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Effective Speed -1,189%Effective Speed -1,189%Average Score -1,660%Read -1,361%, Write -4,458%, 4K Read -415%, 4K Write -419%, Mixed -1,685%, 4K Mixed -461%, SusWrite -2,822%Peak Score -2,522%Read -1,967%, Write -6,205%, 4K Read -1,010%, 4K Write -850%, Mixed -2,479%, 4K Mixed -1,012%, SusWrite -4,134%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves DQ Read -8,130%, DQ Write -3,434%, DQ Mixed -9,895%, ADQ Read -5,969%, ADQ Write -2,236%, ADQ Mixed -6,968%, Age -529%, AS-SSD Total -3,490%

Average Bench: 42.3% (939^th of 1080)

Based on 1 user benchmark. Model: KINGSTON SV200S3256G

Poor: 42%Average: 42.3% Great: 42%

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Below average average bench

The Kingston SV200S3256G 256GB averaged 57.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 19.7MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 28.2MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 102MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1 sample)

Rank 93942.3%

Min	Avg	Max
287	Read 287	287
102	Write 102	102
181	Mixed 181	181
108	SusWrite 108	108
37.6% 170 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.3	4K Read 17.3	17.3
39.9	4K Write 39.9	39.9
19.7	4K Mixed 19.7	19.7
72.6% 25.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.2	DQ Read 28.2	28.2
53.8	DQ Write 53.8	53.8
21	DQ Mixed 21	21
21.6% 34.3 MB/s

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Typical SV200S3256G 256GB Builds (Compare 1,712 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 35%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X58

CPU
Core i7-950Intel $89Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	624x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	302x
Xeon X5675IntelBench 75%, 8,072 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	121x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	82x

SSD
SV200S3256G 256GBKingstonBench 42%, 1 sample	1x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	320x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	256x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	193x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $289

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Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $291	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350

Kingston

SV200S3256G 256GB

Average Bench: 42.3% (939^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 42.3% (939th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 42.3% (939^th of 1080)