Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

SA2000M8500G 500GB
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Effective Speed +114% Effective Speed 114%Average Score +131% Read 227%, Write 221%, 4K Read 52%, 4K Write 52%, Mixed 149%, 4K Mixed 54%, SusWrite 163%Peak Score +159% Read 238%, Write 261%, 4K Read 56%, 4K Write 60%, Mixed 208%, 4K Mixed 59%, SusWrite 229%Value & Sentiment +44% User Rating -11%, Market Share 99%Nice To Haves +111% DQ Read 133%, DQ Write 189%, DQ Mixed 15%, ADQ Read 98%, ADQ Write 135%, ADQ Mixed 19%, Age 151%, AS-SSD Total 149%

Average Bench: 212% (78^th of 1058)

Based on 71,014 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA2000M8500G

Poor: 127%Average: 212% Great: 278%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB averaged 112.5% 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 310MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,515MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB is 151%. 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 791MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 901MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 71,014 samples)

Rank 78212%

Min	Avg	Max
1,164	Read 1,515	1716
527	Write 1,302	1,753
124	Mixed 901	1,304
401	SusWrite 791	1,270
252% 1,127 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.7	4K Read 52.6	67.1
47.2	4K Write 133	191
36.5	4K Mixed 69.9	92.6
240% 85.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
294	DQ Read 639	856
68.7	DQ Write 676	1,036
112	DQ Mixed 310	381
329% 542 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

FIN-User, 17 mins ago.

466GB free

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1731 1753 1762 1764 691 544 MB/s

280% Outstanding

Write 1,748

Mixed 1,262

SusWrite 1,374

338% 1,498 MB/s

4K Read 64.1

4K Write 173

4K Mixed 88.8

302% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 767

DQ Write 956

DQ Mixed 352

407% 692 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

353GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42102

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1727 1704 1759 1747 572 313 MB/s

277% Outstanding

Write 1,775

Mixed 271

SusWrite 1,304

278% 1,244 MB/s

4K Read 64.8

4K Write 169

4K Mixed 88.6

301% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 764

DQ Write 999

DQ Mixed 327

402% 697 MB/s

USA-User, 38 mins ago.

306GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1747 1754 1752 901 1133 338 MB/s

264% Outstanding

Write 1,765

Mixed 1,284

SusWrite 1,271

338% 1,501 MB/s

4K Read 65

4K Write 171

4K Mixed 89.2

303% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 401

DQ Write 694

DQ Mixed 352

322% 482 MB/s

POL-User, 58 mins ago.

405GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1268 1136 1089 1001 800 675 MB/s

236% Outstanding

Write 1,287

Mixed 1,095

SusWrite 995

272% 1,210 MB/s

4K Read 61.2

4K Write 145

4K Mixed 80.3

272% 95.6 MB/s

DQ Read 760

DQ Write 686

DQ Mixed 350

364% 598 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 mins ago.

132GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 96 318 495 481 375 MB/s

182% Outstanding

Write 1,199

Mixed 657

SusWrite 365

211% 950 MB/s

4K Read 51.3

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 66.8

223% 76.9 MB/s

DQ Read 752

DQ Write 484

DQ Mixed 305

312% 514 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 700 533 551 546 548 512 MB/s

171% Outstanding

Write 541

Mixed 566

SusWrite 565

169% 766 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 147

4K Mixed 50.9

192% 76.7 MB/s

DQ Read 300

DQ Write 686

DQ Mixed 353

309% 446 MB/s

FIN-User, 9 mins ago.

153GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42109

SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 404 648 536 531 535 MB/s

150% Outstanding

Write 1,218

Mixed 543

SusWrite 515

198% 890 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 44.9

156% 58.2 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 564

DQ Mixed 325

277% 397 MB/s

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Typical SA2000M8500G 500GB Builds (Compare 81,389 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 92%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 87%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $109

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples	38,520x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $310Bench 87%, 646,253 samples	12,565x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $320Bench 84%, 258,321 samples	9,347x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 105%, 363,665 samples	8,914x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples	8,421x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 284,028 samples	5,986x

SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 212%, 71,014 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples	10,063x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 84%, 266,132 samples	4,888x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 85%, 253,738 samples	4,150x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $853

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Excellent

22 months ago.

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Kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD 500GB

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Good

2 months ago.

good price to performance rate.....

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Excellent

16 months ago.

so fast

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183
Intel Core i7-11700K $346	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	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: 212% (78th 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) - $109

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Average Bench: 212% (78^th of 1058)