Kingston

SKC600MS512G 512GB

SKC600MS512G 512GB
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Effective Speed -3%Effective Speed -3%Average Score -5%Read -20%, Write -3%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed 0%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite 27%Peak Score -1%Read -1%, Write -7%, 4K Read 5%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed 6%, SusWrite 13%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +13% DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -23%, ADQ Read -1%, ADQ Write 0%, ADQ Mixed -31%, Age 156%, AS-SSD Total 1%

Average Bench: 95.9% (276^th of 1072)

Based on 115 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SKC600MS512G

Poor: 60%Average: 95.9% Great: 120%

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Excellent average bench

The Kingston SKC600MS512G 512GB averaged just 4.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SKC600MS512G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 199MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 43.5MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC600MS512G 512GB is 60.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SKC600MS512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 382MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 360MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 115 samples)

Rank 27695.9%

Min	Avg	Max
269	Read 382	503
273	Write 393	454
287	Mixed 360	405
289	SusWrite 376	437
85.3% 378 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.9	4K Read 33.2	45.2
27	4K Write 65.8	106
20.8	4K Mixed 43.5	61.6
141% 47.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
124	DQ Read 324	387
91.7	DQ Write 290	356
109	DQ Mixed 199	269
179% 271 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

SWE-User, 2 months ago.

442GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S4800105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 454 463 464 398 405 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 462

Mixed 399

SusWrite 437

94% 415 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 88

4K Mixed 58.1

189% 63.6 MB/s

DQ Read 389

DQ Write 354

DQ Mixed 177

186% 307 MB/s

POL-User, 4 months ago.

386GB free

Firmware: S4800105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 437 452 440 460 459 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 40.7

Mixed 277

SusWrite 449

63% 281 MB/s

4K Read 38.9

4K Write 73.6

4K Mixed 51.4

164% 54.6 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 174

181% 297 MB/s

LVA-User, 1 month ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S4500105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 411 420 424 444 446 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 442

Mixed 375

SusWrite 427

98% 434 MB/s

4K Read 33.8

4K Write 68.1

4K Mixed 43.3

143% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 361

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 267

222% 319 MB/s

ESP-User, 4 months ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S4800103

SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 441 441 452 454 453 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 451

Mixed 395

SusWrite 446

96% 422 MB/s

4K Read 39.3

4K Write 64.1

4K Mixed 48.1

155% 50.5 MB/s

DQ Read 343

DQ Write 269

DQ Mixed 142

151% 251 MB/s

ROU-User, 19 days ago.

105GB free

Firmware: S4800105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 426 428 407 385 428 MB/s

96.1% Outstanding

Write 17.1

Mixed 399

SusWrite 416

77% 346 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 65.6

4K Mixed 39.1

134% 45.8 MB/s

DQ Read 174

DQ Write 138

DQ Mixed 78.4

80% 130 MB/s

AUS-User, 18 days ago.

39GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S4800105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 430 436 436 328 343 MB/s

93.9% Outstanding

Write 434

Mixed 378

SusWrite 402

89% 395 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 57

4K Mixed 37.1

122% 41.1 MB/s

DQ Read 393

DQ Write 355

DQ Mixed 176

186% 308 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 months ago.

329GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S4500105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 375 382 343 390 319 MB/s

91% Outstanding

Write 409

Mixed 379

SusWrite 362

90% 399 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 55.5

4K Mixed 36.3

119% 40.2 MB/s

DQ Read 356

DQ Write 267

DQ Mixed 266

212% 297 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 months ago.

41GB free

Firmware: S4800105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 421 318 294 285 260 MB/s

85.2% Excellent

Write 432

Mixed 392

SusWrite 330

87% 386 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 65.2

4K Mixed 38.8

133% 45.3 MB/s

DQ Read 228

DQ Write 138

DQ Mixed 100

97% 155 MB/s

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

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System: Dell Latitude E7450

CPU
Core i5-5300UIntelBench 42%, 29,898 samples	1,197x
Core i7-5600UIntelBench 50%, 20,423 samples	1,147x
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples	100x

GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	2,365x
GeForce 840MNvidiaBench 9%, 20,978 samples	81x
HD Graphics 5500 (PHDGD Skylake v2.9)IntelBench 4%, 39 samples	1x

SSD
SKC600MS512G 512GBKingstonBench 96%, 115 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	343x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	176x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	121x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston

SKC600MS512G 512GB

Average Bench: 95.9% (276^th of 1072)

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Poor consistency

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System: Dell Latitude E7450

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SKC600MS512G 512GB

Average Bench: 95.9% (276th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 95.9% (276^th of 1072)