Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

SA2000M8500G 500GB
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Effective Speed +100% Effective Speed 100%Average Score +113% Read 215%, Write 183%, 4K Read 40%, 4K Write 50%, Mixed 123%, 4K Mixed 48%, SusWrite 131%Peak Score +159% Read 234%, Write 260%, 4K Read 56%, 4K Write 65%, Mixed 206%, 4K Mixed 60%, SusWrite 230%Value & Sentiment +3% User Rating -11%, Market Share 17%Nice To Haves +92% DQ Read 110%, DQ Write 189%, DQ Mixed 8%, ADQ Read 80%, ADQ Write 117%, ADQ Mixed 17%, Age 77%, AS-SSD Total 139%

Average Bench: 197% (99^th of 1071)

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 99197%

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

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

SWE-User, 10 hrs ago.

335GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1675 1676 1124 532 1112 540 MB/s

251% Outstanding

Write 1,543

Mixed 1,131

SusWrite 1,110

298% 1,327 MB/s

4K Read 58.4

4K Write 188

4K Mixed 68.2

275% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 764

DQ Write 987

DQ Mixed 346

409% 699 MB/s

MEX-User, 10 hrs ago.

382GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1617 825 445 355 359 344 MB/s

209% Outstanding

Write 1,683

Mixed 1,270

SusWrite 657

294% 1,310 MB/s

4K Read 53.8

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 69.6

230% 78.2 MB/s

DQ Read 767

DQ Write 694

DQ Mixed 351

368% 604 MB/s

CZE-User, 4 hrs ago.

274GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 745 544 553 545 546 539 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 728

Mixed 1,239

SusWrite 579

230% 1,037 MB/s

4K Read 55

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 70.4

234% 79.6 MB/s

DQ Read 711

DQ Write 538

DQ Mixed 285

305% 511 MB/s

AUS-User, 3 hrs ago.

115GB free

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 627 589 539 538 541 540 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 1,040

Mixed 903

SusWrite 562

210% 939 MB/s

4K Read 42.5

4K Write 155

4K Mixed 80.4

249% 92.5 MB/s

DQ Read 769

DQ Write 807

DQ Mixed 347

383% 641 MB/s

ROU-User, 1 hr ago.

168GB free

Firmware: S5Z42109

SusWrite @10s intervals: 706 544 542 542 544 544 MB/s

156% Outstanding

Write 1,467

Mixed 544

SusWrite 570

217% 971 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 45.8

163% 62.3 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 551

DQ Mixed 349

287% 400 MB/s

IND-User, 30 mins ago.

177GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 608 227 537 503 510 427 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 1,530

Mixed 503

SusWrite 469

214% 957 MB/s

4K Read 28.2

4K Write 151

4K Mixed 44.6

180% 74.7 MB/s

DQ Read 289

DQ Write 458

DQ Mixed 313

254% 353 MB/s

PRT-User, 11 hrs ago.

87GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 561 224 714 551 548 MB/s

139% Outstanding

Write 1,150

Mixed 458

SusWrite 458

171% 764 MB/s

4K Read 25.2

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 50.4

167% 65.8 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 559

DQ Mixed 358

292% 406 MB/s

BGR-User, 2 hrs ago.

94GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 295 397 197 696 555 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 974

Mixed 124

SusWrite 481

152% 686 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 8.5

4K Mixed 29.7

82% 21.4 MB/s

DQ Read 269

DQ Write 62.4

DQ Mixed 114

97% 148 MB/s

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Typical SA2000M8500G 500GB Builds (Compare 17,347 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 93%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $92Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,085x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $210Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,498x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,680x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $378Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,289x
RX 5700-XTAMD $289Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,168x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $205Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	1,006x

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

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,778x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	889x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	683x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $640

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GBR-User

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Excellent

3 years ago.

Deal shop.bt.com/...

Kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD 500GB

JPN-User

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Good

2 years ago.

good price to performance rate.....

AiRs

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Good

22 months ago.

fast and cheap ;)

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Excellent

3 years ago.

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $28
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12600K $205	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

Average Bench: 197% (99th of 1071)

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Outstanding average bench

Strengths

Terrible consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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

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Average Bench: 197% (99^th of 1071)