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SKC3000S1024G 1TB

SKC3000S1024G 1TB
BENCHMARKS (24,606)
MKT (0.3%)
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(2)

Effective Speed -47%Effective Speed -47%Average Score -38%Read -73%, Write -36%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -20%, SusWrite -67%Peak Score -56%Read -85%, Write -37%, 4K Read -137%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -45%, 4K Mixed -65%, SusWrite -17%Value & Sentiment -53%User Rating -34%, Market Share -72%Nice To Haves -17%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -1%, ADQ Read -8%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -7%, Age -87%, AS-SSD Total -14%

Average Bench: 371% (22^nd of 1080)

Based on 24,606 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SKC3000S1024G

Poor: 237%Average: 371% Great: 518%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SKC3000S1024G 1TB averaged 271.2% 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 1,381MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,426MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC3000S1024G 1TB is 281%. 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 63.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 192MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 24,606 samples)

Rank 22371%

Min	Avg	Max
1,224	Read 2,429	3,203
1,364	Write 3,426	4,708
1,002	Mixed 2,572	3,211
827	SusWrite 1,893	3,910
583% 2,580 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
40.1	4K Read 63.7	81
82.4	4K Write 192	348
58.2	4K Mixed 92.3	133
317% 116 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
843	DQ Read 1,586	2,250
384	DQ Write 1,151	1,846
570	DQ Mixed 1,381	2,083
1,029% 1,373 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

MEX-User, 5 hrs ago.

273GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 2.1 18 32 27 64 MB/s

644% Outstanding

Write 62

Mixed 127

SusWrite 24.4

473% 2,280 MB/s

4K Read 707

4K Write 3.9

4K Mixed 7.7

1,083% 240 MB/s

QAT-User, 6 hrs ago.

381GB free

Firmware: EIFK51.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4469 4526 3451 1078 899 835 MB/s

475% Outstanding

Write 4,205

Mixed 2,892

SusWrite 2,543

687% 3,026 MB/s

4K Read 61.5

4K Write 331

4K Mixed 105

403% 166 MB/s

DQ Read 2,276

DQ Write 2147

DQ Mixed 2,163

1,637% 2,195 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 hrs ago.

540GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3322 2080 1228 1247 1308 1288 MB/s

454% Outstanding

Write 4,324

Mixed 2946

SusWrite 1,746

664% 2,935 MB/s

4K Read 68.3

4K Write 363

4K Mixed 139

474% 190 MB/s

DQ Read 2,227

DQ Write 1,867

DQ Mixed 2,098

1,558% 2,064 MB/s

CAN-User, 46 mins ago.

331GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2507 1596 1202 1218 1217 1277 MB/s

385% Outstanding

Write 3,991

Mixed 3,202

SusWrite 1,503

652% 2,886 MB/s

4K Read 74.9

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 106

352% 125 MB/s

DQ Read 1,955

DQ Write 1,202

DQ Mixed 1,576

1,175% 1,578 MB/s

BGR-User, 1 hr ago.

612GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3547 995 785 890 932 821 MB/s

335% Outstanding

Write 3,993

Mixed 3,093

SusWrite 1,328

609% 2,689 MB/s

4K Read 64.4

4K Write 217

4K Mixed 106

348% 129 MB/s

DQ Read 1,272

DQ Write 1,025

DQ Mixed 1,181

875% 1,160 MB/s

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Typical SKC3000S1024G 1TB Builds (Compare 10,266 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 291%

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Desktop 123%

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Workstation 346%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $210

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel $309Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,593x
Core i9-13900KIntel $416Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	2,093x
Core i5-13600KIntel $218Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	1,106x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $728Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,511x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,802Bench 370%, 37,290 samples	1,451x
RTX 4080Nvidia $993Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	1,059x

SSD
SKC3000S1024G 1TBKingstonBench 371%, 24,606 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair $110Bench 162%, 40,739 samples	845x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $88Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	758x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	629x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,357

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Excellent

2 years 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
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Kingston

SKC3000S1024G 1TB

Average Bench: 371% (22nd of 1080)

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

Strengths

Terrible consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

Market Share (See Leaders)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $210

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Average Bench: 371% (22^nd of 1080)