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SA2000M8250G 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 171% (140th of 1080)

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 140171%
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%
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 263 263 264 266 265 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 1,457
Write 1066
Mixed 976
SusWrite 286
210% 946 MB/s
4K Read 52.2
4K Write 97.9
4K Mixed 65.6
215% 71.9 MB/s
DQ Read 819
DQ Write 722
DQ Mixed 256
333% 599 MB/s
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42109
SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 271 270 267 267 268 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,238
Write 947
Mixed 380
SusWrite 301
158% 716 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 76.5
216% 80.3 MB/s
DQ Read 744
DQ Write 481
DQ Mixed 70.1
198% 432 MB/s
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 262 263 229 177 261 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 1,166
Write 808
Mixed 351
SusWrite 249
142% 643 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 99
4K Mixed 63.8
179% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 731
DQ Write 445
DQ Mixed 257
280% 478 MB/s
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 256 249 250 249 251 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 1096
Write 365
Mixed 76.7
SusWrite 266
98% 451 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 25.2
4K Mixed 37.7
102% 29.8 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 578
DQ Mixed 302
268% 392 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 171 203 101 97 102 MB/s
95.1% Outstanding
Read 1,060
Write 263
Mixed 358
SusWrite 156
100% 459 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 48.5
4K Mixed 33.3
107% 35.8 MB/s
DQ Read 332
DQ Write 97.6
DQ Mixed 240
170% 223 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 122 129 86 161 173 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 629
Write 79.4
Mixed 227
SusWrite 137
58% 268 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 48.8
4K Mixed 33.7
114% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 94.1
DQ Mixed 213
152% 201 MB/s
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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  $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,097x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,240x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $199Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,010x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,535x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,342x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,332x
SSD
SA2000M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 171%, 42,173 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,578x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples966x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $509

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