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SQ500S37480G 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 77.1% (534th of 1072)

Based on 1,176 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SQ500S37480G
Poor: 43%Average: 77.1% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The Kingston SQ500S37480G 480GB averaged 22.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SQ500S37480G 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 128MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 263MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SQ500S37480G 480GB is 59.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SQ500S37480G 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 291MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 184MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,176 samples)
Rank 53477.1%
Min Avg Max
225 Read 376 484
28.3 Write 303 454
35.9 Mixed 291 409
77.5 SusWrite 310 457
71.9% 320 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.6 4K Read 25.7 33.7
13.7 4K Write 66.7 103
9.88 4K Mixed 27.4 39.5
109% 39.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.1 DQ Read 184 254
15.2 DQ Write 263 357
15.5 DQ Mixed 128 191
124% 192 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
375GB free
Firmware: SAJ20103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 449 455 457 459 459 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 453
Mixed 416
SusWrite 457
103% 456 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 40.2
167% 63 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 112
143% 252 MB/s
398GB free
Firmware: S3H01103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 411 437 446 444 446 MB/s
97% Outstanding
Read 485
Write 371
Mixed 391
SusWrite 410
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 89.6
4K Mixed 28.9
131% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 108
134% 233 MB/s
284GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKK1C3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 358 439 448 416 387 MB/s
82.3% Excellent
Read 338
Write 416
Mixed 341
SusWrite 409
85% 376 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 53
4K Mixed 26.5
105% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 166
155% 234 MB/s
442GB free
Firmware: SBFKK1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 415 406 409 415 417 MB/s
81.2% Excellent
Read 368
Write 373
Mixed 241
SusWrite 408
78% 347 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 50.4
4K Mixed 27.7
97% 33.6 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 165
152% 231 MB/s
447GB free
Firmware: SAH20107
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 255 253 254 256 258 MB/s
81.2% Excellent
Read 502
Write 451
Mixed 423
SusWrite 256
92% 408 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 60.2
4K Mixed 25.9
114% 39.5 MB/s
DQ Read 198
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 117
126% 206 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKK1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 228 23 26 22 28 MB/s
62.5% Good
Read 325
Write 359
Mixed 281
SusWrite 119
61% 271 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 71
4K Mixed 20.2
100% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 170
161% 246 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,023x
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,568x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples932x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,040x
SSD
SQ500S37480G 480GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,176 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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