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KINGSTON SNVS250 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 150% (155th of 1072)

Based on 251 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe KINGSTON SNVS250
Poor: 82%Average: 150% Great: 211%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KINGSTON SNVS250 250GB averaged 50.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KINGSTON SNVS250 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 399MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,158MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KINGSTON SNVS250 250GB is 128%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KINGSTON SNVS250 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 574MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 251 samples)
Rank 155150%
Min Avg Max
559 Read 1,158 1,598
201 Write 918 1,348
372 Mixed 855 1,108
191 SusWrite 574 966
196% 876 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16 4K Read 37.5 52.4
31.9 4K Write 109 226
11.9 4K Mixed 36.2 75.5
161% 60.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
207 DQ Read 398 557
138 DQ Write 523 1,097
154 DQ Mixed 399 645
318% 440 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
114GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFK9NO2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1172 957 370 84 73 64 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 1,106
Write 1,184
Mixed 1,048
SusWrite 453
213% 948 MB/s
4K Read 52.8
4K Write 252
4K Mixed 79.8
316% 128 MB/s
DQ Read 548
DQ Write 1,109
DQ Mixed 589
516% 749 MB/s
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFK9NO2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 939 196 107 384 79 289 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,081
Write 1,186
Mixed 1,052
SusWrite 332
205% 913 MB/s
4K Read 48.9
4K Write 234
4K Mixed 73.8
293% 119 MB/s
DQ Read 556
DQ Write 996
DQ Mixed 596
503% 716 MB/s
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8I40102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1315 732 147 186 213 204 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1,490
Write 1408
Mixed 1,196
SusWrite 466
255% 1,140 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 37.2
166% 61.5 MB/s
DQ Read 408
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 429
300% 379 MB/s
146GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8H40103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 736 822 833 308 192 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 1,226
Write 974
Mixed 888
SusWrite 623
208% 928 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 60.5
4K Mixed 20.7
110% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 292
198% 241 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFK9NO2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 753 296 590 690 81 174 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 880
Write 1,020
Mixed 890
SusWrite 431
181% 805 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 46
158% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 496
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 361
283% 394 MB/s
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 120 118 107 103 102 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 961
Write 127
Mixed 205
SusWrite 110
75% 351 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 30.4
4K Mixed 7.3
67% 21.8 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 93.6
96% 162 MB/s
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Typical KINGSTON SNVS250 250GB Builds (Compare 5,246 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 142%
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Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 141%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) - $201

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples1,657x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples509x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples495x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples766x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples612x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples326x
SSD
KINGSTON SNVS250 250GBNvmeBench 150%, 251 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples150x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples141x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $116Bench 89%, 144,399 samples140x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $861

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