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KINGSTON SKC2000 500GB

KINGSTON SKC2000 500GB
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Effective Speed +155% Effective Speed 155%Average Score +137% Read 350%, Write 247%, 4K Read 49%, 4K Write 52%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed 54%, SusWrite 208%Peak Score +204% Read 421%, Write 310%, 4K Read 47%, 4K Write 72%, Mixed 266%, 4K Mixed 59%, SusWrite 248%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +173% DQ Read 250%, DQ Write 265%, DQ Mixed 92%, ADQ Read 216%, ADQ Write 165%, ADQ Mixed 94%, Age 66%, AS-SSD Total 233%

Average Bench: 251% (55^th of 1072)

Based on 70 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe KINGSTON SKC2000

Poor: 148%Average: 251% Great: 332%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KINGSTON SKC2000 500GB averaged 150.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2000 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 506MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,057MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2000 500GB is 184%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KINGSTON SKC2000 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 362MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 133MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 70 samples)

Rank 55251%

Min	Avg	Max
866	Read 2,057	2,640
503	Write 1,406	1,989
108	Mixed 362	1,551
534	SusWrite 914	1,348
262% 1,185 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.4	4K Read 51.3	63.3
47.5	4K Write 133	211
39.2	4K Mixed 69.3	92.6
237% 84.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
495	DQ Read 1,031	1,286
190	DQ Write 766	1,307
247	DQ Mixed 506	637
485% 768 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

FRA-User, 5 months ago.

399GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1060 1457 1653 1110 728 702 MB/s

324% Outstanding

Write 1,923

Mixed 274

SusWrite 1,118

328% 1,485 MB/s

4K Read 63

4K Write 202

4K Mixed 90.6

318% 119 MB/s

DQ Read 1,274

DQ Write 1,055

DQ Mixed 521

566% 950 MB/s

ISR-User, 5 months ago.

339GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 887 1438 1682 1317 842 511 MB/s

279% Outstanding

Write 1,685

Mixed 137

SusWrite 1,113

296% 1,342 MB/s

4K Read 48.8

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 69.1

230% 82 MB/s

DQ Read 1,126

DQ Write 778

DQ Mixed 521

506% 808 MB/s

MAR-User, 6 months ago.

406GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S2681101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1446 955 1081 871 945 483 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 1,192

Mixed 122

SusWrite 963

241% 1,095 MB/s

4K Read 44.1

4K Write 90.1

4K Mixed 58.7

190% 64.3 MB/s

DQ Read 719

DQ Write 538

DQ Mixed 517

417% 592 MB/s

CZE-User, 4 days ago.

95GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S2780101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 686 706 706 706 505 640 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 810

Mixed 454

SusWrite 658

221% 1,010 MB/s

4K Read 49.6

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 49

213% 80.1 MB/s

DQ Read 945

DQ Write 741

DQ Mixed 652

540% 779 MB/s

SRB-User, 4 months ago.

231GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S2780101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 823 582 264 661 112 688 MB/s

216% Outstanding

Write 1,622

Mixed 393

SusWrite 522

245% 1108 MB/s

4K Read 48.5

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 68.2

225% 79.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,006

DQ Write 717

DQ Mixed 608

523% 777 MB/s

PER-User, 3 months ago.

271GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 714 566 700 649 440 578 MB/s

154% Outstanding

Write 1,192

Mixed 1155

SusWrite 608

249% 1114 MB/s

4K Read 33.4

4K Write 51.4

4K Mixed 39.6

129% 41.5 MB/s

DQ Read 448

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 357

269% 364 MB/s

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Typical KINGSTON SKC2000 500GB Builds (Compare 273 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Dell Vostro 5481

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	157x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	116x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	230x
MX130NvidiaBench 9%, 14,117 samples	43x

SSD
KINGSTON SKC2000 500GBNvmeBench 251%, 70 samples	1x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 5,658 samples	33x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 7,726 samples	28x
SF4642G8CK8IEHLSBG 1x16GBUnknownBench 44%, 1,721 samples	20x

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KINGSTON SKC2000 500GB

Average Bench: 251% (55^th of 1072)

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KINGSTON SKC2000 500GB

Average Bench: 251% (55th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 251% (55^th of 1072)