Average Bench: 33.1% (999th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON KINGSTON SMS100S
Poor: 31%Average: 33.1% Great: 38%

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Poor average bench

The Kingston SMS100S 64GB averaged 66.8% 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 Write Speed 34.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 240MB/s

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 Mixed IO Speed 6.82MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 50.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Min Avg Max
236 Read 240 246
153 Write 187 206
146 Mixed 166 192
109 SusWrite 141 154
41.1% 184 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.3 4K Read 8.8 11.3
20 4K Write 34.1 45.4
2.19 4K Mixed 7.06 10.5
40.4% 16.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
60 DQ Read 67.2 70.5
42.7 DQ Write 50.2 53.3
0.52 DQ Mixed 6.82 8.9
19.2% 41.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
43GB free
Firmware: S5FAM014
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 152 157 166 158 156 MB/s
Read 243
Write 201
Mixed 162
SusWrite 154
43% 190 MB/s
4K Read 11.3
4K Write 45.4
4K Mixed 10.5
55% 22.4 MB/s
DQ Read 68.8
DQ Write 52
DQ Mixed 8.5
20% 43.1 MB/s
43GB free
Firmware: S5FAM014
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 146 160 166 164 162 MB/s
Read 239
Write 198
Mixed 171
SusWrite 151
42% 189 MB/s
4K Read 9.3
4K Write 34.8
4K Mixed 7.7
42% 17.3 MB/s
DQ Read 68.3
DQ Write 51.9
DQ Mixed 8.7
20% 43 MB/s
43GB free
Firmware: S5FAM014
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 76 138 160 171 167 MB/s
Read 238
Write 206
Mixed 150
SusWrite 137
41% 183 MB/s
4K Read 10.5
4K Write 36.5
4K Mixed 7.8
45% 18.3 MB/s
DQ Read 69
DQ Write 51.7
DQ Mixed 6.7
20% 42.5 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,764,980 SSDs tested

Typical SMS100S 64GB Builds (Compare 3,868 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H - $80

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $377

Popular SMS100S 64GB compatible motherboards:

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