Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

SA2000M8500G 500GB
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Effective Speed +118% Effective Speed 118%Average Score +135% Read 226%, Write 221%, 4K Read 53%, 4K Write 60%, Mixed 160%, 4K Mixed 58%, SusWrite 168%Peak Score +158% Read 235%, Write 262%, 4K Read 55%, 4K Write 60%, Mixed 207%, 4K Mixed 60%, SusWrite 230%Value & Sentiment +42% User Rating -11%, Market Share 95%Nice To Haves +112% DQ Read 110%, DQ Write 193%, DQ Mixed 7%, ADQ Read 101%, ADQ Write 147%, ADQ Mixed 22%, Age 172%, AS-SSD Total 140%

Average Bench: 215% (76^th of 1058)

Based on 60,951 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA2000M8500G

Poor: 133%Average: 215% Great: 278%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB averaged 115.3% 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 317MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 710MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB is 145%. 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 803MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 935MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 60,951 samples)

Rank 76215%

Min	Avg	Max
1,164	Read 1,508	1,700
494	Write 1,301	1,757
125	Mixed 935	1,297
385	SusWrite 803	1,272
254% 1,137 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29	4K Read 52.4	66.5
48.9	4K Write 138	191
38.4	4K Mixed 71.4	92.8
244% 87.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
296	DQ Read 649	773
70.7	DQ Write 710	1,048
114	DQ Mixed 317	355
339% 559 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

CHE-User, 1 hr ago.

466GB free

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1334 1341 1345 1346 1349 884 MB/s

268% Outstanding

Write 1,395

Mixed 1,166

SusWrite 1,266

309% 1,377 MB/s

4K Read 61.3

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 85.7

284% 100 MB/s

DQ Read 762

DQ Write 820

DQ Mixed 332

376% 638 MB/s

ESP-User, 1 hr ago.

331GB free

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 971 1318 1333 949 551 532 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 1,304

Mixed 1,130

SusWrite 942

280% 1,253 MB/s

4K Read 60.2

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 81.9

275% 97.2 MB/s

DQ Read 766

DQ Write 761

DQ Mixed 350

376% 626 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 hr ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 734 612 555 380 414 554 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 656

Mixed 1285

SusWrite 542

231% 1,043 MB/s

4K Read 65

4K Write 174

4K Mixed 88.9

304% 109 MB/s

DQ Read 757

DQ Write 821

DQ Mixed 332

376% 637 MB/s

CZE-User, 1 hr ago.

208GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 705 247 575 542 544 541 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 1,714

Mixed 1,241

SusWrite 526

289% 1,291 MB/s

4K Read 66.1

4K Write 177

4K Mixed 90.4

310% 111 MB/s

DQ Read 773

DQ Write 494

DQ Mixed 328

327% 531 MB/s

ESP-User, 1 hr ago.

331GB free

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 945 1249 1209 1257 1256 1256 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 524

Mixed 558

SusWrite 1,195

200% 898 MB/s

4K Read 32.1

4K Write 144

4K Mixed 50.6

190% 75.6 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 723

DQ Mixed 350

313% 458 MB/s

FRA-User, 50 mins ago.

228GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 742 225 543 544 543 542 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 1,724

Mixed 554

SusWrite 523

249% 1,118 MB/s

4K Read 34.2

4K Write 179

4K Mixed 54.8

217% 89.3 MB/s

DQ Read 296

DQ Write 558

DQ Mixed 342

284% 399 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

48GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 617 443 191 720 175 MB/s

135% Outstanding

Write 350

Mixed 347

SusWrite 409

135% 617 MB/s

4K Read 33.2

4K Write 77.1

4K Mixed 43.6

147% 51.3 MB/s

DQ Read 302

DQ Write 152

DQ Mixed 303

205% 253 MB/s

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Typical SA2000M8500G 500GB Builds (Compare 74,420 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 91%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $125

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $199Bench 83%, 842,939 samples	35,417x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $305Bench 86%, 591,493 samples	11,511x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $279Bench 84%, 264,970 samples	8,707x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 104%, 345,322 samples	8,387x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 117%, 483,896 samples	7,896x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 268,091 samples	5,558x

SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 215%, 60,951 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 449,640 samples	9,315x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $110Bench 84%, 243,416 samples	4,487x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $89Bench 84%, 212,382 samples	3,815x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $803

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $277	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $94	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

Average Bench: 215% (76th of 1058)

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Outstanding average bench

Strengths

Terrible consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $125

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Average Bench: 215% (76^th of 1058)