Kingston

SKC3000S1024G 1TB

SKC3000S1024G 1TB
BENCHMARKS (24,606)
MKT (0.2%)
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Effective Speed -46%Effective Speed -46%Average Score -36%Read -71%, Write -35%, 4K Read -35%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite -68%Peak Score -56%Read -84%, Write -35%, 4K Read -136%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -65%, SusWrite -17%Value & Sentiment -103%User Rating -34%, Market Share -172%Nice To Haves -19%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -1%, ADQ Read -8%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -8%, Age -104%, 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%

Popular builds with this SSD

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

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 6 hrs ago.

704GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3050 3946 3817 2805 1928 1245 MB/s

453% Outstanding

Write 4003

Mixed 2,938

SusWrite 2,799

704% 3,107 MB/s

4K Read 58.7

4K Write 218

4K Mixed 101

334% 126 MB/s

DQ Read 1,801

DQ Write 1,383

DQ Mixed 1,574

1,182% 1,586 MB/s

VEN-User, 3 hrs ago.

740GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1573 3672 4125 2799 1711 1480 MB/s

448% Outstanding

Write 4,208

Mixed 3,016

SusWrite 2,560

729% 3,228 MB/s

4K Read 76.8

4K Write 219

4K Mixed 112

376% 136 MB/s

DQ Read 1,413

DQ Write 841

DQ Mixed 1,143

847% 1,132 MB/s

BRA-User, 5 hrs ago.

389GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3501 2088 1263 1422 1247 935 MB/s

442% Outstanding

Write 3,951

Mixed 3,076

SusWrite 1,742

643% 2,840 MB/s

4K Read 75.9

4K Write 335

4K Mixed 122

448% 177 MB/s

DQ Read 2271

DQ Write 1,994

DQ Mixed 2,177

1,620% 2,147 MB/s

SAU-User, 6 hrs ago.

798GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3740 3517 3190 2723 1764 1267 MB/s

359% Outstanding

Write 3,840

Mixed 2,372

SusWrite 2,700

642% 2,830 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 99

4K Mixed 52.8

173% 62.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,268

DQ Write 739

DQ Mixed 1,172

827% 1,060 MB/s

CAN-User, 9 hrs ago.

560GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1730 1657 1461 899 918 919 MB/s

286% Outstanding

Write 2,252

Mixed 2,028

SusWrite 1,264

418% 1,849 MB/s

4K Read 47.9

4K Write 148

4K Mixed 86.3

262% 94.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,376

DQ Write 989

DQ Mixed 1,218

900% 1,194 MB/s

LVA-User, 3 hrs ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1452 699 597 610 603 615 MB/s

241% Outstanding

Write 1,498

Mixed 814

SusWrite 762

228% 1,006 MB/s

4K Read 51.6

4K Write 261

4K Mixed 67.5

303% 127 MB/s

DQ Read 1,676

DQ Write 1290

DQ Mixed 1,149

950% 1,372 MB/s

CZE-User, 9 hrs ago.

394GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK31.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1533 1526 747 1035 985 1152 MB/s

195% Outstanding

Write 1,555

Mixed 1,594

SusWrite 1,163

342% 1,520 MB/s

4K Read 36

4K Write 37.1

4K Mixed 39.8

125% 37.6 MB/s

DQ Read 529

DQ Write 117

DQ Mixed 172

165% 273 MB/s

BLR-User, 10 hrs ago.

818GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EIFK51.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 715 706 722 722 722 MB/s

162% Outstanding

Write 721

Mixed 686

SusWrite 690

156% 690 MB/s

4K Read 43.2

4K Write 95

4K Mixed 62.7

196% 67 MB/s

DQ Read 753

DQ Write 698

DQ Mixed 799

579% 750 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 - $200

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel $280Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	2,487x
Core i9-13900KIntel $440Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	2,022x
Core i5-13600KIntel $235Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	1,066x

GPU
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $732Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	1,447x
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,739Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	1,385x
RTX 4080Nvidia $960Bench 290%, 22,998 samples	1,018x

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

RAM
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 162%, 40,739 samples	820x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $105Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	736x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C32 2x16GBG.SKILL $110Bench 187%, 18,403 samples	596x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,326

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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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
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Kingston

SKC3000S1024G 1TB

Average Bench: 371% (22nd of 1080)

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Outstanding average bench

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Terrible consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX - $200

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