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Samsung SSD 860 Evo 512GB vs Kingston SA2000M8500G

Samsung SSD 860 Evo 512GB

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The Samsung 860 EVO 512GB is a fast SATA based 2.5-inch SSD. It is positioned below the 860 PRO and uses 3-bit MLC 3D NAND (TLC 64-layer) chips. As a controller Samsung uses its own MJX SSD controller. For more information on the Samsung 860 Evo see our review of the slightly faster 1 TB version.

Kingston SA2000M8500G

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The Kingston A2000 (SA2000M8/500G) SSD is a mid range PCIe NVMe M.2 2280 SSD. It uses 3D-NAND TLC from Micron (96 Layer), the Silicon Motion SM2263ENG Controller and 1 GB DDR4L-1866 Cache.

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Samsung SSD 860 Evo 512GBKingston SA2000M8500G
TypeSSDSSD
Size2.5M.2 2280
Capacity512 GB500 GB
InterfaceSATA IIINVMe
Announced23.01.2018 14.10.2019

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd - 860 Evo 512GB
10 pt (11%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.719 -93%
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FPT310M4SSD256G
8.2 -18%
Netac NS512GSSD330
8.46 -15%
FPT310M8SSD512G
8.48 -15%
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3256GJ1
8.49 -15%
Faspeed P8-512G-SE
8.68 -13%
Teclast BD256GB
8.69 -13%
FPT330M8SSD512G
9.05 -9%
Samsung SSD PM871b MZNLN256HAJQ
9.63 -4%
Western Digital WD Blue 3D WDBNCE5000PNC
9.84 -2%
Samsung SSD 860 Evo 512GB
10
Crucial P2 1TB CT1000P2SSD8
10.3 3%
SK hynix HFB1M8MQ331C0MR
10.5 5%
Samsung SSD 860 Evo 256GB M.2
10.7 7%
Foresee 512GB
11.3 13%
Apple SSD SM0512F
11.3 13%
Kingston OM8SEP4256Q-A0
11.4 14%
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDGTNG
11.6 16%
Apple SSD AP0512
11.6 16%
Toshiba BG4 KBG40ZNS128G
11.8 18%
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Kingston Fury Renegade G5
88.1 781%
0%
100%
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Performance Rating - DiskSpd - SA2000M8500G
23.4 pt (27%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.719 -97%
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Lexar NM620 512GB
23.1 -1%
Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM
23.2 -1%
Samsung PM991a MZ9LQ512HBLU-00BD1
23.2 -1%
BIWIN NS200 512GB CNF82GS1G00-512
23.2 -1%
WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512GB
23.3 0%
Phison PS5013 311CD0512GB
23.3 0%
Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS512G
23.3 0%
Kingston OM8SEP4512N-A0
23.3 0%
Samsung SSD PM981 MZVLB512HAJQ
23.4 0%
Kingston SA2000M8500G
23.4
Intel SSD 760p SSDPEKKW512G8
23.6 1%
SK Hynix PC711 512GB HFS512GDE9X073N
23.6 1%
Derlar FP3 NVMe M.2 SSD PCIe Gen 3.0X4 1 TB
23.6 1%
SK Hynix PC401 512GB M.2 (HFS512GD9TNG)
23.6 1%
Lenovo UMIS AM6A0 RPETJ512MKP1QDQ
23.6 1%
SK hynix PC801 HFS512GEJ9X110N
23.8 2%
SK hynix HFS512GEJ4X113N
23.9 2%
Lexar 1024GB LNM6A1X001T-HNNNG
23.9 2%
Samsung SSD 980 500GB (MZ-V8V500BW)
24 3%
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Kingston Fury Renegade G5
88.1 276%
0%
100%
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AS SSD - Copy Game
319.6 MB/s (5%)
1040 MB/s (17%)
AS SSD - Copy Program
283.8 MB/s (11%)
357 MB/s (13%)
AS SSD - Copy ISO
500 MB/s (2%)
1714 MB/s (6%)
AS SSD - Score Total
1198 Points (7%)
3013 Points (18%)
AS SSD - Score Write
472 Points (7%)
1486 Points (21%)
AS SSD - Score Read
471 Points (8%)
1001 Points (16%)
AS SSD - Access Time Write *
0 ms (0%)
0.1 ms (0%)
AS SSD - Access Time Read *
0.1 ms (0%)
0 ms (0%)
AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
335.7 MB/s (6%)
1092 MB/s (18%)
AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
380 MB/s (7%)
740 MB/s (15%)
AS SSD - 4K Write
87.3 MB/s (17%)
203.7 MB/s (40%)
AS SSD - 4K Read
38.9 MB/s (12%)
60.9 MB/s (19%)
AS SSD - Sequential Write
495 MB/s (4%)
1904 MB/s (17%)
AS SSD - Sequential Read
524 MB/s (4%)
2006 MB/s (16%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
89.6 MB/s (8%)
231.2 MB/s (21%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
40.9 MB/s (1%)
66.1 MB/s (2%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
518 MB/s (3%)
1942 MB/s (10%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
539 MB/s (6%)
1739 MB/s (21%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
304 MB/s (6%)
495.3 MB/s (10%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
329 MB/s (5%)
648 MB/s (9%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
529 MB/s (4%)
2055 MB/s (14%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
561 MB/s (3%)
2235 MB/s (12%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
99.7 MB/s (23%)
223 MB/s (51%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
40.8 MB/s (12%)
66 MB/s (19%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
354.4 MB/s (6%)
1089 MB/s (17%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
397.7 MB/s (5%)
813 MB/s (10%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
505 MB/s (5%)
1810 MB/s (18%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
532 MB/s (7%)
1392 MB/s (18%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
526 MB/s (4%)
1873 MB/s (13%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
560 MB/s (3%)
1699 MB/s (11%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
558 MB/s (3%)
1656 MB/s (10%)

Average Benchmarks Samsung SSD 860 Evo 512GB → 100% n=31

Average Benchmarks Kingston SA2000M8500G → 264% n=31

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