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SA2000M8250G 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 171% (132nd of 1072)

Based on 42,173 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SA2000M8250G
Poor: 103%Average: 171% Great: 236%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB averaged 71.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 252MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,338MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB is 134%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 350MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 684MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42,173 samples)
Rank 132171%
Min Avg Max
883 Read 1,338 1,724
350 Write 874 1,210
81.2 Mixed 684 1,064
154 SusWrite 350 706
180% 811 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.3 4K Read 51.5 69.5
30.8 4K Write 119 205
30.6 4K Mixed 65.3 92.4
225% 78.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
294 DQ Read 645 819
58.7 DQ Write 543 1,010
71.3 DQ Mixed 252 326
282% 480 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
152GB free
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 726 940 1164 999 267 271 MB/s
236% Outstanding
Read 1,504
Write 992
Mixed 1,011
SusWrite 728
236% 1,059 MB/s
4K Read 65.2
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 86.5
299% 107 MB/s
DQ Read 812
DQ Write 942
DQ Mixed 328
399% 694 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1005 685 267 268 269 254 MB/s
190% Outstanding
Read 1,482
Write 1,024
Mixed 957
SusWrite 458
218% 980 MB/s
4K Read 54.5
4K Write 98.6
4K Mixed 67.4
221% 73.5 MB/s
DQ Read 811
DQ Write 696
DQ Mixed 306
351% 604 MB/s
145GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 274 177 272 212 233 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,184
Write 587
Mixed 415
SusWrite 265
135% 613 MB/s
4K Read 54.5
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 69.5
256% 94.1 MB/s
DQ Read 798
DQ Write 509
DQ Mixed 71.7
210% 460 MB/s
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 222 261 262 263 263 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 1,186
Write 458
Mixed 370
SusWrite 287
126% 575 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 98.7
4K Mixed 42.3
152% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 255
DQ Mixed 71.5
109% 207 MB/s
150GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 229 193 309 274 276 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 1,149
Write 516
Mixed 500
SusWrite 289
135% 614 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 88.9
4K Mixed 39.5
143% 52.7 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 131
142% 237 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 199 178 140 137 172 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 1,250
Write 267
Mixed 155
SusWrite 178
100% 462 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 71.5
4K Mixed 42.2
142% 48.8 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 256
189% 250 MB/s
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Typical SA2000M8250G 250GB Builds (Compare 23,377 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 79%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,022x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,188x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,958x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,514x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,319x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,311x
SSD
SA2000M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 171%, 42,173 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,564x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,523x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples962x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $569

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