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SFYRSK500G 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2022.

Average Bench: 339% (20th of 1072)

Based on 70 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SFYRSK500G
Poor: 201%Average: 339% Great: 459%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SFYRSK500G 500GB averaged 239.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SFYRSK500G 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,328MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,834MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SFYRSK500G 500GB is 257%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SFYRSK500G 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 60.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 200MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 70 samples)
Rank 20339%
Min Avg Max
1,173 Read 2,304 3,043
1,252 Write 2,834 3,750
1,206 Mixed 2,323 2,849
591 SusWrite 1,473 2,664
504% 2,234 MB/s
Min Avg Max
40.9 4K Read 60.2 78.2
80.5 4K Write 200 338
50.2 4K Mixed 95.5 133
319% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
872 DQ Read 1,428 1,833
561 DQ Write 1,171 1,976
767 DQ Mixed 1,328 1,953
987% 1,309 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
386GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EIFK31.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3450 2324 2265 1121 458 495 MB/s
359% Outstanding
Read 2,877
Write 3,507
Mixed 2,629
SusWrite 1,685
603% 2,675 MB/s
4K Read 56.7
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 76.5
250% 85.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,751
DQ Write 1,109
DQ Mixed 1,583
1,139% 1481 MB/s
349GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EIFK31.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1783 736 499 498 568 611 MB/s
356% Outstanding
Read 2,764
Write 3681
Mixed 2,806
SusWrite 782
565% 2,508 MB/s
4K Read 82.8
4K Write 254
4K Mixed 125
420% 154 MB/s
DQ Read 1,724
DQ Write 1307
DQ Mixed 1,590
1,169% 1,540 MB/s
263GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EIFK31.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1412 776 461 461 484 488 MB/s
354% Outstanding
Read 2837
Write 3601
Mixed 2,684
SusWrite 680
551% 2,451 MB/s
4K Read 81.6
4K Write 296
4K Mixed 121
435% 166 MB/s
DQ Read 1,729
DQ Write 1,178
DQ Mixed 1,563
1,137% 1,490 MB/s
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EIFK31.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1455 515 519 507 500 499 MB/s
253% Outstanding
Read 2,064
Write 2,276
Mixed 2,059
SusWrite 666
397% 1,766 MB/s
4K Read 53.2
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 78.2
242% 82.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,407
DQ Write 1,013
DQ Mixed 1185
892% 1,202 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,799,465 SSDs tested

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Typical SFYRSK500G 500GB Builds (Compare 2,061 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 102%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation 91%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME - $122

CPU
Core i7-5930KIntel  $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples560x
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples529x
Core i7-5960XIntel  $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples470x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples216x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples199x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples123x
SSD
SFYRSK500G 500GBKingstonBench 339%, 70 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair  $117Bench 85%, 8,498 samples36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair  $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair  $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $794

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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