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KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 193% (104th of 1072)

Based on 1,870 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe KINGSTON SA2000M
Poor: 108%Average: 193% Great: 268%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB averaged 93.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 307MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,361MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB is 159%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 728MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 116MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,870 samples)
Rank 104193%
Min Avg Max
833 Read 1,361 1,679
518 Write 1,165 1,668
121 Mixed 825 1,266
337 SusWrite 728 1,248
228% 1,019 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.8 4K Read 48.4 66.2
40.1 4K Write 116 189
29.8 4K Mixed 64.3 93.2
217% 76.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
269 DQ Read 605 773
67.7 DQ Write 598 1,041
108 DQ Mixed 307 365
312% 503 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1589 1594 1605 1186 891 496 MB/s
260% Outstanding
Read 1,657
Write 1,602
Mixed 1,246
SusWrite 1227
322% 1,433 MB/s
4K Read 60.1
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 78.4
273% 97.3 MB/s
DQ Read 762
DQ Write 788
DQ Mixed 348
380% 633 MB/s
286GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1586 1596 1609 1626 925 352 MB/s
257% Outstanding
Read 1616
Write 1,486
Mixed 1,251
SusWrite 1,282
317% 1,409 MB/s
4K Read 55.8
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 75.5
248% 85.5 MB/s
DQ Read 763
DQ Write 876
DQ Mixed 349
393% 663 MB/s
372GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1410 931 1116 772 535 540 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 1,606
Write 1,533
Mixed 1,223
SusWrite 884
294% 1,311 MB/s
4K Read 52.9
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 68.4
225% 76.2 MB/s
DQ Read 695
DQ Write 483
DQ Mixed 348
325% 509 MB/s
219GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 767 495 349 420 533 540 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 1,223
Write 1,128
Mixed 531
SusWrite 518
190% 850 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 42.9
152% 58.7 MB/s
DQ Read 297
DQ Write 571
DQ Mixed 318
274% 395 MB/s
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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
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System: Acer Nitro AN515-54

CPU
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples5,694x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples2,865x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 68%, 23,588 samples2,668x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples5,975x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 92,838 samples3,465x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples933x
SSD
KINGSTON SA2000M 500GBNvmeBench 193%, 1,870 samples1x
RAM
ACR26D4S9S8HJ-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 75%, 2,420 samples844x
ACR26D4S9S8HJ-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,751 samples754x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 48,644 samples730x
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