%

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Good average bench

The Kingmax 480G 480GB averaged 25.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 131MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.3MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingmax 480G 480GB is 22.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingmax 480G 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 248MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 183MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 58174.7%
Min Avg Max
395 Read 422 442
259 Write 330 430
308 Mixed 330 421
197 SusWrite 248 397
74.5% 332 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.6 4K Read 27.3 31
47.2 4K Write 63.3 77
17.9 4K Mixed 28.4 32.4
111% 39.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.9 DQ Read 183 268
75.6 DQ Write 196 300
25.5 DQ Mixed 131 266
115% 170 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: .4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 362 361 411 410 414 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 442
Write 430
Mixed 421
SusWrite 397
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 47.2
4K Mixed 29.2
106% 35 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 266
192% 244 MB/s
223GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
75.7% Very good
Read 395
Write 266
Mixed 317
72% 326 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 54.8
4K Mixed 29.3
105% 36.4 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 46.9
92% 186 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: SBFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 366 230 95 94 93 MB/s
75.7% Very good
Read 440
Write 363
Mixed 308
SusWrite 197
73% 327 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 70.8
4K Mixed 32.4
124% 44.3 MB/s
DQ Read 188
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 177
134% 179 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: SBFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 346 207 93 93 95 MB/s
75.5% Very good
Read 431
Write 370
Mixed 311
SusWrite 198
73% 327 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 70.3
4K Mixed 31.8
125% 44.4 MB/s
DQ Read 188
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 177
134% 179 MB/s
229GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
74.6% Very good
Read 408
Write 260
Mixed 322
73% 330 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 53.4
4K Mixed 28.6
101% 35.3 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 51.6
93% 184 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: SBFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 353 215 95 95 95 MB/s
74.5% Very good
Read 441
Write 364
Mixed 311
SusWrite 198
74% 328 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 69.4
4K Mixed 29.4
121% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 176
133% 179 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,913,312 SSDs tested

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System: HP EliteBook 8560w

CPU
Core i7-2820QMIntel  $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples91x
Core i7-2670QMIntel  $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples77x
Core i7-2620MIntelBench 52%, 16,111 samples64x
GPU
Quadro 1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 6,108 samples291x
Quadro 2000MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,227 samples126x
FirePro M5950 AMDBench 5%, 1,394 samples47x
SSD
480G 480GBKingmaxBench 75%, 7 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples189x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples64x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples44x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $230

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