KINGSTON 256GB

KINGSTON 256GB
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Effective Speed -17%Effective Speed -17%Average Score -21%Read 5%, Write -22%, 4K Read -27%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -87%, SusWrite -12%Peak Score -3%Read 4%, Write 3%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 20%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite -4%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -34%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -29%, ADQ Read -24%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -195%, Age 5%, AS-SSD Total -4%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 84.2% (418^th of 1071)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON

Poor: 57%Average: 84.2% Great: 101%

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Very good average bench

The KINGSTON 256GB averaged just 15.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the KINGSTON 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 85.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 88.1MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KINGSTON 256GB is 44.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the KINGSTON 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 265MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 333MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 41884.2%

Min	Avg	Max
286	Read 482	528
64.4	Write 333	499
241	Mixed 357	509
84.8	SusWrite 265	372
80.4% 359 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.28	4K Read 27.1	33.1
32.3	4K Write 85.8	124
7.3	4K Mixed 24.1	49.7
117% 45.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
141	DQ Read 263	357
58.9	DQ Write 248	344
1.6	DQ Mixed 88.1	256
112% 200 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GUF-User, 5 months ago.

121GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S4800105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 401 399 431 432 463 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 405

SusWrite 422

95% 419 MB/s

4K Read 47.7

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 61.1

206% 71.2 MB/s

DQ Read 382

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 166

177% 295 MB/s

DZA-User, 2 years ago.

124GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFM

SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 313 312 312 314 314 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 317

Mixed 316

SusWrite 313

82% 366 MB/s

4K Read 32.7

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 41.5

160% 60.5 MB/s

DQ Read 307

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 156

159% 258 MB/s

PRT-User, 22 months ago.

105GB free

Firmware: S4500104

SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 381 387 403 412 399 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 428

Mixed 390

SusWrite 350

91% 405 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 85.1

4K Mixed 49.7

150% 54 MB/s

DQ Read 300

DQ Write 344

DQ Mixed 256

211% 300 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 years ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFM

SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 262 271 298 300 297 MB/s

94.4% Outstanding

Write 315

Mixed 304

SusWrite 286

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 40.1

153% 58.7 MB/s

DQ Read 235

DQ Write 261

DQ Mixed 143

137% 213 MB/s

URY-User, 13 months ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKB1H5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 102 120 73 42 75 MB/s

75.2% Very good

Write 203

Mixed 348

SusWrite 84.8

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 75.3

4K Mixed 37.1

132% 47.3 MB/s

DQ Read 230

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 207

175% 251 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 years ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK

SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 93 98 103 106 105 MB/s

59.7% Above average

Write 312

Mixed 320

SusWrite 134

65% 291 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 32.3

4K Mixed 19.3

71% 23.5 MB/s

DQ Read 312

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 207

185% 278 MB/s

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-179B

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	864x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	286x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	629x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	416x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	154x

SSD
KINGSTON 256GBBench 84%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	182x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	120x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	98x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

KINGSTON 256GB

Average Bench: 84.2% (418^th of 1071)

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