Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

SA2000M8500G 500GB
BENCHMARKS (91,160)
MKT (0.3%)
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Effective Speed +109% Effective Speed 109%Average Score +123% Read 221%, Write 198%, 4K Read 48%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 136%, 4K Mixed 55%, SusWrite 150%Peak Score +165% Read 236%, Write 261%, 4K Read 59%, 4K Write 69%, Mixed 213%, 4K Mixed 66%, SusWrite 248%Value & Sentiment +16% User Rating -11%, Market Share 43%Nice To Haves +100% DQ Read 110%, DQ Write 195%, DQ Mixed 12%, ADQ Read 86%, ADQ Write 122%, ADQ Mixed 21%, Age 111%, AS-SSD Total 141%

Average Bench: 202% (84^th of 1058)

Based on 91,160 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA2000M8500G

Poor: 124%Average: 202% Great: 275%

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Outstanding average bench

The Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB averaged 101.6% 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 300MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,466MB/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 706MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 816MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 91,160 samples)

Rank 84202%

Min	Avg	Max
1,056	Read 1,466	1,703
447	Write 1,192	1,753
124	Mixed 816	1,295
339	SusWrite 706	1,290
233% 1,045 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.9	4K Read 49.7	67.1
43.9	4K Write 133	205
35.8	4K Mixed 67.9	94.3
232% 83.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
293	DQ Read 611	774
67.4	DQ Write 634	1,039
110	DQ Mixed 300	355
314% 515 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FIN-User, 1 hr ago.

299GB free

Firmware: S5Z42109

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1777 1777 1590 658 737 1772 MB/s

292% Outstanding

Write 961

Mixed 1,298

SusWrite 1,385

300% 1,337 MB/s

4K Read 66.9

4K Write 189

4K Mixed 92.2

320% 116 MB/s

DQ Read 770

DQ Write 1,041

DQ Mixed 345

417% 719 MB/s

AUS-User, 42 mins ago.

432GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1518 1648 1657 1643 944 540 MB/s

252% Outstanding

Write 1,483

Mixed 1,236

SusWrite 1325

318% 1,413 MB/s

4K Read 55.9

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 73.6

241% 82.2 MB/s

DQ Read 745

DQ Write 692

DQ Mixed 359

368% 599 MB/s

CZE-User, 1 hr ago.

296GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1575 1584 1578 862 460 300 MB/s

251% Outstanding

Write 1,657

Mixed 1,255

SusWrite 1,060

316% 1,408 MB/s

4K Read 60.8

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 78.1

260% 89 MB/s

DQ Read 769

DQ Write 968

DQ Mixed 349

408% 695 MB/s

AUS-User, 35 mins ago.

71GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 706 537 185 192 208 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 502

Mixed 303

SusWrite 346

135% 617 MB/s

4K Read 31.5

4K Write 170

4K Mixed 52.1

205% 84.6 MB/s

DQ Read 133

DQ Write 540

DQ Mixed 164

176% 279 MB/s

TUR-User, 23 mins ago.

194GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z42105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 467 550 550 555 551 MB/s

151% Outstanding

Write 906

Mixed 331

SusWrite 532

170% 770 MB/s

4K Read 29.3

4K Write 91.8

4K Mixed 45.6

151% 55.6 MB/s

DQ Read 299

DQ Write 558

DQ Mixed 356

291% 405 MB/s

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 82%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $105

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $144Bench 81%, 961,699 samples	47,236x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $286Bench 82%, 538,296 samples	15,592x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $265Bench 81%, 267,783 samples	11,387x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $410Bench 102%, 240,216 samples	10,360x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $500Bench 118%, 623,566 samples	9,977x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $220Bench 71%, 379,688 samples	7,136x

SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 202%, 91,160 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 86%, 616,718 samples	12,193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 85%, 338,612 samples	6,000x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 305,714 samples	5,019x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $719

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Excellent

2 years ago.

Deal shop.bt.com/...

Kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD 500GB

JPN-User

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Good

13 months ago.

good price to performance rate.....

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Good

8 months ago.

fast and cheap ;)

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Excellent

2 years ago.

so fast

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Intel Core i5-12600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $446	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $292	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $62	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17

Kingston

SA2000M8500G 500GB

Average Bench: 202% (84th of 1058)

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Outstanding average bench

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $105

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Average Bench: 202% (84^th of 1058)