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SNV2S500G 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 243% (61st of 1071)

Based on 6,635 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SNV2S500G
Poor: 142%Average: 243% Great: 348%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SNV2S500G 500GB averaged 143.0% 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 797MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,797MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SNV2S500G 500GB is 206%. 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 46.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 55.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,635 samples)
Rank 61243%
Min Avg Max
874 Read 1,852 2,467
341 Write 1,797 2,758
470 Mixed 1,454 2,086
225 SusWrite 965 1,919
340% 1,517 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.5 4K Read 46.6 67.8
67.1 4K Write 158 276
20.3 4K Mixed 55.6 99.4
225% 86.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
567 DQ Read 1,071 1,613
305 DQ Write 815 1,371
248 DQ Mixed 797 1,440
636% 894 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
291GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CRTP1311
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2338 2520 2437 2315 661 325 MB/s
330% Outstanding
Read 2,309
Write 2,556
Mixed 1,641
SusWrite 1,766
465% 2,068 MB/s
4K Read 51.2
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 77.4
262% 96.7 MB/s
DQ Read 776
DQ Write 1,410
DQ Mixed 810
695% 999 MB/s
428GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBJ00101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1551 1713 1552 1343 1573 1405 MB/s
293% Outstanding
Read 2,453
Write 1,978
Mixed 1,653
SusWrite 1,523
426% 1,902 MB/s
4K Read 42.6
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 48.3
203% 78.5 MB/s
DQ Read 959
DQ Write 892
DQ Mixed 711
592% 854 MB/s
328GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBI02102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2122 386 380 381 381 381 MB/s
261% Outstanding
Read 2,573
Write 2,377
Mixed 1,736
SusWrite 672
411% 1,839 MB/s
4K Read 50.4
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 49.5
236% 94.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,107
DQ Write 997
DQ Mixed 781
660% 962 MB/s
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBI02102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1000 375 382 382 383 383 MB/s
227% Outstanding
Read 2,296
Write 1,792
Mixed 1,530
SusWrite 484
340% 1,526 MB/s
4K Read 47.5
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 46.4
207% 79.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,101
DQ Write 835
DQ Mixed 761
626% 899 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBI02102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 268 247 284 208 200 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 2,088
Write 369
Mixed 503
SusWrite 247
173% 802 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 22.6
160% 66.6 MB/s
DQ Read 761
DQ Write 373
DQ Mixed 270
280% 468 MB/s
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ELFKAN.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 257 106 89 113 93 MB/s
99.7% Outstanding
Read 367
Write 351
Mixed 1,071
SusWrite 154
110% 486 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 78.7
4K Mixed 27.2
118% 44.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,069
DQ Write 746
DQ Mixed 966
706% 927 MB/s
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Typical SNV2S500G 500GB Builds (Compare 5,151 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 101%
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Desktop 103%
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Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4 - $120

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $155Bench 98%, 31,360 samples1,893x
Core i5-12400Intel  $183Bench 98%, 10,127 samples760x
Core i3-12100FIntel  $98Bench 94%, 5,882 samples598x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $365Bench 100%, 301,333 samples699x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $420Bench 128%, 365,409 samples626x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $530Bench 148%, 562,666 samples344x
SSD
SNV2S500G 500GBKingstonBench 243%, 6,635 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples259x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 36,835 samples257x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples147x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $683

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