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SKC600MS256G 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 92.9% (295th of 1072)

Based on 190 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SKC600MS256G
Poor: 71%Average: 92.9% Great: 111%

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Excellent average bench

The Kingston SKC600MS256G 256GB averaged just 7.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SKC600MS256G 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 175MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 41.9MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC600MS256G 256GB is 39.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SKC600MS256G 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 368MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 355MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 190 samples)
Rank 29592.9%
Min Avg Max
288 Read 368 480
310 Write 397 460
294 Mixed 366 415
276 SusWrite 355 430
83.9% 371 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21 4K Read 33.7 43.4
38.3 4K Write 63 89.6
25.2 4K Mixed 41.9 55.4
138% 46.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
177 DQ Read 319 382
98 DQ Write 284 347
90.2 DQ Mixed 175 260
166% 259 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S4800105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 429 433 396 277 278 MB/s
87.9% Excellent
Read 351
Write 383
Mixed 351
SusWrite 371
82% 364 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 52.9
4K Mixed 37.5
120% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 126
144% 244 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S4800105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 399 407 400 345 277 MB/s
84.2% Excellent
Read 358
Write 416
Mixed 378
SusWrite 366
86% 380 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 53.9
4K Mixed 33.9
112% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 249
DQ Mixed 137
142% 235 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: S4800105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 175 268 279 227 151 MB/s
73.4% Very good
Read 332
Write 386
Mixed 336
SusWrite 227
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 55.4
4K Mixed 36.9
115% 39.3 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 166
140% 205 MB/s
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S4800105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 371 376 361 373 329 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 338
Write 382
Mixed 350
SusWrite 364
81% 358 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 34.7
4K Mixed 28.4
91% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 150
124% 180 MB/s
43GB free
Firmware: S4800105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 336 246 380 330 157 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 353
Write 326
Mixed 17.9
SusWrite 311
56% 252 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 49.7
4K Mixed 12.6
92% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 18.8
75% 172 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,730,506 SSDs tested

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Typical SKC600MS256G 256GB Builds (Compare 565 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
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Desktop 54%
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Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-1759

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples200x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples159x
Core i7-4700HQIntel  $370Bench 62%, 42,062 samples98x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples367x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 18,736 samples93x
GTX 850MNvidiaBench 14%, 13,931 samples47x
SSD
SKC600MS256G 256GBKingstonBench 93%, 190 samples1x
RAM
MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,484 samples55x
MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 1,633 samples36x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples27x
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