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KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G 250GB

KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G 250GB
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Effective Speed +163% Effective Speed 163%Average Score +173% Read 458%, Write 155%, 4K Read 74%, 4K Write 136%, Mixed 235%, 4K Mixed 91%, SusWrite 60%Peak Score +171% Read 475%, Write 154%, 4K Read 62%, 4K Write 126%, Mixed 223%, 4K Mixed 73%, SusWrite 87%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +134% DQ Read 101%, DQ Write 238%, DQ Mixed 43%, ADQ Read 116%, ADQ Write 157%, ADQ Mixed 54%, Age 202%, AS-SSD Total 159%

Average Bench: 259% (53^rd of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G

Poor: 210%Average: 259% Great: 312%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G 250GB averaged 158.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 400MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,551MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G 250GB is 103%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 473MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,035MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)

Rank 53259%

Min	Avg	Max
788	Read 2,551	2,911
566	Write 1,035	1,231
785	Mixed 1,201	1,366
224	SusWrite 473	722
289% 1,315 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.1	4K Read 59.7	69.6
75.6	4K Write 207	276
47.7	4K Mixed 86.1	101
310% 118 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
536	DQ Read 706	737
200	DQ Write 742	1,212
146	DQ Mixed 400	474
390% 616 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

POL-User, 12 months ago.

161GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1198 1215 615 351 354 352 MB/s

299% Outstanding

Write 1,200

Mixed 1,347

SusWrite 681

334% 1,516 MB/s

4K Read 66.6

4K Write 209

4K Mixed 96.2

335% 124 MB/s

DQ Read 728

DQ Write 1,062

DQ Mixed 466

473% 752 MB/s

POL-User, 12 months ago.

132GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1151 1095 432 352 273 227 MB/s

297% Outstanding

Write 1,205

Mixed 1,366

SusWrite 588

332% 1,507 MB/s

4K Read 66.6

4K Write 222

4K Mixed 96.5

342% 128 MB/s

DQ Read 728

DQ Write 1,093

DQ Mixed 471

480% 764 MB/s

ROU-User, 12 months ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 359 373 357 247 303 MB/s

247% Outstanding

Write 890

Mixed 1,314

SusWrite 324

276% 1,256 MB/s

4K Read 65.2

4K Write 203

4K Mixed 87.4

318% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 725

DQ Write 606

DQ Mixed 264

307% 532 MB/s

HUN-User, 8 months ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 256 347 260 247 237 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 566

Mixed 937

SusWrite 292

234% 1,078 MB/s

4K Read 38.4

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 69.6

214% 77.9 MB/s

DQ Read 704

DQ Write 402

DQ Mixed 345

312% 484 MB/s

CZE-User, 3 months ago.

129GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 507 352 269 337 353 244 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 634

Mixed 512

SusWrite 344

203% 933 MB/s

4K Read 36.1

4K Write 160

4K Mixed 70.2

229% 88.8 MB/s

DQ Read 646

DQ Write 432

DQ Mixed 413

342% 497 MB/s

LKA-User, 6 months ago.

133GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S7780101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 299 326 344 324 259 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 989

Mixed 954

SusWrite 332

197% 882 MB/s

4K Read 42

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 57.8

191% 66.8 MB/s

DQ Read 477

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 400

296% 395 MB/s

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 95%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B660M-K D4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $134Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	1,148x
Core i5-12400Intel $152Bench 98%, 17,352 samples	318x
Core i3-12100FIntel $93Bench 94%, 11,860 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	507x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	312x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	205x

SSD
KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G 250GBNvmeBench 259%, 25 samples	1x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	209x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	99x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	96x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $404

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Nvme

KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G 250GB

Average Bench: 259% (53^rd of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B660M-K D4

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KINGSTON SKC2500M8250G 250GB

Average Bench: 259% (53rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 259% (53^rd of 1072)