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SA2000M8500G 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 197% (108th of 1080)

Based on 87,883 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SA2000M8500G
Poor: 118%Average: 197% Great: 277%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB averaged 97.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 305MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,441MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB is 160%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 684MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 801MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 87,883 samples)
Rank 108197%
Min Avg Max
919 Read 1,441 1,692
427 Write 1,149 1,746
123 Mixed 801 1,294
323 SusWrite 684 1,277
227% 1,019 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.4 4K Read 48.2 66.9
46 4K Write 131 202
33.9 4K Mixed 66.5 93.1
228% 81.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
289 DQ Read 586 772
68.5 DQ Write 627 1,036
113 DQ Mixed 305 358
312% 506 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
231GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 671 593 535 535 535 538 MB/s
251% Outstanding
Read 1,730
Write 1,161
Mixed 749
SusWrite 568
233% 1,052 MB/s
4K Read 73.4
4K Write 248
4K Mixed 106
378% 142 MB/s
DQ Read 764
DQ Write 614
DQ Mixed 235
300% 538 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1556 1602 1604 1606 1051 548 MB/s
243% Outstanding
Read 1,329
Write 1,411
Mixed 1,121
SusWrite 1,328
293% 1,297 MB/s
4K Read 57.6
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 70.3
235% 79 MB/s
DQ Read 766
DQ Write 846
DQ Mixed 350
390% 654 MB/s
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z44101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 649 406 349 356 368 274 MB/s
224% Outstanding
Read 1,875
Write 1,298
Mixed 1,226
SusWrite 400
267% 1,200 MB/s
4K Read 59.8
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 80.8
272% 96.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,052
DQ Write 764
DQ Mixed 383
428% 733 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 545 395 242 724 567 MB/s
200% Outstanding
Read 1,587
Write 595
Mixed 880
SusWrite 515
198% 894 MB/s
4K Read 54.7
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 71.8
236% 80.5 MB/s
DQ Read 769
DQ Write 630
DQ Mixed 332
349% 577 MB/s
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 644 530 537 524 540 541 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,564
Write 510
Mixed 1,139
SusWrite 553
209% 941 MB/s
4K Read 53.7
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 69.3
229% 77.9 MB/s
DQ Read 770
DQ Write 417
DQ Mixed 258
282% 482 MB/s
210GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 643 526 535 538 533 538 MB/s
189% Outstanding
Read 1,599
Write 585
Mixed 1,126
SusWrite 552
214% 965 MB/s
4K Read 53.3
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 60.7
212% 72 MB/s
DQ Read 762
DQ Write 405
DQ Mixed 345
320% 504 MB/s
110GB free
Firmware: S5Z42102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 699 302 386 176 696 538 MB/s
187% Outstanding
Read 1,544
Write 931
Mixed 218
SusWrite 466
174% 790 MB/s
4K Read 52.1
4K Write 92.8
4K Mixed 65.6
212% 70.2 MB/s
DQ Read 761
DQ Write 626
DQ Mixed 348
355% 578 MB/s
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 526 169 515 532 525 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 1,475
Write 1,365
Mixed 610
SusWrite 501
220% 988 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 61.1
4K Mixed 20.9
99% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 467
DQ Mixed 346
273% 372 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,603,115 SSDs tested

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Gaming 99%
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Desktop
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  $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples8,161x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $136Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,872x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $175Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,929x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,522x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $266Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,347x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,177x
SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples2,018x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,024x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples786x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $647

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Excellent

5 years ago.

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Kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD 500GB

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Good

3 years ago.

good price to performance rate.....

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Good

2 years ago.

fast and cheap ;)

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Excellent

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