Kingston SA1000M8/480G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB
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Effective Speed -305%Effective Speed -305%Average Score -346%Read -507%, Write -494%, 4K Read -178%, 4K Write -114%, Mixed -370%, 4K Mixed -151%, SusWrite -612%Peak Score -451%Read -596%, Write -543%, 4K Read -396%, 4K Write -198%, Mixed -431%, 4K Mixed -303%, SusWrite -690%Value & Sentiment -1,594%User Rating -34%, Market Share -5,322%, Price 17%, Value -1,039%Nice To Haves -172%DQ Read -151%, DQ Write -155%, DQ Mixed -155%, ADQ Read -105%, ADQ Write -109%, ADQ Mixed -128%, Age -372%, AS-SSD Total -199%

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%

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

DNK-User, 5 days ago.

441GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 702 512 517 519 515 515 MB/s

166% Outstanding

Write 961

Mixed 848

SusWrite 547

183% 812 MB/s

4K Read 38.3

4K Write 129

4K Mixed 54

195% 73.6 MB/s

DQ Read 927

DQ Write 728

DQ Mixed 825

618% 827 MB/s

ESP-User, 12 hrs ago.

348GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 690 802 785 840 518 516 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 785

Mixed 702

SusWrite 692

161% 712 MB/s

4K Read 32.1

4K Write 74.9

4K Mixed 43.4

144% 50.1 MB/s

DQ Read 919

DQ Write 714

DQ Mixed 798

602% 810 MB/s

NOR-User, 4 days ago.

385GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 700 510 511 516 522 521 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 684

Mixed 839

SusWrite 547

157% 694 MB/s

4K Read 33.2

4K Write 82

4K Mixed 45.7

152% 53.6 MB/s

DQ Read 922

DQ Write 725

DQ Mixed 816

613% 821 MB/s

CZE-User, 4 days ago.

336GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 705 515 516 517 510 514 MB/s

142% Outstanding

Write 774

Mixed 670

SusWrite 546

149% 659 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 77

4K Mixed 44.8

149% 51.8 MB/s

DQ Read 921

DQ Write 742

DQ Mixed 794

604% 819 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 days ago.

250GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 410 406 404 420 399 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 492

Mixed 654

SusWrite 437

122% 544 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 76.1

4K Mixed 37.5

134% 48 MB/s

DQ Read 738

DQ Write 628

DQ Mixed 691

515% 685 MB/s

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System: Asus Komplett PC

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $185Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	160x
Core i5-8400Intel $102Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	97x
Core i7-8700KIntel $170Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	93x

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RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	121x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	48x

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A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GBKingston $175Bench 134%, 12,594 samples	121x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $68Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	193x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 2x8GBCrucialBench 82%, 12,603 samples	77x
HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 17,710 samples	49x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $698

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
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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)