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Kingston SA1000M8/480G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB
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Effective Speed -308%Effective Speed -308%Average Score -351%Read -513%, Write -501%, 4K Read -184%, 4K Write -116%, Mixed -378%, 4K Mixed -157%, SusWrite -609%Peak Score -453%Read -601%, Write -554%, 4K Read -390%, 4K Write -198%, Mixed -438%, 4K Mixed -300%, SusWrite -692%Value & Sentiment -713%User Rating -34%, Market Share -1,693%, Price 6%, Value -1,132%Nice To Haves -163%DQ Read -151%, DQ Write -155%, DQ Mixed -156%, ADQ Read -105%, ADQ Write -108%, ADQ Mixed -127%, Age -301%, AS-SSD Total -200%

Average Bench: 134% (182^nd of 1080)

Based on 12,594 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA1000M8480G, NVMe KINGSTON SA1000M

Poor: 98%Average: 134% Great: 162%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB averaged 33.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 653MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 836MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB is 64.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 446MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12,594 samples)

Rank 182134%

Min	Avg	Max
459	Read 683	847
474	Write 777	985
368	Mixed 677	871
227	SusWrite 446	578
146% 646 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.5	4K Read 30.9	38.5
54.8	4K Write 96	127
25.3	4K Mixed 43	54.4
153% 56.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
596	DQ Read 836	925
391	DQ Write 602	745
392	DQ Mixed 653	820
506% 697 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

AUS-User, 3 days ago.

259GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 529 473 432 603 422 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 971

Mixed 859

SusWrite 465

178% 792 MB/s

4K Read 35.4

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 50.4

179% 67.1 MB/s

DQ Read 925

DQ Write 743

DQ Mixed 815

615% 828 MB/s

POL-User, 1 day ago.

108GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 664 349 318 340 341 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 980

Mixed 841

SusWrite 409

171% 758 MB/s

4K Read 31.8

4K Write 80.4

4K Mixed 45.1

148% 52.4 MB/s

DQ Read 870

DQ Write 671

DQ Mixed 756

570% 766 MB/s

NOR-User, 1 day ago.

196GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 412 409 489 133 99 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 962

Mixed 696

SusWrite 350

158% 702 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 75.4

4K Mixed 43.7

135% 48.3 MB/s

DQ Read 800

DQ Write 559

DQ Mixed 572

456% 644 MB/s

NOR-User, 23 hrs ago.

137GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 395 390 398 390 393 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 611

Mixed 437

SusWrite 408

120% 538 MB/s

4K Read 26.9

4K Write 98

4K Mixed 34.1

136% 53 MB/s

DQ Read 755

DQ Write 519

DQ Mixed 497

409% 590 MB/s

SVN-User, 1 day ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 544 449 331 360 362 347 MB/s

118% Outstanding

Write 670

Mixed 512

SusWrite 399

125% 557 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 72

4K Mixed 38.7

124% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 799

DQ Write 509

DQ Mixed 560

443% 623 MB/s

CAN-User, 9 hrs ago.

42GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 324 339 332 350 336 MB/s

59.7% Above average

Write 468

Mixed 440

SusWrite 352

95% 422 MB/s

4K Read 11.7

4K Write 22

4K Mixed 16.9

51% 16.9 MB/s

DQ Read 147

DQ Write 70.7

DQ Mixed 108

80% 109 MB/s

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System: Asus Komplett PC

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Core i7-8700Intel $140Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	168x
Core i5-8400Intel $115Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	101x
Core i7-8700KIntel $160Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	97x

GPU
RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	125x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	118x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	50x

SSD
A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GBKingston $175Bench 134%, 12,594 samples	125x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $66Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	197x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 2x8GBCrucialBench 82%, 12,603 samples	77x
HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 17,710 samples	50x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $651

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Kingston SA1000M8/480G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB

Average Bench: 134% (182^nd of 1080)

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Kingston SA1000M8/480G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB

Average Bench: 134% (182nd of 1080)

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Average Bench: 134% (182^nd of 1080)