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SNV2S500G 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 233% (71st of 1072)

Based on 18,653 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SNV2S500G
Poor: 127%Average: 233% Great: 323%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SNV2S500G 500GB averaged 132.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SNV2S500G 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 744MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,026MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SNV2S500G 500GB is 196%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SNV2S500G 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 52.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18,653 samples)
Rank 71233%
Min Avg Max
528 Read 1,804 2,448
292 Write 1,629 2,676
429 Mixed 1,346 2,051
150 SusWrite 951 1,854
321% 1,433 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.6 4K Read 44 64.5
63.3 4K Write 140 250
18.5 4K Mixed 52.6 94.8
208% 78.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
530 DQ Read 1,026 1,503
244 DQ Write 745 1,323
206 DQ Mixed 744 1,295
594% 838 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
411GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ELFK0S.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1311 2403 2623 2720 2413 524 MB/s
411% Outstanding
Read 2074
Write 2,735
Mixed 2,153
SusWrite 1,999
507% 2,240 MB/s
4K Read 73.5
4K Write 339
4K Mixed 113
436% 175 MB/s
DQ Read 1,794
DQ Write 1464
DQ Mixed 1,601
1,206% 1,620 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CRTP3011
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1578 1046 977 622 303 773 MB/s
261% Outstanding
Read 2220
Write 2,468
Mixed 1,551
SusWrite 883
399% 1,781 MB/s
4K Read 50.3
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 72.1
244% 88.2 MB/s
DQ Read 795
DQ Write 1,100
DQ Mixed 1,017
749% 971 MB/s
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBI02102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2182 548 381 385 387 380 MB/s
260% Outstanding
Read 2,422
Write 2,468
Mixed 1,744
SusWrite 710
411% 1,836 MB/s
4K Read 52.5
4K Write 188
4K Mixed 50
243% 97 MB/s
DQ Read 1,121
DQ Write 1007
DQ Mixed 785
665% 971 MB/s
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBI02102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 377 379 382 385 385 MB/s
227% Outstanding
Read 2,390
Write 1,893
Mixed 1,577
SusWrite 400
348% 1,565 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 45.3
204% 79.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,128
DQ Write 939
DQ Mixed 762
645% 943 MB/s
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ELFKAN.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 476 136 178 87 283 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 370
Write 208
Mixed 692
SusWrite 263
87% 383 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 99.4
4K Mixed 57.7
188% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 873
DQ Write 369
DQ Mixed 236
276% 493 MB/s
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Typical SNV2S500G 500GB Builds (Compare 6,907 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
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Desktop
Desktop 92%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H510M H

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,316x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples1,131x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples835x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples661x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples599x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples520x
SSD
SNV2S500G 500GBKingstonBench 233%, 18,653 samples1x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples327x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples151x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples130x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $253

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