Kingston SKC1000/240G

KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB

KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB
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Effective Speed +39% Effective Speed 39%Average Score +26% Read 104%, Write 36%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed 13%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite 49%Peak Score +66% Read 127%, Write 164%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed 78%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite 119%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -28%, Value -26%Nice To Haves +90% DQ Read 146%, DQ Write 116%, DQ Mixed 87%, ADQ Read 143%, ADQ Write 56%, ADQ Mixed 43%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total 112%

Average Bench: 136% (173^rd of 1072)

Based on 1,762 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SKC1000240G, NVMe KINGSTON SKC1000

Poor: 90%Average: 136% Great: 185%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB averaged 36.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 372MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 794MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB is 94.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 404MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 443MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,762 samples)

Rank 173136%

Min	Avg	Max
578	Read 935	1,149
119	Write 552	1,281
183	Mixed 404	755
153	SusWrite 443	847
130% 584 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21	4K Read 33.5	40
40.6	4K Write 86	114
23.5	4K Mixed 38.6	52.9
146% 52.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
437	DQ Read 794	903
122	DQ Write 452	774
164	DQ Mixed 372	618
344% 539 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

TWN-User, 26 days ago.

79GB free

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 58 57 58 58 58 MB/s

590% Outstanding

Write 59.7

Mixed 118

SusWrite 56.5

336% 1,616 MB/s

4K Read 835

4K Write 3.5

4K Mixed 7

1,276% 282 MB/s

RUS-User, 1 month ago.

182GB free

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 825 769 634 679 593 578 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 815

Mixed 520

SusWrite 679

164% 731 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 43.9

165% 62.5 MB/s

DQ Read 836

DQ Write 768

DQ Mixed 507

461% 704 MB/s

HUN-User, 1 month ago.

115GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 735 770 616 578 353 124 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 856

Mixed 499

SusWrite 530

162% 728 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 76.2

4K Mixed 38.4

137% 48.6 MB/s

DQ Read 874

DQ Write 752

DQ Mixed 510

465% 712 MB/s

SRB-User, 29 days ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 210 202 192 193 188 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 214

Mixed 284

SusWrite 198

94% 433 MB/s

4K Read 33.3

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 39.8

156% 58.7 MB/s

DQ Read 897

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 233

256% 450 MB/s

GRC-User, 7 days ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 202 204 187 189 210 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 199

Mixed 278

SusWrite 199

90% 412 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 91.7

4K Mixed 39.7

148% 54.5 MB/s

DQ Read 894

DQ Write 212

DQ Mixed 232

253% 446 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 month ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 203 206 208 188 208 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 194

Mixed 250

SusWrite 199

87% 402 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 81.6

4K Mixed 36.6

131% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 890

DQ Write 205

DQ Mixed 216

245% 437 MB/s

FRA-User, 28 days ago.

137GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 212 188 200 272 201 MB/s

107% Outstanding

Write 206

Mixed 265

SusWrite 204

73% 334 MB/s

4K Read 34.1

4K Write 79.7

4K Mixed 41.4

147% 51.7 MB/s

DQ Read 827

DQ Write 203

DQ Mixed 240

248% 423 MB/s

ESP-User, 21 days ago.

43GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FT04.9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 176 177 177 177 156 MB/s

95.9% Outstanding

Write 193

Mixed 262

SusWrite 174

79% 361 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 67

4K Mixed 34.3

122% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 478

DQ Write 192

DQ Mixed 260

212% 310 MB/s

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Gaming 79%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBKingston $120Bench 136%, 1,762 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	317x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $617

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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

Kingston SKC1000/240G

KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB

Average Bench: 136% (173^rd of 1072)

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KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB

Average Bench: 136% (173rd of 1072)

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