Kingmax

256GB 256GB

256GB 256GB
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Effective Speed -28%Effective Speed -28%Average Score -26%Read -7%, Write -32%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -40%, SusWrite -47%Peak Score -8%Read -3%, Write -7%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite 2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -20%DQ Read -20%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -6%, ADQ Read -43%, ADQ Write -24%, ADQ Mixed -47%, Age 10%, AS-SSD Total -15%

Average Bench: 76.9% (536^th of 1072)

Based on 144 user benchmarks. Model: KINGMAX SSD 256GB

Poor: 42%Average: 76.9% Great: 103%

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Good average bench

The Kingmax 256GB 256GB averaged 23.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingmax 256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 177MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.1MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingmax 256GB 256GB is 60.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingmax 256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 201MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 307MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 144 samples)

Rank 53676.9%

Min	Avg	Max
320	Read 426	491
111	Write 307	454
133	Mixed 316	437
74.3	SusWrite 201	395
69.8% 312 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
3.88	4K Read 29.1	40.7
16.7	4K Write 71.2	103
13.4	4K Mixed 32.1	46.9
123% 44.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
135	DQ Read 228	305
43.2	DQ Write 233	322
19.5	DQ Mixed 177	312
148% 213 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

HUN-User, 18 days ago.

17GB free

Firmware: SBFMP1.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 264 135 101 78 71 MB/s

85.6% Excellent

Write 221

Mixed 338

SusWrite 178

67% 302 MB/s

4K Read 35.7

4K Write 80.2

4K Mixed 38.2

146% 51.4 MB/s

DQ Read 234

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 189

161% 233 MB/s

IRN-User, 2 months ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFMP1.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 147 92 91 108 MB/s

74.6% Very good

Write 269

Mixed 360

SusWrite 114

66% 298 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 60.2

4K Mixed 31.8

119% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 292

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 107

132% 233 MB/s

VNM-User, 1 month ago.

188GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H190505

SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 227 228 231 229 151 MB/s

74.3% Very good

Write 242

Mixed 204

SusWrite 215

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 28.7

128% 53.2 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 151

DQ Mixed 165

120% 157 MB/s

MYS-User, 3 months ago.

187GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 315 340 355 280 184 MB/s

66.9% Good

Write 305

Mixed 313

SusWrite 292

72% 321 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 48.9

4K Mixed 17.7

84% 30 MB/s

DQ Read 174

DQ Write 234

DQ Mixed 38.2

75% 149 MB/s

PHL-User, 22 days ago.

26GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H190505

SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 114 135 120 123 118 MB/s

66.6% Good

Write 232

Mixed 211

SusWrite 126

55% 248 MB/s

4K Read 16.1

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 28.6

116% 49.2 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 146

DQ Mixed 158

117% 153 MB/s

HUN-User, 3 months ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H190505

SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 213 220 139 111 53 MB/s

57.6% Above average

Write 219

Mixed 230

SusWrite 146

52% 232 MB/s

4K Read 17.2

4K Write 72.9

4K Mixed 23.7

95% 37.9 MB/s

DQ Read 181

DQ Write 102

DQ Mixed 179

123% 154 MB/s

PHL-User, 2 months ago.

61GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H190505

SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 218 218 227 222 165 MB/s

48.3% Average

Write 31.1

Mixed 42

SusWrite 211

47% 218 MB/s

4K Read 13.9

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 12.2

38% 9.33 MB/s

VNM-User, 3 months ago.

110GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM61.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 71 152 81 84 34 MB/s

39.5% Below average

Write 181

Mixed 275

SusWrite 94.5

48% 215 MB/s

4K Read 14

4K Write 21.1

4K Mixed 14.7

51% 16.6 MB/s

DQ Read 200

DQ Write 50.1

DQ Mixed 15.2

40% 88.4 MB/s

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450M S2H

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,183x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,162x
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD $97Bench 72%, 52,721 samples	443x

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RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	542x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	490x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	439x

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256GB 256GBKingmaxBench 77%, 144 samples	1x

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DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	367x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	342x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	309x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $407

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingmax

256GB 256GB

Average Bench: 76.9% (536^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 76.9% (536th of 1072)

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