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KW-S34480-4W1 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 61.8% (781st of 1072)

Based on 24 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON KW-S34480-4W1
Poor: 50%Average: 61.8% Great: 71%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston KW-S34480-4W1 480GB averaged 38.2% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 146MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.2MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston KW-S34480-4W1 480GB is 20.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston KW-S34480-4W1 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 21.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 113MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)
Rank 78161.8%
Min Avg Max
85.5 Read 376 478
224 Write 280 320
216 Mixed 312 370
125 SusWrite 222 295
66.7% 297 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 26.2 33.7
3.5 4K Write 21.2 26.6
14.1 4K Mixed 25.8 30.4
84% 24.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
67.6 DQ Read 214 227
88.2 DQ Write 113 121
140 DQ Mixed 146 160
113% 158 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
416GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 249 244 233 218 221 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 385
Write 295
Mixed 370
SusWrite 234
72% 321 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 18.7
4K Mixed 26.9
91% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 224
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 144
114% 162 MB/s
212GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 232 240 225 230 179 MB/s
63.1% Good
Read 420
Write 224
Mixed 321
SusWrite 225
66% 298 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 22.9
4K Mixed 20.9
82% 24.2 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 141
112% 158 MB/s
224GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 199 209 167 196 186 MB/s
60.7% Good
Read 421
Write 238
Mixed 216
SusWrite 200
60% 268 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 17.8
4K Mixed 24.7
78% 22.2 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 140
110% 155 MB/s
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 220 206 267 174 220 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 321
Write 286
Mixed 353
SusWrite 225
67% 296 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 16.3
4K Mixed 25.1
85% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 226
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 143
113% 160 MB/s
44GB free
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 226 244 204 228 228 MB/s
54.1% Above average
Read 292
Write 248
Mixed 242
SusWrite 226
57% 252 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 19.2
4K Mixed 18.6
68% 20.2 MB/s
DQ Read 226
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 143
114% 163 MB/s
214GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 229 264 252 206 226 MB/s
50.1% Above average
Read 372
Write 294
Mixed 368
SusWrite 227
71% 315 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 24.3
66% 16.6 MB/s
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Typical KW-S34480-4W1 480GB Builds (Compare 2,646 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples623x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples543x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples359x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples307x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples207x
SSD
KW-S34480-4W1 480GBKingstonBench 62%, 24 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples149x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples63x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $253

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