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SH103S3120G-NV 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 64.3% (750th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SH103S3120G-NV
Poor: 47%Average: 64.3% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston SH103S3120G-NV 120GB averaged 35.7% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 104MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.8MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SH103S3120G-NV 120GB is 31.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SH103S3120G-NV 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 150MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 163MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 75064.3%
Min Avg Max
342 Read 406 480
109 Write 163 201
173 Mixed 215 274
135 SusWrite 150 164
51.6% 233 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19 4K Read 25.8 32.9
20.8 4K Write 62.4 85.8
12.3 4K Mixed 25.9 40.6
105% 38 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.4 DQ Read 165 216
45.5 DQ Write 144 193
19.4 DQ Mixed 104 186
91.8% 138 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 165 167 157 156 164 MB/s
79% Very good
Read 406
Write 151
Mixed 189
SusWrite 163
50% 227 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 76.5
4K Mixed 40.6
142% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 184
141% 191 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 134 153 157 148 154 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 387
Write 201
Mixed 228
SusWrite 148
54% 241 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 76.6
4K Mixed 36.5
136% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 213
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 186
142% 192 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 154 164 168 165 163 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 369
Write 193
Mixed 246
SusWrite 164
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 73.9
4K Mixed 38.2
133% 47.2 MB/s
DQ Read 207
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 184
137% 183 MB/s
17GB free
Firmware: 526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 144 137 149 155 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 342
Write 120
Mixed 173
SusWrite 139
43% 194 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 43.4
4K Mixed 28.3
95% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 123
DQ Mixed 148
116% 162 MB/s
15GB free
Firmware: 506A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 144 140 130 129 117 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 359
Write 191
Mixed 232
SusWrite 135
51% 229 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 20.8
4K Mixed 21.1
68% 20.6 MB/s
DQ Read 105
DQ Write 45.5
DQ Mixed 62.2
50% 71 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,719,086 SSDs tested

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Typical SH103S3120G-NV 120GB Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus F2A85-V - $165

CPU
A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)AMD  $467Bench 51%, 11,295 samples9x
A8-5600K APUAMD  $250Bench 49%, 14,744 samples9x
A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD  $119Bench 50%, 18,312 samples6x
GPU
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples8x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 6 samples4x
Radeon HD 7660DAMDBench 5%, 7,665 samples3x
SSD
SH103S3120G-NV 120GBKingstonBench 64%, 9 samples1x
RAM
CML8GX3M2A2133C11 8GBCorsairBench 37%, 13 samples5x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 28%, 8,818 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 45% - Average Total price: $632

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