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SNVS500G 500GB

SNVS500G 500GB
BENCHMARKS (34,043)
MKT (0.2%)
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Effective Speed -193%Effective Speed -193%Average Score -196%Read -221%, Write -259%, 4K Read -112%, 4K Write -64%, Mixed -219%, 4K Mixed -189%, SusWrite -309%Peak Score -213%Read -251%, Write -251%, 4K Read -255%, 4K Write -79%, Mixed -241%, 4K Mixed -177%, SusWrite -236%Value & Sentiment -73%User Rating -37%, Market Share -109%Nice To Haves -95%DQ Read -75%, DQ Write -59%, DQ Mixed -63%, ADQ Read -118%, ADQ Write -73%, ADQ Mixed -145%, Age -135%, AS-SSD Total -95%

Average Bench: 186% (120^th of 1079)

Based on 34,043 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SNVS500G

Poor: 108%Average: 186% Great: 244%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SNVS500G 500GB averaged 86.4% 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 606MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 727MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SNVS500G 500GB is 137%. 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 38.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 775MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 34,043 samples)

Rank 120186%

Min	Avg	Max
652	Read 1,302	1,691
283	Write 1,293	1,829
338	Mixed 1,010	1,371
327	SusWrite 775	1,358
246% 1,095 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.4	4K Read 42.1	54.2
41	4K Write 126	213
14.7	4K Mixed 38.3	79.4
180% 68.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
387	DQ Read 784	1,322
191	DQ Write 727	1,192
218	DQ Mixed 606	1,287
496% 706 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MYS-User, 5 hrs ago.

274GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8H40104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 755 904 1474 1542 386 292 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 1,518

Mixed 1,097

SusWrite 892

284% 1,265 MB/s

4K Read 49.6

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 25.7

185% 73.7 MB/s

DQ Read 708

DQ Write 806

DQ Mixed 490

443% 668 MB/s

ARG-User, 3 hrs ago.

370GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8H40104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 813 694 782 1195 1417 1061 MB/s

202% Outstanding

Write 738

Mixed 1,090

SusWrite 994

246% 1,103 MB/s

4K Read 48.4

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 29.6

178% 68.4 MB/s

DQ Read 710

DQ Write 434

DQ Mixed 486

385% 543 MB/s

ESP-User, 6 hrs ago.

317GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8H40104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 999 956 1076 1092 798 317 MB/s

197% Outstanding

Write 1,076

Mixed 941

SusWrite 873

239% 1,068 MB/s

4K Read 54.1

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 29.4

199% 78 MB/s

DQ Read 705

DQ Write 671

DQ Mixed 440

398% 605 MB/s

BRA-User, 7 hrs ago.

208GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8H40104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 1279 902 581 396 482 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,294

Mixed 946

SusWrite 790

260% 1,164 MB/s

4K Read 44

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 24.1

156% 59.3 MB/s

DQ Read 706

DQ Write 985

DQ Mixed 493

471% 728 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

266GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8H40104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 713 948 1402 467 215 247 MB/s

181% Outstanding

Write 1,356

Mixed 1015

SusWrite 665

246% 1,096 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 194

4K Mixed 25.1

193% 85.8 MB/s

DQ Read 706

DQ Write 696

DQ Mixed 488

425% 630 MB/s

NOR-User, 7 hrs ago.

147GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8H40104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 554 506 282 157 158 MB/s

127% Outstanding

Write 979

Mixed 848

SusWrite 327

182% 814 MB/s

4K Read 39.7

4K Write 87.7

4K Mixed 24.1

138% 50.5 MB/s

DQ Read 603

DQ Write 422

DQ Mixed 441

348% 489 MB/s

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Desktop 98%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B560M DS3H V2

CPU
Core i5-11400FIntel $104Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	1,576x
Core i5-10400FIntel $90Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,065x
Core i5-11400Intel $119Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	491x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $200Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1,076x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	469x
GTX 1650Nvidia $148Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	394x

SSD
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	353x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	476x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	216x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	206x

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Value: 120% - Outstanding

Total price: $304

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Kingston

SNVS500G 500GB

Average Bench: 186% (120^th of 1079)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B560M DS3H V2

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Kingston

SNVS500G 500GB

Average Bench: 186% (120th of 1079)

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Outstanding average bench

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B560M DS3H V2

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Average Bench: 186% (120^th of 1079)