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KINGSTON SKC2000 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 222% (79th of 1072)

Based on 133 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe KINGSTON SKC2000
Poor: 157%Average: 222% Great: 269%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KINGSTON SKC2000 250GB averaged 122.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2000 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 391MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,164MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2000 250GB is 112%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2000 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 333MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 473MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 133 samples)
Rank 79222%
Min Avg Max
1,074 Read 2,164 2,577
488 Write 1,012 1,220
104 Mixed 333 1,247
249 SusWrite 473 749
218% 996 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41.9 4K Read 54.2 62.4
74.5 4K Write 141 201
45.8 4K Mixed 72 86.2
249% 88.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
310 DQ Read 608 695
223 DQ Write 736 1,147
172 DQ Mixed 391 447
373% 578 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S2780101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 318 231 343 181 324 MB/s
201% Outstanding
Read 2315
Write 1,108
Mixed 174
SusWrite 313
212% 977 MB/s
4K Read 46.1
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 61.2
205% 71.5 MB/s
DQ Read 657
DQ Write 476
DQ Mixed 309
300% 481 MB/s
211GB free
Firmware: S2681101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1052 1061 1058 776 340 338 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 1,329
Write 1,038
Mixed 134
SusWrite 771
182% 818 MB/s
4K Read 49
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 62
212% 73.4 MB/s
DQ Read 595
DQ Write 918
DQ Mixed 418
412% 644 MB/s
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S268 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 304 334 326 340 342 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 1,951
Write 1,093
Mixed 169
SusWrite 342
194% 888 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 49.2
4K Mixed 37.8
125% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 254
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 225
168% 224 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus TUF B360M-PLUS GAMING

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples449x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples252x
Core i5-8400Intel  $125Bench 82%, 312,220 samples227x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples147x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples136x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples106x
SSD
KINGSTON SKC2000 250GBNvmeBench 222%, 133 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples85x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 87,241 samples48x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $465

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $290Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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