Average Bench: 52.2% (879th of 1072)

Based on 15,510 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SV300S37A480G, KINGSTON SV300S37A480G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SV300S3

Average average bench

The Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB averaged 47.8% 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 93MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.5MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB is 29.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 18.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 78.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15,510 samples)
Min Avg Max
183 Read 327 460
164 Write 242 325
166 Mixed 258 336
93.2 SusWrite 184 250
56.6% 253 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.9 4K Read 23.5 30.7
10.7 4K Write 18.3 23.2
11.5 4K Mixed 20.8 26.6
72% 20.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.6 DQ Read 176 222
22.5 DQ Write 78.8 91.1
32.4 DQ Mixed 93 112
78% 116 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
259GB free
Firmware: 608ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 242 235 246 214 234 MB/s
Read 401
Write 320
Mixed 298
SusWrite 239
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 22
4K Mixed 24.6
86% 24.9 MB/s
DQ Read 217
DQ Write 79.7
DQ Mixed 104
89% 134 MB/s
397GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 605ABBF2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 246 241 239 223 224 MB/s
Read 353
Write 319
Mixed 286
SusWrite 236
67% 298 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 22.5
4K Mixed 25.2
87% 25.4 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 84.7
DQ Mixed 100
88% 135 MB/s
259GB free
Firmware: 608ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 242 245 224 224 221 MB/s
Read 368
Write 321
Mixed 316
SusWrite 234
70% 310 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 21.9
4K Mixed 24.6
79% 23.4 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 88.4
DQ Mixed 96.9
80% 118 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 227 199 218 219 215 MB/s
Read 334
Write 242
Mixed 240
SusWrite 218
58% 259 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 14.5
4K Mixed 15.9
53% 15.6 MB/s
DQ Read 213
DQ Write 84.2
DQ Mixed 98.2
86% 132 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,695,997 SSDs tested

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Typical SSDNow V300 480GB Builds (Compare 3,121 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $967

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