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PCIe SSD 500GB

PCIe SSD 500GB
BENCHMARKS (9)
MKT (0%)
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Effective Speed -95%Effective Speed -95%Average Score -98%Read -206%, Write -108%, 4K Read -92%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed -114%, 4K Mixed -37%, SusWrite -130%Peak Score -111%Read -141%, Write -122%, 4K Read -183%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -122%, 4K Mixed -101%, SusWrite -96%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -33%DQ Read -37%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -32%, ADQ Read -26%, ADQ Write -21%, ADQ Mixed -27%, Age -76%, AS-SSD Total -40%

Average Bench: 279% (45^th of 1080)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Model: Kingmax PCIe SSD 500GB

Poor: 108%Average: 279% Great: 373%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingmax PCIe SSD 500GB averaged 179.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingmax PCIe SSD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,172MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,230MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingmax PCIe SSD 500GB is 265%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingmax PCIe SSD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 46.4MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,370MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 45279%

Min	Avg	Max
192	Read 1,370	2,465
722	Write 2,230	2,896
211	Mixed 1,509	2,100
538	SusWrite 1,371	2,330
367% 1,620 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
4.6	4K Read 46.4	67.8
93.1	4K Write 204	350
55.3	4K Mixed 81	109
282% 110 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
984	DQ Read 1,360	1,699
166	DQ Write 1,040	1,784
354	DQ Mixed 1,172	1,586
884% 1,191 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

VNM-User, 1 month ago.

175GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EJFM61.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2763 1582 1067 550 419 238 MB/s

315% Outstanding

Write 2,894

Mixed 1,598

SusWrite 1,103

383% 1,681 MB/s

4K Read 63.8

4K Write 350

4K Mixed 109

422% 174 MB/s

DQ Read 1,691

DQ Write 1,614

DQ Mixed 1,574

1,203% 1,626 MB/s

VNM-User, 10 months ago.

348GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EJFM61.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2913 2926 779 101 99 100 MB/s

313% Outstanding

Write 2,896

Mixed 2,074

SusWrite 1,153

418% 1,834 MB/s

4K Read 67.8

4K Write 336

4K Mixed 107

417% 170 MB/s

DQ Read 1,699

DQ Write 1,289

DQ Mixed 1,551

1,144% 1,513 MB/s

HRV-User, 15 months ago.

309GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EGFM13.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 491 478 480 485 451 MB/s

259% Outstanding

Write 2,314

Mixed 1,871

SusWrite 536

379% 1,689 MB/s

4K Read 46.6

4K Write 175

4K Mixed 75.7

260% 99 MB/s

DQ Read 1,499

DQ Write 1,398

DQ Mixed 1,483

1,104% 1,460 MB/s

MKD-User, 15 days ago.

325GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EJFMC0.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2339 2190 622 630 630 629 MB/s

231% Outstanding

Write 2,523

Mixed 1,787

SusWrite 1,173

392% 1,730 MB/s

4K Read 45.2

4K Write 97.4

4K Mixed 61.1

198% 67.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,142

DQ Write 656

DQ Mixed 1,021

727% 939 MB/s

VNM-User, 7 months ago.

210GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EJFM61.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2336 2373 1868 93 97 99 MB/s

212% Outstanding

Write 722

Mixed 211

SusWrite 1,144

140% 612 MB/s

4K Read 44.8

4K Write 191

4K Mixed 84.6

277% 107 MB/s

DQ Read 1,071

DQ Write 744

DQ Mixed 865

658% 893 MB/s

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B560M-PLUS

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Core i5-11400FIntel $100Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	580x
Core i5-11400Intel $115Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	342x
Core i7-11700KIntel $189Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	316x

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RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	479x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	307x
RTX 3070Nvidia $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	181x

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PCIe SSD 500GBKingmaxBench 279%, 9 samples	1x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	199x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	110x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	99x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $355

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Kingmax

PCIe SSD 500GB

Average Bench: 279% (45^th of 1080)

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B560M-PLUS

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Kingmax

PCIe SSD 500GB

Average Bench: 279% (45th of 1080)

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Outstanding average bench

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Terrible consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

Market Share (See Leaders)

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B560M-PLUS

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Average Bench: 279% (45^th of 1080)