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Kingston SA2000M81000G

The Kingston A2000 (SA2000M8/1000G) 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.

TypeSSD
SizeM.2 2280
Capacity1024 GB
InterfaceNVMe
Announced14.10.2019

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - DiskSpd
22.5 pt (27%)
Seagate ST1000LM014 Solid State Hybrid Drive
0.743 -97%
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2x Micron 2200S 512 GB (RAID 0)
22.1 -2%
Kingston NV2 2TB SNV2S/2000G
22.2 -1%
Lexar NM610 1TB
22.2 -1%
Kingston NV1 SNVS/500GCN
22.2 -1%
Samsung PM991a MZALQ512HBLU
22.3 -1%
SK Hynix PC711 1TB HFS001TDE9X073N
22.3 -1%
Samsung PM991a MZ9LQ1T0HBLB-00BKN
22.3 -1%
Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNS256G
22.4 0%
ESO512GYLCT
22.4 0%
Kingston SA2000M81000G
22.5
Samsung SSD PM981 MZVLB256HAHQ
22.6 0%
Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNT1T02
22.6 0%
Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV512G
22.6 0%
Kingston OM8PCP31024F
22.7 1%
Micron 2210 MTFDHBA1T0QFD
22.7 1%
SK Hynix HFS512 GDE9X081N
22.7 1%
WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G
22.7 1%
SK Hynix PC711 512GB HFS512GDE9X081N
22.8 1%
Kioxia BG5 KBG5AZNT1T02
22.8 1%
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Samsung 9100 Pro 2 TB
82.7 268%
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100%
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AS SSD - Copy Game
1425 MB/s (24%)
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AS SSD - Copy Program
703 MB/s (26%)
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AS SSD - Copy ISO
1612 MB/s (15%)
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AS SSD - Score Total
min: 3398     avg: 3406     median: 3405.5 (25%)     max: 3413 Points
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AS SSD - Score Write
min: 1321     avg: 1353     median: 1353 (19%)     max: 1385 Points
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AS SSD - Score Read
min: 1321     avg: 1345     median: 1344.5 (28%)     max: 1368 Points
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AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.026     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.075 ms
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AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.024     avg: 0     median: 0 (0%)     max: 0.033 ms
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 977     avg: 1009     median: 1009 (17%)     max: 1041 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 1098     avg: 1102     median: 1102 (30%)     max: 1106 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 150.2     avg: 150.4     median: 150.4 (29%)     max: 150.6 MB/s
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AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 59.4     avg: 60.2     median: 60.2 (19%)     max: 61 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 1936     avg: 1939     median: 1938.5 (17%)     max: 1941 MB/s
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AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 1622     avg: 1824     median: 1823.5 (14%)     max: 2025 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 153.8     avg: 173.8     median: 173.8 (16%)     max: 193.7 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 61.7     avg: 66.4     median: 66.4 (2%)     max: 71 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
min: 2035     avg: 2040     median: 2039.5 (11%)     max: 2044 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
min: 1948     avg: 1970     median: 1970 (24%)     max: 1992 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 398.3     avg: 511     median: 510.7 (17%)     max: 623 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 526     avg: 615     median: 615 (10%)     max: 704 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 2173     avg: 2174     median: 2173.5 (15%)     max: 2174 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 2239     avg: 2259     median: 2259 (12%)     max: 2279 MB/s
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Write 4K Q8T8
1072 MB/s (21%)
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CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Read 4K Q8T8
1167 MB/s (17%)
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
min: 110     avg: 131.5     median: 131.5 (30%)     max: 153 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
min: 53     avg: 57.1     median: 57.1 (17%)     max: 61.2 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
min: 960     avg: 1016     median: 1016 (18%)     max: 1072 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
min: 1096     avg: 1099     median: 1098.5 (18%)     max: 1101 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
min: 1844     avg: 1858     median: 1858 (20%)     max: 1872 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
min: 1747     avg: 1773     median: 1773 (25%)     max: 1799 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
min: 2062     avg: 2118     median: 2118 (15%)     max: 2174 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
min: 2155     avg: 2205     median: 2205 (14%)     max: 2255 MB/s
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DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
min: 2069     avg: 2170     median: 2170 (13%)     max: 2271 MB/s
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Kingston wants to drive the price down for NVMe SSDs without having to sacrifice performance along the way. The A2000 series looks to have achieved this especially when compared to budget NVMe SSDs like the Toshiba BG3 series.
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