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SA2000M8/500G 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 178% (124th of 1072)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SA2000M8/500G
Poor: 114%Average: 178% Great: 247%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SA2000M8/500G 512GB averaged 78.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SA2000M8/500G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 370MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,501MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA2000M8/500G 512GB is 133%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SA2000M8/500G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 25.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 738MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 124178%
Min Avg Max
891 Read 1,501 2,155
54.2 Write 1,077 1,599
28.6 Mixed 886 1,234
97.8 SusWrite 738 1,429
234% 1,050 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.5 4K Read 40.8 49.7
15.7 4K Write 126 251
3.5 4K Mixed 25.8 37.1
161% 64.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
106 DQ Read 535 755
15.9 DQ Write 652 1,173
26.5 DQ Mixed 370 521
341% 519 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
444GB free
Firmware: V0721A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1474 1539 1532 1533 1533 1536 MB/s
256% Outstanding
Read 1,865
Write 1,534
Mixed 1,128
SusWrite 1,525
339% 1,513 MB/s
4K Read 44.2
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 30
178% 70.6 MB/s
DQ Read 737
DQ Write 917
DQ Mixed 493
465% 716 MB/s
379GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0709A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1358 1495 1495 1398 1555 1535 MB/s
255% Outstanding
Read 2,043
Write 1,611
Mixed 1,179
SusWrite 1,473
353% 1,576 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 28.5
170% 64.4 MB/s
DQ Read 897
DQ Write 654
DQ Mixed 555
474% 702 MB/s
410GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0721S0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1154 1144 1197 1211 1216 1214 MB/s
221% Outstanding
Read 1,819
Write 1,232
Mixed 1,088
SusWrite 1,189
298% 1,332 MB/s
4K Read 47.5
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 30.1
179% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 665
DQ Mixed 373
325% 473 MB/s
442GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1103F0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1559 1521 1536 1414 317 247 MB/s
214% Outstanding
Read 1,634
Write 1,562
Mixed 1,040
SusWrite 1,099
299% 1,334 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 26.8
183% 73.6 MB/s
DQ Read 725
DQ Write 590
DQ Mixed 552
442% 622 MB/s
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0323A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 575 305 208 202 573 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,298
Write 1,011
Mixed 903
SusWrite 418
202% 908 MB/s
4K Read 44.2
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 26.9
160% 60.5 MB/s
DQ Read 752
DQ Write 669
DQ Mixed 457
412% 626 MB/s
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0204A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 10 6 64 71 16 MB/s
88.3% Excellent
Read 1,741
Write 19.7
Mixed 13.2
SusWrite 30.8
94% 451 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
64% 14 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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Desktop 60%
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System: HP ZBook Studio G3

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples349x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples255x
Xeon E3-1505M v5IntelBench 66%, 6,024 samples145x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples405x
Quadro M1000MNvidiaBench 13%, 6,377 samples273x
HD P530 (Server Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 5,499 samples86x
SSD
SA2000M8/500G 512GBKingstonBench 178%, 42 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples60x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples32x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples32x
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