
Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNS256G

The Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNS256G (former Toshiba, SED KBG50ZNS256G) is a mid range PCIe4 x4 NVMe M.2 2230 SSD. It uses BiCS FLASH TLC memory and is specified at 3,500 MB/s sequential read and 1,900 MB/s sequential write.
| Type | SSD |
| Size | M.2 2230 |
| Capacity | 512 GB |
| Interface | NVMe |
| Announced | 19.08.2022 |
| Link | Kioxia BG5 KBG50ZNS256G |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - DiskSpd
20.5 pt (23%)
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AS SSD - Copy Game
min: 1163.14 avg: 1199 median: 1198.8 (20%) max: 1234.36 MB/s
AS SSD - Copy Program
min: 565.52 avg: 646 median: 645.8 (24%) max: 726.11 MB/s
AS SSD - Copy ISO
min: 1231.55 avg: 1281 median: 1281.4 (5%) max: 1331.2 MB/s
AS SSD - Score Total
min: 2683 avg: 2977 median: 2977 (18%) max: 3271 Points
AS SSD - Score Write
min: 795 avg: 1151 median: 1150.5 (16%) max: 1506 Points
AS SSD - Score Read
min: 780 avg: 1222 median: 1221.5 (20%) max: 1663 Points
AS SSD - Access Time Write *
min: 0.023 avg: 0 median: 0 (0%) max: 0.032 ms
AS SSD - Access Time Read *
min: 0.075 avg: 0.1 median: 0.1 (0%) max: 0.11 ms
AS SSD - 4K-64 Write
min: 529.16 avg: 860 median: 859.6 (15%) max: 1190 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K-64 Read
min: 528 avg: 932 median: 931.6 (18%) max: 1335.1 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K Write
min: 77.02 avg: 125.4 median: 125.4 (24%) max: 173.8 MB/s
AS SSD - 4K Read
min: 51.19 avg: 56.4 median: 56.4 (18%) max: 61.6 MB/s
AS SSD - Sequential Write
min: 1420 avg: 1655 median: 1654.7 (15%) max: 1889.33 MB/s
AS SSD - Sequential Read
min: 1903 avg: 2333 median: 2333.1 (18%) max: 2763.16 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K
min: 123.5 avg: 144.6 median: 144.6 (13%) max: 165.6 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K
min: 53.7 avg: 61 median: 61 (2%) max: 68.21 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Write Seq
1798 MB/s (10%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5 Read Seq
2568 MB/s (29%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1
min: 319 avg: 323.4 median: 323.4 (7%) max: 327.7 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1
min: 422 avg: 458 median: 458 (7%) max: 494 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1
min: 1918 avg: 1953 median: 1953 (13%) max: 1988 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1
min: 2876 avg: 3000 median: 2999.5 (16%) max: 3123 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Write 4K Q8T8
301 MB/s (6%)
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 - CDM 6 Read 4K Q8T8
551 MB/s (8%)
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_write
min: 121.4 avg: 154.3 median: 154.3 (35%) max: 187.2 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q1t1_read
min: 54.7 avg: 59.6 median: 59.6 (17%) max: 64.4 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_write
min: 288 avg: 390.5 median: 390.5 (6%) max: 493 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd 4k_q32t16_read
min: 550 avg: 1104 median: 1103.5 (14%) max: 1657 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_write
min: 1563 avg: 1718 median: 1717.5 (17%) max: 1872 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_read
min: 2229 avg: 2331 median: 2330.5 (27%) max: 2432 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_write
min: 1865 avg: 1919 median: 1918.5 (13%) max: 1972 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd seq_q8t1_read
min: 2057 avg: 2254 median: 2253.5 (14%) max: 2450 MB/s
DiskSpd - DiskSpd Loop seq_q8t1_read
min: 2458 avg: 2518 median: 2518 (15%) max: 2578 MB/s
- Range of benchmark values
- Average benchmark values
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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