Kingston

SKC3000S1024G 1TB

SKC3000S1024G 1TB
BENCHMARKS (14,174)
MKT (0.3%)
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Effective Speed +313% Effective Speed 313%Average Score +420% Read 453%, Write 827%, 4K Read 81%, 4K Write 156%, Mixed 650%, 4K Mixed 127%, SusWrite 648%Peak Score +512% Read 536%, Write 895%, 4K Read 90%, 4K Write 180%, Mixed 664%, 4K Mixed 132%, SusWrite 1,091%Value & Sentiment +30% User Rating -11%, Market Share 70%Nice To Haves +412% DQ Read 516%, DQ Write 418%, DQ Mixed 531%, ADQ Read 395%, ADQ Write 321%, ADQ Mixed 443%, Age 223%, AS-SSD Total 448%

Average Bench: 406% (12^th of 1072)

Based on 14,174 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SKC3000S1024G

Poor: 239%Average: 406% Great: 591%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SKC3000S1024G 1TB averaged 306.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SKC3000S1024G 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,413MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,756MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC3000S1024G 1TB is 352%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SKC3000S1024G 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 62.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 224MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,174 samples)

Rank 12406%

Min	Avg	Max
1,309	Read 2,528	3,221
1,690	Write 3,756	4,823
1,456	Mixed 2,693	3,233
1,052	SusWrite 2,216	4,612
633% 2,798 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
40.6	4K Read 62.2	81.6
86.4	4K Write 224	342
58	4K Mixed 102	135
344% 129 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
907	DQ Read 1,616	2,260
537	DQ Write 1,216	1,857
639	DQ Mixed 1,413	2,090
1,057% 1,415 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NLD-User, 1 hr ago.

877GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK51.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3388 4056 4212 3975 2580 2318 MB/s

445% Outstanding

Write 4,222

Mixed 2,904

SusWrite 3,422

736% 3235 MB/s

4K Read 53.7

4K Write 202

4K Mixed 94.3

309% 117 MB/s

DQ Read 1,087

DQ Write 867

DQ Mixed 980

733% 978 MB/s

PHL-User, 6 mins ago.

873GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3470 2239 2325 2461 2566 3040 MB/s

414% Outstanding

Write 4,093

Mixed 2,992

SusWrite 2,684

718% 3171 MB/s

4K Read 58

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 82.9

259% 88 MB/s

DQ Read 1,420

DQ Write 923

DQ Mixed 1,233

903% 1,192 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

801GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2444 2513 2541 2559 2561 2512 MB/s

360% Outstanding

Write 2,521

Mixed 2,258

SusWrite 2,522

533% 2,355 MB/s

4K Read 54.9

4K Write 119

4K Mixed 80.9

250% 85 MB/s

DQ Read 1,234

DQ Write 683

DQ Mixed 1,031

747% 982 MB/s

TUR-User, 28 mins ago.

721GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK51.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2743 2315 2658 1671 1004 1049 MB/s

276% Outstanding

Write 2,664

Mixed 2,456

SusWrite 1,907

514% 2,270 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 65.1

4K Mixed 45.9

152% 49.9 MB/s

DQ Read 999

DQ Write 363

DQ Mixed 862

589% 741 MB/s

SWE-User, 19 mins ago.

369GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1388 1419 1047 1038 938 946 MB/s

249% Outstanding

Write 1,281

Mixed 1179

SusWrite 1,129

267% 1,182 MB/s

4K Read 53.6

4K Write 156

4K Mixed 84.9

272% 98.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,282

DQ Write 946

DQ Mixed 1,082

817% 1,103 MB/s

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Gaming 291%

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Desktop 123%

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Workstation 346%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $230

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel $345Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,352x
Core i9-13900KIntel $495Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	1,914x
Core i5-13600KIntel $279Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	985x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $680Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,353x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,847Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	1,281x
RTX 4080Nvidia $720Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	963x

SSD
SKC3000S1024G 1TBKingstonBench 406%, 14,174 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	778x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	692x
Skill Intl F5-6400J3239G162x16GBGBench 186%, 14,947 samples	555x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,255

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22 months ago.

I really like this drive, but it's a NVME disk not a 2.5" sata per the picture, the benchmarks think it's 'RAM' cached due to its performance and won't bench it. Kingston +1, userbenchmark - 1

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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
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HDD	RAM	USB
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

Kingston

SKC3000S1024G 1TB

Average Bench: 406% (12th of 1072)

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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 Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $230

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Average Bench: 406% (12^th of 1072)