TEST: Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 500GB XS2000 Portable SSD

Here you can find a detailed performance and benchmark test.
The the external SSD XS2000 Portable SSD with 500GB (SXS2000/500G) from Kingston was tested.


Technical data
Manufacturer Kingston
Type SXS2000/500G
Storage capacity 500 GB (477 GiB)
Read speed 2000 MB/s
Write speed 2000 MB/s
Interface USB 4.0 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbit/s)
DRAM Cache no
Price 75 USD (= 0,15 $ / GB)
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Score
1144
Price/GB
0,15 $
Compared to the top performer*
Read speed
98 %
Write speed
91 %

*) Test result evaluated according to AS SSD Score within the same size.

AS SSD Benchmark 2.0

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 5 GB file. Here, a total score of 1144 points was achieved.

AS SSD TEST: Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 500GB

AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
1872,27 MB/s
1658,57 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
23,50 MB/s
80,16 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
169,69 MB/s
326,77 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0,049 ms
0,669 ms
Score
380
573
Total score
1144

Copy Performance Test

A common everyday situation is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

  • ISO (folder with two large files)
  • Program (folder with many small files)
  • Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using Windows Copy command (the cache remains enabled). The practical test of 18.11.2022 shows the performance for simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 500GB
AS SSD Kopier-Benchmark Transferrate: Dauer:
ISO
two large files
837,07 MB/s
2,75 s
Program
many small files
139,75 MB/s
50,37 s
Game
small and large files
508,45 MB/s
13,59 s

Compression Performance Test

Here, the write as well as read speed (according to the manufacturer 2000 MB/s and 2000 MB/s) is measured depending on the compressibility of the data.

AS SSD TEST: Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 500GB

CrystalDiskMark 7.0 Benchmark


Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are performed.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark TEST: Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 500GB
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
2074,71
1850,48
SEQ1M
Q1T1
1876,24
1712,14
RND4K
Q32T16
177,86
382,92
RND4K
Q1T1
27,36
87,96

Input/Output operations per second

CDM Read [IPOS] Write [IPOS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
1.978,60
1.764,80
SEQ1M
Q1T1
1.789,30
1.632,80
RND4K
Q32T16
43.421,60
93.485,40
RND4K
Q1T1
6.679,40
21.474,60

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
4.039,31
4.520,96
SEQ1M
Q1T1
558,64
612,09
RND4K
Q32T16
11.767,30
5.471,76
RND4K
Q1T1
149,58
46,44

ATTO Disk Benchmark 4

Here a 256 MB file is written several times to the Kingston external SSD. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster they can usually be written and read.

ATTO Disk Benchmark TEST: Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 500GB

HD Tune Pro 5.75 Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 5 GB file to the Kingston external SSD. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The determined access time and burst rate are also displayed.

HD Tune TEST: Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 500GB

HD Tune Endurance test

A long-term test was performed here to fully utilize the memory. You can see when a cache is full and the write performance decreases.

HD Tune Dauertest TEST: Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 500GB

SSD-Z 16 Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the Kingston external SSD here. is written. The transfer data is displayed. The more constant the line, the better.

SSD-Z TEST: Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 500GB

Information about the test system can be found at the bottom of the home page.