Kingston

SM2280S3G2120G 120GB

SM2280S3G2120G 120GB
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Effective Speed -32%Effective Speed -32%Average Score -56%Read -0%, Write -134%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -72%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite -94%Peak Score -60%Read 1%, Write -144%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -80%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite -100%Value & Sentiment -851%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,689%Nice To Haves -59%DQ Read -15%, DQ Write -81%, DQ Mixed -144%, ADQ Read -10%, ADQ Write -71%, ADQ Mixed -117%, Age -3%, AS-SSD Total -33%

Average Bench: 74.4% (586^th of 1072)

Based on 4,240 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SM2280S3G2120G

Poor: 55%Average: 74.4% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The Kingston SM2280S3G2120G 120GB averaged 25.6% 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 120MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 76.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SM2280S3G2120G 120GB is 33%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SM2280S3G2120G 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 153MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 173MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,240 samples)

Rank 58674.4%

Min	Avg	Max
364	Read 456	512
78.7	Write 173	199
131	Mixed 209	235
93.1	SusWrite 153	194
54.7% 248 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.8	4K Read 26.1	31.7
39.1	4K Write 76.7	110
17	4K Mixed 30.5	38.1
119% 44.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
221	DQ Read 296	319
79	DQ Write 169	198
58.2	DQ Mixed 120	136
119% 195 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

FRA-User, 1 month ago.

49GB free

Firmware: SAFM01.W

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 196 197 197 197 196 MB/s

83.5% Excellent

Write 199

Mixed 227

SusWrite 197

61% 274 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 30.4

136% 56 MB/s

DQ Read 318

DQ Write 195

DQ Mixed 133

132% 215 MB/s

RUS-User, 15 days ago.

37GB free

Firmware: SAFM01.W

SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 143 129 155 163 192 MB/s

79% Very good

Write 83

Mixed 231

SusWrite 157

52% 236 MB/s

4K Read 26.9

4K Write 86.2

4K Mixed 32.9

128% 48.7 MB/s

DQ Read 318

DQ Write 188

DQ Mixed 119

124% 208 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

111GB free

Firmware: SAFM01.W

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 196 198 197 198 MB/s

74.1% Very good

Write 200

Mixed 227

SusWrite 198

61% 276 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 63.5

4K Mixed 30.9

114% 40.4 MB/s

DQ Read 209

DQ Write 141

DQ Mixed 105

97% 152 MB/s

FRA-User, 26 days ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFM01.W

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 123 119 139 137 164 MB/s

72.7% Very good

Write 198

Mixed 225

SusWrite 130

58% 262 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 70.5

4K Mixed 26.6

112% 41.3 MB/s

DQ Read 308

DQ Write 192

DQ Mixed 128

128% 209 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 days ago.

14GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFM01.R

SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 80 89 82 88 81 MB/s

66.2% Good

Write 109

Mixed 224

SusWrite 89.9

48% 219 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 43.6

4K Mixed 33.5

106% 34.4 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 105

DQ Mixed 68

87% 163 MB/s

GBR-User, 15 days ago.

12GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFM01.W

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 79 75 69 69 66 MB/s

62.6% Good

Write 123

Mixed 78.9

SusWrite 76.7

41% 190 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 58.8

4K Mixed 26.9

97% 35.5 MB/s

DQ Read 305

DQ Write 82.1

DQ Mixed 65.2

81% 151 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFM01.R

SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 145 126 124 142 134 MB/s

61.4% Good

Write 123

Mixed 214

SusWrite 135

46% 208 MB/s

4K Read 19.1

4K Write 49.6

4K Mixed 26.3

89% 31.7 MB/s

DQ Read 317

DQ Write 182

DQ Mixed 133

130% 211 MB/s

DEU-User, 25 days ago.

30GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFM01.R

SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 135 149 166 150 151 MB/s

52.9% Above average

Write 55.4

Mixed 157

SusWrite 150

39% 176 MB/s

4K Read 12.8

4K Write 44

4K Mixed 15

62% 23.9 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 129

130% 214 MB/s

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,022x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,566x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	932x

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HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
SM2280S3G2120G 120GBKingstonBench 74%, 4,240 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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SM2280S3G2120G 120GB

Average Bench: 74.4% (586^th of 1072)

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