KINGSTON 512GB

KINGSTON 512GB
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Effective Speed -4%Effective Speed -4%Average Score -6%Read -10%, Write -9%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -18%, SusWrite 13%Peak Score +13% Read 2%, Write 4%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write 16%, Mixed 20%, 4K Mixed 23%, SusWrite 17%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -15%DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed -23%, ADQ Read -6%, ADQ Write 5%, ADQ Mixed -110%, Age 17%, AS-SSD Total 1%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 94.7% (280^th of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON

Poor: 60%Average: 94.7% Great: 129%

Popular builds with this SSD

Excellent average bench

The KINGSTON 512GB averaged just 5.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the KINGSTON 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 124MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KINGSTON 512GB is 68.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the KINGSTON 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 335MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 351MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)

Rank 28094.7%

Min	Avg	Max
13	Read 414	515
105	Write 373	502
217	Mixed 351	508
79	SusWrite 335	451
82.8% 368 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.8	4K Read 29.8	46.1
34.4	4K Write 87	142
13.2	4K Mixed 38	71.7
140% 51.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
227	DQ Read 309	364
191	DQ Write 304	352
13.1	DQ Mixed 124	269
143% 246 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

ROU-User, 3 years ago.

477GB free

Firmware: S420

SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 415 435 399 424 438 MB/s

133% Outstanding

Write 429

Mixed 408

SusWrite 424

98% 433 MB/s

4K Read 47.6

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 71.5

233% 83.1 MB/s

DQ Read 362

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 268

219% 312 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 years ago.

396GB free

Firmware: S420

SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 421 420 397 380 371 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 418

Mixed 401

SusWrite 400

94% 417 MB/s

4K Read 44

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 68.7

219% 77.9 MB/s

DQ Read 362

DQ Write 313

DQ Mixed 269

220% 315 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 years ago.

388GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S450

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 424 426 405 441 465 MB/s

117% Outstanding

Write 447

Mixed 394

SusWrite 419

98% 436 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 60.5

196% 69 MB/s

DQ Read 240

DQ Write 239

DQ Mixed 222

172% 234 MB/s

TWN-User, 2 years ago.

328GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S420

SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 373 401 416 341 359 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 425

Mixed 409

SusWrite 378

94% 419 MB/s

4K Read 42

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 50.9

191% 70.2 MB/s

DQ Read 244

DQ Write 343

DQ Mixed 230

192% 272 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

320GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S4200102

SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 338 365 332 360 367 MB/s

93.7% Outstanding

Write 385

Mixed 375

SusWrite 344

86% 384 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 55

4K Mixed 40

130% 42.6 MB/s

DQ Read 348

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 265

217% 308 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 years ago.

168GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S450

SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 303 334 367 372 364 MB/s

89.4% Excellent

Write 360

Mixed 357

SusWrite 328

78% 346 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 76.5

4K Mixed 42.9

140% 49.6 MB/s

DQ Read 261

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 236

186% 257 MB/s

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Typical KINGSTON 512GB Builds (Compare 203 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock B150M-HDV

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	52x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	27x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	25x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	13x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x

SSD
KINGSTON 512GBBench 95%, 18 samples	1x

RAM
CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 68%, 1,169 samples	10x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	7x
9905622-051.A00G 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 141 samples	5x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $184

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

KINGSTON 512GB

Average Bench: 94.7% (280^th of 1072)

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Excellent average bench

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Poor consistency

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Motherboard: Asrock B150M-HDV

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KINGSTON 512GB

Average Bench: 94.7% (280th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asrock B150M-HDV

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Average Bench: 94.7% (280^th of 1072)