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KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB

KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB
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Effective Speed +57% Effective Speed 57%Average Score +91% Read 156%, Write 200%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write 9%, Mixed 152%, 4K Mixed -7%, SusWrite 139%Peak Score +131% Read 211%, Write 242%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write 23%, Mixed 206%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite 236%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +17% DQ Read -78%, DQ Write 189%, DQ Mixed -64%, ADQ Read -95%, ADQ Write 108%, ADQ Mixed -56%, Age 75%, AS-SSD Total 60%

Average Bench: 154% (149^th of 1072)

Based on 76 user benchmarks. Model: AMD-RAID KINGSTON SA2000M

Poor: 100%Average: 154% Great: 210%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB averaged 54.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,217MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 602MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB is 110%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 167MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 76 samples)

Rank 149154%

Min	Avg	Max
619	Read 1,173	1,576
518	Write 1,217	1,660
124	Mixed 905	1,297
131	SusWrite 709	1,302
225% 1,001 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.89	4K Read 31.1	41.1
20.2	4K Write 95.7	151
15.2	4K Mixed 42.2	59.8
152% 56.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
70.8	DQ Read 167	206
68.7	DQ Write 602	1,037
66	DQ Mixed 167	202
191% 312 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HRV-User, 3 months ago.

305GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1500 1526 1148 1471 640 302 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 1,526

Mixed 1,231

SusWrite 1,098

301% 1,337 MB/s

4K Read 38.1

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 49.2

183% 68.5 MB/s

DQ Read 170

DQ Write 726

DQ Mixed 199

225% 365 MB/s

SWE-User, 15 months ago.

292GB free

Firmware: S5Z4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 662 532 534 227 491 543 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 583

Mixed 908

SusWrite 498

168% 752 MB/s

4K Read 37.3

4K Write 94.2

4K Mixed 47.8

168% 59.8 MB/s

DQ Read 175

DQ Write 503

DQ Mixed 192

189% 290 MB/s

HRV-User, 1 month ago.

255GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 311 703 542 538 539 MB/s

137% Outstanding

Write 1,293

Mixed 510

SusWrite 517

197% 884 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 30.1

144% 59.6 MB/s

DQ Read 70.4

DQ Write 556

DQ Mixed 122

150% 249 MB/s

ISR-User, 15 months ago.

98GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 548 547 545 548 522 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 757

Mixed 125

SusWrite 529

147% 669 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 45.2

4K Mixed 26.4

96% 32.4 MB/s

DQ Read 74.7

DQ Write 71.5

DQ Mixed 74.6

56% 73.6 MB/s

HUN-User, 5 months ago.

116GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S5Z4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 494 496 506 411 252 MB/s

76.1% Very good

Write 518

Mixed 445

SusWrite 433

116% 518 MB/s

4K Read 17.1

4K Write 30.7

4K Mixed 16.9

64% 21.6 MB/s

DQ Read 71.3

DQ Write 64.3

DQ Mixed 68.5

51% 68 MB/s

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 80%

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Motherboard: MSI MAG B460 TORPEDO (MS-7C81)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	464x
Core i5-10400Intel $99Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	147x
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	101x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	164x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	97x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	90x

SSD
KINGSTON SA2000M 500GBAmd-raidBench 154%, 76 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	68x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	49x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	35x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $353

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Amd-raid

KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB

Average Bench: 154% (149^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: MSI MAG B460 TORPEDO (MS-7C81)

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Amd-raid

KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB

Average Bench: 154% (149th of 1072)

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Terrible consistency

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Motherboard: MSI MAG B460 TORPEDO (MS-7C81)

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Average Bench: 154% (149^th of 1072)