Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

SA2000M8500G 500GB
BENCHMARKS (87,883)
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Effective Speed -175%Effective Speed -175%Average Score -193%Read -188%, Write -302%, 4K Read -78%, 4K Write -56%, Mixed -297%, 4K Mixed -62%, SusWrite -364%Peak Score -205%Read -248%, Write -263%, 4K Read -186%, 4K Write -88%, Mixed -257%, 4K Mixed -135%, SusWrite -257%Value & Sentiment -80%User Rating -34%, Market Share -125%Nice To Haves -236%DQ Read -200%, DQ Write -83%, DQ Mixed -485%, ADQ Read -192%, ADQ Write -101%, ADQ Mixed -388%, Age -277%, AS-SSD Total -159%

Average Bench: 197% (108^th of 1080)

Based on 87,883 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA2000M8500G

Poor: 118%Average: 197% Great: 277%

Popular builds with this SSD

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

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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

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

ROU-User, 18 mins ago.

337GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42102

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1602 704 1406 1666 964 648 MB/s

250% Outstanding

Write 1701

Mixed 250

SusWrite 1,165

267% 1,195 MB/s

4K Read 54.9

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 71.5

234% 79.6 MB/s

DQ Read 765

DQ Write 1023

DQ Mixed 347

415% 712 MB/s

SWE-User, 16 hrs ago.

194GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42109

SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 586 540 538 531 541 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 436

Mixed 1,185

SusWrite 514

212% 958 MB/s

4K Read 64.9

4K Write 171

4K Mixed 87.8

301% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 762

DQ Write 657

DQ Mixed 352

362% 590 MB/s

FRA-User, 15 hrs ago.

317GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42109

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1419 1456 1468 929 502 359 MB/s

211% Outstanding

Write 1,354

Mixed 1,116

SusWrite 1,022

277% 1,232 MB/s

4K Read 38.9

4K Write 77.2

4K Mixed 51.7

166% 55.9 MB/s

DQ Read 743

DQ Write 1016

DQ Mixed 504

485% 754 MB/s

ISR-User, 15 hrs ago.

237GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 545 548 548 602 547 MB/s

191% Outstanding

Write 931

Mixed 651

SusWrite 560

207% 934 MB/s

4K Read 51.1

4K Write 99.8

4K Mixed 65.3

214% 72.1 MB/s

DQ Read 777

DQ Write 408

DQ Mixed 226

266% 470 MB/s

ITA-User, 15 hrs ago.

99GB free

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 699 545 546 373 171 538 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 1,392

Mixed 1,154

SusWrite 479

262% 1,176 MB/s

4K Read 50.1

4K Write 157

4K Mixed 54.4

229% 87.3 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 541

DQ Mixed 352

286% 398 MB/s

TUR-User, 12 hrs ago.

151GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 807 535 539 540 510 95 MB/s

134% Outstanding

Write 813

Mixed 124

SusWrite 504

154% 698 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 53.4

4K Mixed 41.1

131% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 304

DQ Write 65.8

DQ Mixed 115

102% 161 MB/s

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Typical SA2000M8500G 500GB Builds (Compare 19,604 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 93%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,955x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $199Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,803x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,892x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,482x
RX 5700-XTAMD $150Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,322x
RTX 3070Nvidia $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,140x

SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,960x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	999x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	766x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $524

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GBR-User

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Excellent

4 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
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Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

Average Bench: 197% (108th of 1080)

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Outstanding average bench

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Terrible consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

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Average Bench: 197% (108^th of 1080)