Kingston SA1000M8/240G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB
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Effective Speed +10% Effective Speed 10%Average Score +16% Read 44%, Write 55%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 58%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite -16%Peak Score +29% Read 64%, Write 77%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed 90%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite -6%Value & Sentiment -75%User Rating -11%, Market Share -378%, Price 75%, Value 15%Nice To Haves +73% DQ Read 92%, DQ Write 97%, DQ Mixed 78%, ADQ Read 77%, ADQ Write 59%, ADQ Mixed 69%, Age 33%, AS-SSD Total 75%

Average Bench: 108% (222^nd of 1072)

Based on 30,265 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA1000M8240G, NVMe KINGSTON SA1000M

Poor: 71%Average: 108% Great: 141%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB averaged 8.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 439MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 577MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB is 70.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 255MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 568MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 30,265 samples)

Rank 222108%

Min	Avg	Max
433	Read 657	832
253	Write 628	856
259	Mixed 568	803
124	SusWrite 255	364
118% 527 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.6	4K Read 29.3	38.3
47.6	4K Write 91.1	126
20.2	4K Mixed 38.5	52.5
142% 53 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
340	DQ Read 577	705
214	DQ Write 460	704
235	DQ Mixed 439	590
350% 492 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NOR-User, 2 days ago.

46GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 34 35 39 38 40 MB/s

400% Outstanding

Write 36.9

Mixed 78.7

SusWrite 36.5

270% 1,301 MB/s

4K Read 484

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 4.2

740% 164 MB/s

BRA-User, 2 days ago.

101GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 549 546 296 841 682 268 MB/s

137% Outstanding

Write 645

Mixed 631

SusWrite 530

142% 632 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 76.1

4K Mixed 44.7

141% 49.9 MB/s

DQ Read 699

DQ Write 702

DQ Mixed 583

470% 661 MB/s

PRT-User, 3 days ago.

147GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 526 258 240 247 262 233 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 465

Mixed 627

SusWrite 294

115% 515 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 43.8

157% 60.9 MB/s

DQ Read 700

DQ Write 708

DQ Mixed 587

473% 665 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

82GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 253 265 264 264 224 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 675

Mixed 604

SusWrite 294

121% 539 MB/s

4K Read 33

4K Write 74.7

4K Mixed 36.2

136% 48 MB/s

DQ Read 626

DQ Write 593

DQ Mixed 498

404% 572 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 day ago.

108GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 248 221 269 201 79 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 769

Mixed 626

SusWrite 225

131% 583 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 71.6

4K Mixed 37.6

127% 45.3 MB/s

DQ Read 597

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 296

255% 385 MB/s

SWE-User, 4 days ago.

68GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 223 219 209 186 180 MB/s

95.7% Outstanding

Write 602

Mixed 557

SusWrite 217

114% 508 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 79.9

4K Mixed 30.7

124% 46.1 MB/s

DQ Read 602

DQ Write 234

DQ Mixed 266

237% 367 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	5,022x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	3,185x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,956x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,513x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,317x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,311x

SSD
A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBKingston $53Bench 108%, 30,265 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,564x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,522x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	962x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $622

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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

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston SA1000M8/240G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB

Average Bench: 108% (222^nd of 1072)

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Kingston SA1000M8/240G

A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB

Average Bench: 108% (222nd of 1072)

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