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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 66.2% (728th of 1072)

Based on 584 user benchmarks.  Model: KingFast
Poor: 31%Average: 66.2% Great: 103%

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Above average average bench

The KingFast 480GB averaged 33.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 501MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KingFast 480GB is 72.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the KingFast 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 216MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 14.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 584 samples)
Rank 72866.2%
Min Avg Max
360 Read 501 515
114 Write 389 446
15.7 Mixed 292 403
45.8 SusWrite 216 436
78% 350 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.7 4K Read 23.5 35
4.91 4K Write 61.6 123
0.3 4K Mixed 14.7 30.3
87% 33.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
56.4 DQ Read 153 320
7.1 DQ Write 218 340
0.3 DQ Mixed 40.3 165
71% 137 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
222GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0628A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 292 54 72 3.7 27 MB/s
44.2% Average
Read 454
Write 416
Mixed 13.7
SusWrite 124
56% 252 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 10
4K Mixed 0.8
40% 10.9 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 225
DQ Mixed 0.2
50% 119 MB/s
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG400400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 19 58 44 30 MB/s
43.5% Average
Read 442
Write 386
Mixed 210
SusWrite 64.7
61% 276 MB/s
4K Read 14.1
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 16.1
62% 22.8 MB/s
DQ Read 22.2
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 35.9
35% 53.6 MB/s
235GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0331A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 62 44 18 75 23 MB/s
40.9% Average
Read 478
Write 356
Mixed 53.1
SusWrite 89.1
54% 244 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 25.1
4K Mixed 1.8
50% 16.5 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 9.5
DQ Mixed 0.4
17% 43.4 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 164 248 10 97 3.8 MB/s
39.3% Below average
Read 482
Write 285
Mixed 365
SusWrite 89.1
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 13.8
4K Mixed 0.7
45% 13 MB/s
DQ Read 100
DQ Write 11.6
DQ Mixed 0.7
15% 37.6 MB/s
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 192 109 14 157 3.3 MB/s
29.8% Poor
Read 462
Write 442
Mixed 6.2
SusWrite 79.5
54% 247 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.2
24% 6.07 MB/s
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0628A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 128 217 63 40 36 MB/s
23% Poor
Read 320
Write 264
Mixed 10.7
SusWrite 117
39% 178 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 0.6
11% 3.57 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,857,536 SSDs tested

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Typical KingFast 480GB Builds (Compare 61 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Pro4/D3

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples14x
Core i5-7400Intel  $92Bench 64%, 234,266 samples9x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples7x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples14x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples4x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples4x
SSD
KingFast 480GBBench 66%, 584 samples8x
RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples5x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 28%, 4,460 samples3x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GBUnknownBench 52%, 4 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $247

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