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SNV2S500G 500GB

SNV2S500G 500GB
BENCHMARKS (18,653)
MKT (0.4%)
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Effective Speed -134%Effective Speed -134%Average Score -136%Read -132%, Write -185%, 4K Read -103%, 4K Write -48%, Mixed -140%, 4K Mixed -110%, SusWrite -232%Peak Score -134%Read -142%, Write -140%, 4K Read -198%, 4K Write -52%, Mixed -128%, 4K Mixed -131%, SusWrite -147%Value & Sentiment -28%User Rating -37%, Market Share -18%Nice To Haves -62%DQ Read -54%, DQ Write -44%, DQ Mixed -62%, ADQ Read -67%, ADQ Write -69%, ADQ Mixed -99%, Age -32%, AS-SSD Total -67%

Average Bench: 233% (79^th of 1080)

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

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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

Average Bench

(Based on 18,653 samples)

Rank 79233%

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

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Deep queue 4k

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

UKR-User, 2 hrs ago.

363GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CRTP1311

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2501 2489 2431 2409 2062 343 MB/s

331% Outstanding

Write 2,564

Mixed 1,620

SusWrite 2,039

478% 2,121 MB/s

4K Read 50.7

4K Write 135

4K Mixed 70.6

239% 85.4 MB/s

DQ Read 777

DQ Write 1,125

DQ Mixed 804

650% 902 MB/s

BLR-User, 7 hrs ago.

219GB free

Firmware: EJFK3N.9

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2467 2470 1866 450 158 64 MB/s

318% Outstanding

Write 2,460

Mixed 1,487

SusWrite 1246

372% 1,640 MB/s

4K Read 57.5

4K Write 366

4K Mixed 97.9

406% 174 MB/s

DQ Read 1,210

DQ Write 1,666

DQ Mixed 1,081

916% 1,319 MB/s

MEX-User, 8 hrs ago.

185GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBJ00103

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1847 993 308 265 255 170 MB/s

228% Outstanding

Write 1,941

Mixed 1,618

SusWrite 640

364% 1,629 MB/s

4K Read 40.9

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 47.3

183% 67.2 MB/s

DQ Read 977

DQ Write 834

DQ Mixed 759

609% 857 MB/s

DEU-User, 44 mins ago.

72GB free

Firmware: SBI02102

SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 296 337 312 321 334 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 361

Mixed 506

SusWrite 328

175% 811 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 92.7

4K Mixed 20.1

124% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 788

DQ Write 372

DQ Mixed 270

283% 477 MB/s

MEX-User, 7 hrs ago.

207GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBI02102

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 304 238 303 302 287 MB/s

137% Outstanding

Write 363

Mixed 441

SusWrite 290

128% 586 MB/s

4K Read 33.8

4K Write 148

4K Mixed 18.2

153% 66.7 MB/s

DQ Read 805

DQ Write 370

DQ Mixed 238

269% 471 MB/s

MEX-User, 6 hrs ago.

56GB free (System drive)

Firmware: ELFK0S.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 287 138 137 161 115 MB/s

84.9% Excellent

Write 214

Mixed 445

SusWrite 165

86% 391 MB/s

4K Read 13.1

4K Write 85.2

4K Mixed 26.6

99% 41.6 MB/s

DQ Read 477

DQ Write 188

DQ Mixed 384

271% 350 MB/s

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H510M H

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $94Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,417x
Core i5-11400FIntel $100Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	1,224x
Core i3-10100FIntel $69Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	870x

GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia $147Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	698x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	652x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples	541x

SSD
SNV2S500G 500GBKingstonBench 233%, 18,653 samples	1x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	346x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	154x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	143x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $241

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Kingston

SNV2S500G 500GB

Average Bench: 233% (79^th of 1080)

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Kingston

SNV2S500G 500GB

Average Bench: 233% (79th of 1080)

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Outstanding average bench

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Terrible consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H510M H

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Average Bench: 233% (79^th of 1080)