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SKC2000M8250G 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 217% (83rd of 1072)

Based on 2,360 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SKC2000M8250G
Poor: 145%Average: 217% Great: 276%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SKC2000M8250G 250GB averaged 117.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SKC2000M8250G 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 382MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,225MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SKC2000M8250G 250GB is 131%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SKC2000M8250G 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 395MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 476MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,360 samples)
Rank 83217%
Min Avg Max
1,140 Read 2,225 2,613
383 Write 983 1,226
120 Mixed 476 1,241
183 SusWrite 395 737
223% 1,020 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34.3 4K Read 54.1 62.4
50.3 4K Write 140 210
38.1 4K Mixed 70.1 89.4
246% 88.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
417 DQ Read 626 699
216 DQ Write 640 1,139
179 DQ Mixed 382 449
356% 549 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S2780101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 5.3 2 10 12 18 MB/s
365% Outstanding
Read 4,834
Write 13.7
Mixed 38.2
SusWrite 10.2
254% 1,224 MB/s
4K Read 426
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.5
649% 143 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S2783101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 521 353 356 356 356 354 MB/s
238% Outstanding
Read 2,545
Write 1,235
Mixed 1,249
SusWrite 383
298% 1,353 MB/s
4K Read 57.2
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 77.9
270% 97.6 MB/s
DQ Read 698
DQ Write 621
DQ Mixed 451
395% 590 MB/s
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S2780101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 340 346 348 344 199 MB/s
216% Outstanding
Read 2,405
Write 1,157
Mixed 172
SusWrite 315
220% 1,012 MB/s
4K Read 51
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 67.6
225% 78.2 MB/s
DQ Read 656
DQ Write 727
DQ Mixed 432
397% 605 MB/s
90GB free
Firmware: S2681101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 341 342 338 333 341 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 2,336
Write 342
Mixed 485
SusWrite 339
189% 875 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 221
4K Mixed 69.7
275% 112 MB/s
DQ Read 410
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 359
274% 370 MB/s
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S2783101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 338 325 317 344 350 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 1,994
Write 1,154
Mixed 1,147
SusWrite 353
257% 1,162 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 54.5
204% 72.6 MB/s
DQ Read 692
DQ Write 776
DQ Mixed 432
409% 634 MB/s
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Typical SKC2000M8250G 250GB Builds (Compare 19,247 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 99%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 93%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples7,797x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,763x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,857x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,445x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,299x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,118x
SSD
SKC2000M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 217%, 2,360 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,929x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples980x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples757x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 130% - Outstanding Total price: $469

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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