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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 175% (128th of 1072)

Based on 80 user benchmarks.  Model: KZ1000
Poor: 54%Average: 175% Great: 254%

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Outstanding average bench

The KZ1000 1TB averaged 74.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the KZ1000 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 394MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 652MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KZ1000 1TB is 200%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the KZ1000 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 23.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 80 samples)
Rank 128175%
Min Avg Max
358 Read 1,268 1,914
232 Write 1,047 1,563
138 Mixed 809 1,207
204 SusWrite 869 1,548
224% 998 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.1 4K Read 39.4 51.1
25.9 4K Write 113 220
6.66 4K Mixed 23.7 35.8
150% 58.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
144 DQ Read 620 917
165 DQ Write 652 1,029
10.9 DQ Mixed 394 629
363% 555 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
646GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H221124a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1986 1923 1934 1936 1411 281 MB/s
261% Outstanding
Read 1,548
Write 2,147
Mixed 1,388
SusWrite 1,578
377% 1,665 MB/s
4K Read 51
4K Write 94
4K Mixed 65.1
210% 70 MB/s
DQ Read 1,019
DQ Write 643
DQ Mixed 602
510% 754 MB/s
159GB free
Firmware: U1006A5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1595 1657 522 302 302 265 MB/s
213% Outstanding
Read 1,870
Write 1,662
Mixed 1,250
SusWrite 774
310% 1,389 MB/s
4K Read 45.7
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 35.5
175% 64.8 MB/s
DQ Read 775
DQ Write 1,015
DQ Mixed 618
544% 803 MB/s
110GB free
Firmware: V0721A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1468 1091 230 316 258 286 MB/s
209% Outstanding
Read 1,622
Write 1,499
Mixed 1125
SusWrite 608
271% 1,214 MB/s
4K Read 50.9
4K Write 204
4K Mixed 34.8
230% 96.5 MB/s
DQ Read 840
DQ Write 994
DQ Mixed 582
532% 805 MB/s
678GB free
Firmware: U1006A5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 352 350 466 563 543 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 1,183
Write 1,197
Mixed 840
SusWrite 436
205% 914 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 38.6
4K Mixed 25
84% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 151
112% 148 MB/s
191GB free
Firmware: W0220A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 401 423 426 427 422 MB/s
97.1% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 438
Mixed 410
SusWrite 422
100% 445 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 89.2
4K Mixed 29.7
132% 49.9 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 46.6
94% 186 MB/s
426GB free
Firmware: HPS2428I
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 452 374 38 86 104 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 497
Write 466
Mixed 395
SusWrite 246
90% 401 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 6.2
114% 48.9 MB/s
DQ Read 188
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 6.9
71% 163 MB/s
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Typical KZ1000 1TB Builds (Compare 9,321 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-P

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel  $230Bench 101%, 65,651 samples1,923x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples1,540x
Core i7-10700KIntel  $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples739x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $272Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,078x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples865x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples841x
SSD
KZ1000 1TBBench 175%, 80 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples328x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples291x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 86,372 samples255x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $541

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $280Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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