Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

SA2000M8500G 500GB
BENCHMARKS (87,883)
MKT (0.2%)
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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 +7% User Rating -11%, Market Share 25%Nice To Haves +91% DQ Read 110%, DQ Write 189%, DQ Mixed 8%, ADQ Read 80%, ADQ Write 117%, ADQ Mixed 17%, Age 68%, AS-SSD Total 139%

Average Bench: 197% (100^th of 1072)

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

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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 100197%

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, 4 hrs ago.

382GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1102 846 1106 779 684 636 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,138

Mixed 1,039

SusWrite 859

251% 1,122 MB/s

4K Read 55.3

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 70.7

231% 77.8 MB/s

DQ Read 765

DQ Write 690

DQ Mixed 347

364% 601 MB/s

FRA-User, 15 hrs ago.

304GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42109

SusWrite @10s intervals: 682 303 482 503 498 494 MB/s

197% Outstanding

Write 1,286

Mixed 1,042

SusWrite 494

236% 1,053 MB/s

4K Read 51.7

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 74.9

249% 89.3 MB/s

DQ Read 758

DQ Write 746

DQ Mixed 238

320% 581 MB/s

NOR-User, 11 hrs ago.

136GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 678 538 540 367 172 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 1,489

Mixed 1,155

SusWrite 422

258% 1,155 MB/s

4K Read 50.8

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 67.7

229% 80.5 MB/s

DQ Read 767

DQ Write 462

DQ Mixed 329

322% 519 MB/s

IND-User, 1 hr ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 747 546 544 546 548 547 MB/s

137% Outstanding

Write 724

Mixed 126

SusWrite 580

153% 696 MB/s

4K Read 33

4K Write 48

4K Mixed 38.4

125% 39.8 MB/s

DQ Read 298

DQ Write 72.2

DQ Mixed 118

104% 163 MB/s

DNK-User, 24 mins ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 463 350 183 511 155 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 810

Mixed 330

SusWrite 333

145% 656 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 36

4K Mixed 30.6

91% 29.3 MB/s

DQ Read 297

DQ Write 549

DQ Mixed 355

289% 400 MB/s

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 93%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,771x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,755x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,294x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

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

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,921x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	752x

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Value: 130% - Outstanding

Total price: $468

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Excellent

4 years ago.

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Kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD 500GB

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Good

2 years ago.

good price to performance rate.....

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2 years ago.

fast and cheap ;)

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3 years ago.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

Average Bench: 197% (100th of 1072)

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Outstanding average bench

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Average Bench

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

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Average Bench: 197% (100^th of 1072)