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SSDNow V Series 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 14.4% (1067th of 1072)

Based on 329 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB
Poor: 6%Average: 14.4% Great: 19%

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Terrible average bench

The Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB averaged 85.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 13.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 40.5MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB is just 12.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.97MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 329 samples)
Rank 106714.4%
Min Avg Max
53.3 Read 102 120
17.1 Write 65.4 88.3
28.8 Mixed 67 92.3
16.6 SusWrite 52.7 85.3
16% 71.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.94 4K Read 13.8 19.4
0.11 4K Write 1.5 2.2
0.35 4K Mixed 1.97 3.7
24.2% 5.75 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34.2 DQ Read 34.2 34.2
76.6 DQ Write 76.6 76.6
40.5 DQ Mixed 40.5 40.5
35.1% 50.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
43GB free
Firmware: B090428a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 81 83 85 85 MB/s
19.4% Very poor
Read 113
Write 83.9
Mixed 84.9
SusWrite 83.5
20% 91.3 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 3.7
35% 8.37 MB/s
7GB free
Firmware: B090428a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 82 85 84 82 81 MB/s
19.3% Very poor
Read 120
Write 85.9
Mixed 91.3
SusWrite 81.4
21% 94.5 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 3.8
34% 8.1 MB/s
106GB free
Firmware: B090522a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 77 81 80 81 MB/s
17.4% Very poor
Read 104
Write 85
Mixed 84
SusWrite 80.5
20% 88.4 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 3.5
30% 7.03 MB/s
100GB free
Firmware: B090522a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 70 72 71 68 70 MB/s
17.2% Very poor
Read 113
Write 85.6
Mixed 85.9
SusWrite 71.5
20% 88.9 MB/s
4K Read 16.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 3.2
30% 7.13 MB/s
119GB free
Firmware: B090522a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 74 82 81 83 MB/s
17.1% Very poor
Read 98.1
Write 80.3
Mixed 89.1
SusWrite 79.4
20% 86.7 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 3.4
29% 7.1 MB/s
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: B090522a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 39 40 48 47 55 MB/s
14.8% Very poor
Read 111
Write 79.6
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 45
18% 79.1 MB/s
4K Read 14.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 3.1
27% 6.43 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,651,847 SSDs tested

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Typical SSDNow V Series 128GB Builds (Compare 148 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus P7P55D DELUXE

CPU
Core i7 860Intel  $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples55x
Core i5 760Intel  $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples32x
Core i5-750Intel  $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples20x
GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples10x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples9x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples9x
SSD
SSDNow V Series 128GBKingstonBench 14%, 329 samples1x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples54x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples50x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $431

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