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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 75.6% (563rd of 1072)

Based on 20 user benchmarks.  Model: KingFast
Poor: 56%Average: 75.6% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The KingFast 250GB averaged 24.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the KingFast 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 127MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.3MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KingFast 250GB is 32.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the KingFast 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 217MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 278MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)
Rank 56375.6%
Min Avg Max
405 Read 467 513
168 Write 281 435
38 Mixed 278 379
95.3 SusWrite 217 436
69.2% 311 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.4 4K Read 24.3 41.8
8 4K Write 63.9 108
14.6 4K Mixed 30.3 54.6
109% 39.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.2 DQ Read 226 385
61.3 DQ Write 196 346
16.8 DQ Mixed 127 263
118% 183 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free
Firmware: N0402C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 252 258 261 262 262 MB/s
79.2% Very good
Read 472
Write 260
Mixed 268
SusWrite 255
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 66
4K Mixed 31
107% 39.4 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 182
157% 233 MB/s
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 333 335 323 326 325 MB/s
78.3% Very good
Read 419
Write 368
Mixed 358
SusWrite 322
82% 366 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 41.7
4K Mixed 25.3
95% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 263
203% 281 MB/s
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KFS10010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 251 264 268 270 269 MB/s
71% Very good
Read 453
Write 267
Mixed 272
SusWrite 236
68% 307 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 48
4K Mixed 26
88% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 240
DQ Mixed 179
155% 228 MB/s
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KFS10010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 263 264 267 268 268 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 427
Write 264
Mixed 260
SusWrite 265
68% 304 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 49.1
4K Mixed 24.2
81% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 239
DQ Mixed 176
153% 227 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KFS10010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 143 108 101 115 96 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 456
Write 260
Mixed 268
SusWrite 124
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 20.6
4K Mixed 20.9
73% 21.7 MB/s
DQ Read 274
DQ Write 72.8
DQ Mixed 138
111% 162 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KFS10010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 108 75 76 82 80 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 405
Write 251
Mixed 128
SusWrite 95.3
48% 220 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 32.4
4K Mixed 22.1
74% 24.4 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 106
118% 201 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,795,007 SSDs tested

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Typical KingFast 250GB Builds (Compare 288 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 33%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 28%
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System: Asus GL502VM

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples279x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples9x
GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples288x
SSD
KingFast 250GBBench 76%, 20 samples1x
RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 16GBMicronBench 67%, 1,836 samples74x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 2,218 samples63x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples24x
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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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