Kingston

SNVS500G 500GB

SNVS500G 500GB
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Effective Speed +114% Effective Speed 114%Average Score +142% Read 207%, Write 250%, 4K Read 35%, 4K Write 72%, Mixed 214%, 4K Mixed -12%, SusWrite 229%Peak Score +178% Read 239%, Write 278%, 4K Read 33%, 4K Write 95%, Mixed 233%, 4K Mixed 42%, SusWrite 325%Value & Sentiment +69% User Rating -13%, Market Share 151%Nice To Haves +231% DQ Read 260%, DQ Write 239%, DQ Mixed 294%, ADQ Read 143%, ADQ Write 183%, ADQ Mixed 149%, Age 362%, AS-SSD Total 222%

Average Bench: 207% (82^nd of 1058)

Based on 21,516 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SNVS500G

Poor: 144%Average: 207% Great: 257%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SNVS500G 500GB averaged 106.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SNVS500G 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 620MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 806MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SNVS500G 500GB is 113%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SNVS500G 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 39.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 45.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21,516 samples)

Rank 82207%

Min	Avg	Max
921	Read 1,403	1,719
426	Write 1,403	1,835
617	Mixed 1,087	1,377
471	SusWrite 929	1,576
271% 1,205 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.6	4K Read 45.2	55.9
60	4K Write 149	237
18.5	4K Mixed 39.2	80.2
198% 77.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
592	DQ Read 796	1,324
336	DQ Write 806	1,194
405	DQ Mixed 620	1,253
516% 741 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

AUS-User, 54 mins ago.

428GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8J41100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1723 1760 1766 1388 577 633 MB/s

261% Outstanding

Write 1,750

Mixed 1,278

SusWrite 1,308

350% 1,562 MB/s

4K Read 52.2

4K Write 190

4K Mixed 41.4

233% 94.6 MB/s

DQ Read 684

DQ Write 973

DQ Mixed 511

475% 723 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

392GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8J41100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1693 1241 835 1789 1713 1730 MB/s

252% Outstanding

Write 1,777

Mixed 1,266

SusWrite 1500

348% 1,545 MB/s

4K Read 47.8

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 36.7

196% 76.7 MB/s

DQ Read 684

DQ Write 970

DQ Mixed 529

484% 728 MB/s

AUS-User, 15 mins ago.

434GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFK0N01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1467 561 571 576 577 585 MB/s

227% Outstanding

Write 1,864

Mixed 1,380

SusWrite 723

301% 1,334 MB/s

4K Read 48.2

4K Write 162

4K Mixed 72.7

252% 94.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,247

DQ Write 1019

DQ Mixed 1,175

868% 1,147 MB/s

RUS-User, 1 hr ago.

141GB free

Firmware: EDFK0N01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1076 715 499 477 492 479 MB/s

183% Outstanding

Write 1,240

Mixed 1,066

SusWrite 623

224% 992 MB/s

4K Read 45.3

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 64.2

216% 77.6 MB/s

DQ Read 953

DQ Write 663

DQ Mixed 804

602% 807 MB/s

RUS-User, 5 mins ago.

337GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8H40104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 895 916 706 939 763 726 MB/s

183% Outstanding

Write 561

Mixed 1,050

SusWrite 824

220% 988 MB/s

4K Read 41

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 24.6

149% 56.7 MB/s

DQ Read 704

DQ Write 581

DQ Mixed 486

407% 590 MB/s

PHL-User, 1 hr ago.

288GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8H40104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 598 1042 1100 1094 1108 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 1,090

Mixed 907

SusWrite 910

232% 1,035 MB/s

4K Read 45.1

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 27.9

164% 62.2 MB/s

DQ Read 678

DQ Write 446

DQ Mixed 437

360% 521 MB/s

PHL-User, 51 mins ago.

50GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFK0N01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1440 1516 669 384 359 375 MB/s

87.8% Excellent

Write 10.5

Mixed 16.9

SusWrite 791

79% 355 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 10.9

4K Mixed 8.1

48% 13.3 MB/s

DQ Read 63.7

DQ Write 8.2

DQ Mixed 368

184% 146 MB/s

ITA-User, 1 hr ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EDFK0N01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 443 323 472 230 281 MB/s

71% Very good

Write 619

Mixed 220

SusWrite 351

80% 352 MB/s

4K Read 7.4

4K Write 81.3

4K Mixed 12.9

71% 33.9 MB/s

DQ Read 699

DQ Write 209

DQ Mixed 202

215% 370 MB/s

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550M DS3H

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $144Bench 81%, 961,699 samples	4,776x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $200Bench 94%, 177,564 samples	2,559x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $286Bench 82%, 538,296 samples	1,405x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $220Bench 71%, 379,688 samples	883x
RTX 3070Nvidia $536Bench 153%, 451,588 samples	810x
RTX 2060Nvidia $250Bench 88%, 596,203 samples	789x

SSD
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 207%, 21,516 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 86%, 616,718 samples	1,108x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 230,743 samples	703x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 305,714 samples	531x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $424

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $446	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $292	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $378	Nvidia RTX 3070 $536	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $62	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17

Kingston

SNVS500G 500GB

Average Bench: 207% (82^nd of 1058)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550M DS3H

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SNVS500G 500GB

Average Bench: 207% (82nd of 1058)

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Average Bench: 207% (82^nd of 1058)