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SKC2000M81000G 1TB

SKC2000M81000G 1TB
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Effective Speed -93%Effective Speed -93%Average Score -149%Read -89%, Write -183%, 4K Read -64%, 4K Write -46%, Mixed -446%, 4K Mixed -51%, SusWrite -166%Peak Score -157%Read -126%, Write -208%, 4K Read -204%, 4K Write -87%, Mixed -189%, 4K Mixed -139%, SusWrite -149%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -116%DQ Read -65%, DQ Write -54%, DQ Mixed -233%, ADQ Read -47%, ADQ Write -50%, ADQ Mixed -161%, Age -234%, AS-SSD Total -81%

Average Bench: 283% (43^rd of 1080)

Based on 1,573 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SKC2000M81000G

Poor: 176%Average: 283% Great: 361%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SKC2000M81000G 1TB averaged 182.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SKC2000M81000G 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 568MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,220MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC2000M81000G 1TB is 185%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SKC2000M81000G 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 592MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 142MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,573 samples)

Rank 43283%

Min	Avg	Max
1,177	Read 2,220	2,624
797	Write 1,652	2,089
119	Mixed 592	1,621
444	SusWrite 1,189	1,842
314% 1,413 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.7	4K Read 53.5	62.1
54.6	4K Write 142	202
40.7	4K Mixed 73.3	91.3
250% 89.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
568	DQ Read 1,160	1,406
212	DQ Write 835	1,231
238	DQ Mixed 568	631
541% 854 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 3 days ago.

511GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S2681103

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1525 1344 1155 653 234 1384 MB/s

306% Outstanding

Write 2,054

Mixed 1,544

SusWrite 1,049

402% 1,803 MB/s

4K Read 57.4

4K Write 179

4K Mixed 81.3

286% 106 MB/s

DQ Read 1,323

DQ Write 963

DQ Mixed 604

597% 963 MB/s

CZE-User, 5 days ago.

248GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S2783101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 991 379 290 329 244 329 MB/s

251% Outstanding

Write 1,358

Mixed 1,357

SusWrite 427

298% 1,346 MB/s

4K Read 56.2

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 81.7

269% 95.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,352

DQ Write 956

DQ Mixed 625

610% 978 MB/s

USA-User, 19 days ago.

867GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S2783101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1549 1494 1493 1343 1123 1456 MB/s

250% Outstanding

Write 1,602

Mixed 1,375

SusWrite 1,410

353% 1,575 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 129

4K Mixed 53.4

195% 73.7 MB/s

DQ Read 733

DQ Write 500

DQ Mixed 619

461% 618 MB/s

USA-User, 14 days ago.

632GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S2681101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1028 1064 1362 1362 1357 1190 MB/s

242% Outstanding

Write 1,740

Mixed 152

SusWrite 1,227

282% 1,271 MB/s

4K Read 45.5

4K Write 81.9

4K Mixed 57.4

186% 61.6 MB/s

DQ Read 803

DQ Write 556

DQ Mixed 605

472% 655 MB/s

NLD-User, 13 days ago.

542GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S2780101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1390 1329 1350 1352 1214 1355 MB/s

233% Outstanding

Write 1,781

Mixed 141

SusWrite 1,332

286% 1,284 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 83.1

4K Mixed 57.7

181% 60.8 MB/s

DQ Read 545

DQ Write 346

DQ Mixed 501

359% 464 MB/s

DEU-User, 14 days ago.

468GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S2681101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1301 1232 671 18 61 21 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 1,784

Mixed 157

SusWrite 551

260% 1,178 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 95.6

4K Mixed 58.3

195% 66.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,011

DQ Write 680

DQ Mixed 570

500% 754 MB/s

DEU-User, 14 days ago.

487GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S2681101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 725 952 41 14 18 31 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,838

Mixed 138

SusWrite 297

255% 1,163 MB/s

4K Read 48

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 62.2

206% 70.3 MB/s

DQ Read 972

DQ Write 721

DQ Mixed 602

516% 765 MB/s

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 105%

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System: Komplett PC

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $83Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	193x
Core i7-9700KIntel $240Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	190x
Core i7-10700FIntel $216Bench 93%, 44,448 samples	180x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	376x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	343x
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	334x

SSD
SKC2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 283%, 1,573 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $66Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	592x
KF3200C18D4/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 96%, 1,404 samples	212x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GBKingstonBench 90%, 30,532 samples	205x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $599

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Kingston

SKC2000M81000G 1TB

Average Bench: 283% (43^rd of 1080)

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SKC2000M81000G 1TB

Average Bench: 283% (43rd of 1080)

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench: 283% (43^rd of 1080)