HyperXSHSS37A/240G
SamsungMZ-76P256BW

Controller: Phison PS3110. NAND Memory: Toshiba A19 MLC. Release date: Q2 2015.

Controller: Samsung MJX. Memory: Samsung 64 layer MLC V-NAND. Release date: Q1 2018.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 52,083 user samples
39,518 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 111% 223GB free
Worst Bench: 59% 30GB free (System drive)
Poor: 59% Great: 111%
SPEED RANK: 340th / 1072
12,565 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 131% 228GB free
Worst Bench: 78% 69GB free (System drive)
Poor: 78% Great: 131%
SPEED RANK: 220th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
89.3 % 109 % Faster effective speed.
+22%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
434 MB/s 474 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+9%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
393 MB/s 419 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+7%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
26.4 MB/s 37.7 MB/s Much faster random read.
+43%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
77.7 MB/s 93.3 MB/s Faster random write.
+20%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
306 MB/s 398 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+30%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
34 MB/s 48.3 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+42%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
333 MB/s 388 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+17%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
509 MB/s 515 MB/s +1%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
494 MB/s +1% 488 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
31.9 MB/s 45.9 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+44%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
114 MB/s 128 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+12%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
358 MB/s 448 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+25%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
41.9 MB/s 61 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+46%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
486 MB/s 487 MB/s +0%
Market Share
Based on 75,651,422 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.03 % 0.07 % Hugely higher market share.
+133%
Value
Value For Money
9.76 % 15.5 % Much better value.
+59%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
56 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
53 %
Price
Price (score)
$120 $90 Cheaper.
+25%
Age
Newest
108 Months 74 Months Much more recent.
+31%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
360 MB/s 389 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue read.
+8%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
371 MB/s +3% 361 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,214 Pts 1289 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+6%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
184 MB/s 367 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+99%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
315 MB/s 343 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+9%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
283 MB/s 296 MB/s +5%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
93.6 MB/s 309 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+230%
Capacity
Capacity
240GB 256GB
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The 240GB Kingston HyperX Savage sports a Phison PS3110 controller. This marks a welcome departure from Kingston's use of Sandforce 2281 controllers and for the first time in years gives Kinston a shot at competing in the enthusiast/performance segment of the SSD market. Comparing the HyperX Savage and Fury shows that the new Phision controller has an effective speed that is around 40% faster than the Sandforce based Fury. But then comparing the similarly priced OCZ Vertex 460a and Savage shows that, although the overall effective speeds are similar, the Vertex has three times faster 4K Mixed IO speeds. The HyperX Savage is very good for typical consumer use but power users with more demanding I/O loads should probably look elsewhere. [Jun '15 SSDrivePro]

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The 860 Pro is Samsung’s latest consumer-grade SATA SSD flagship, superseding the popular, but now three years old, 850 Pro. Like the 850 Pro, the 860 Pro is based on Samsung’s proprietary and revolutionary (at the time), MLC V-NAND (3D). A 10% price premium over the 256 GB 850 Pro will purchase the 256 GB 860 Pro which has an impressive 16% faster effective speed. This is achieved via an updated controller (MJX) and 64 layers of V-NAND (versus 32 layers per the 850 Pro). The 860 Pro has sequential speeds of up to 540 MB/s which almost completely saturate its SATA 3.0 interface. These peak levels of performance are slightly higher, but still comparable to the peak performance of the 860 Evo before its SLC write cache (12 GB on the 250 GB Evo) is saturated, making the 860 Evo (at around 30% cheaper) a more economical choice for users who rarely write more than 12 GB at a time. There are also reliability improvements compared to the 850 generation with Samsung now offering a warranty of 300 TBW (terabytes written) for the 256 GB 860 Pro, compared to 150 TBW for the 256 GB 850 Pro. Thanks to higher density NAND, the 860 Pro is also available in a 4 TB variant, whereas previously 2 TB was the largest capacity for a Samsung SATA MLC SSD.  [Feb '18 SSDrivePro]

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