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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 59.7% (804th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON
Poor: 37%Average: 59.7% Great: 91%

Average average bench

The KINGSTON 2TB averaged 40.3% 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. Sequential Read Speed 444MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.6MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 83.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 139MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 80459.7%
Min Avg Max
383 Read 444 484
24.2 Write 266 399
51.8 Mixed 259 389
146 SusWrite 276 402
69.4% 311 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.7 4K Read 19.6 27.2
3.5 4K Write 37.8 133
6.2 4K Mixed 15.9 31.5
70.2% 24.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
76.2 DQ Read 139 233
12.4 DQ Write 83.4 275
18.4 DQ Mixed 43 88.4
50.4% 88.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
551GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S340
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 372 420 349 216 148 MB/s
91.1% Outstanding
Read 404
Write 395
Mixed 389
SusWrite 321
85% 377 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 31.5
152% 64 MB/s
DQ Read 172
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 88.4
105% 178 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: S340
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 428 422 416 423 426 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 484
Write 399
Mixed 370
SusWrite 402
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 20.9
4K Mixed 15.6
63% 19.3 MB/s
DQ Read 76.4
DQ Write 23.1
DQ Mixed 33.3
29% 44.3 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: S340
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 390 366 390 394 382 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 383
Write 358
Mixed 263
SusWrite 357
77% 340 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 21.1
4K Mixed 14.5
54% 17.3 MB/s
DQ Read 76.2
DQ Write 22.9
DQ Mixed 31.8
28% 43.6 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: S340
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 157 157 159 158 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 472
Write 156
Mixed 220
SusWrite 157
55% 251 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 10.4
4K Mixed 11.6
52% 14.3 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 12.4
DQ Mixed 18.4
40% 87.8 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: S340
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 159 157 161 161 161 MB/s
36.6% Below average
Read 476
Write 24.2
Mixed 51.8
SusWrite 146
38% 175 MB/s
4K Read 12.7
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 6.2
29% 7.47 MB/s

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