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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 76.7% (478th of 1012)

Based on 169 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON
Poor: 43%Average: 76.7% Great: 101%

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Good average bench

The KINGSTON 480GB averaged 23.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the KINGSTON 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 89.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.2MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KINGSTON 480GB is 58.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the KINGSTON 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 204MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 329MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 169 samples)
Rank 47876.7%
Min Avg Max
206 Read 421 518
88.5 Write 329 494
146 Mixed 338 501
64.9 SusWrite 204 424
72.3% 323 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.38 4K Read 26.2 40.2
16.8 4K Write 72.2 124
5.92 4K Mixed 23.4 45.6
108% 40.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
40.6 DQ Read 236 327
55.7 DQ Write 227 339
10.2 DQ Mixed 89.5 210
106% 184 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
317GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 280 1.7 44 44 MB/s
73.5% Very good
Read 401
Write 102
Mixed 300
SusWrite 113
50% 229 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 87.2
4K Mixed 31.5
124% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 187
168% 253 MB/s
262GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 36 53 41 62 43 MB/s
66.7% Good
Read 195
Write 101
Mixed 300
SusWrite 48.6
36% 161 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 90.8
4K Mixed 39.2
142% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 188
165% 242 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 150 142 178 223 108 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 343
Write 340
Mixed 282
SusWrite 152
63% 279 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 43.4
4K Mixed 22.3
74% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 269
DQ Mixed 98
107% 175 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,095,704 SSDs tested.

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Typical KINGSTON 480GB Builds (Compare 33,828 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $228

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $298Bench 80%, 381,041 samples14,898x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $200Bench 76%, 216,850 samples10,702x
Core i7-6700Intel  $259Bench 69%, 126,666 samples2,141x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $415Bench 78%, 671,944 samples6,544x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 105%, 561,146 samples4,245x
GTX 970Nvidia  $399Bench 52%, 506,553 samples4,008x
SSD
KINGSTON 480GBBench 77%, 169 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 84%, 269,498 samples2,681x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 85%, 22,126 samples1,697x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 72%, 33,337 samples1,669x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $1,004

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Intel Core i5-9400F $148Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200AMD RX 590 $180Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $58
Intel Core i7-9700K $369Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
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