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KingstonSH103S3/90G
▲ 533,537 ▼

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281. Memory: Intel Synchronous 20nm MLC. Release date: Q3 2013.

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▲ 500 ▼

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND Memory: Intel Synchronous 25nm MLC. Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Effective Speed 
+10%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 79% 60GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 51% 82GB free
Poor: 51% Great: 79%
SPEED RANK: 711th / 1074
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Best Bench: 78% 72GB free
Worst Bench: 44% 31GB free (System drive)
Poor: 44% Great: 78%
SPEED RANK: 792nd / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		67.4 % Faster effective speed.
+10% 		61.2 %
Average Score 
+10%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		376 MB/s 392 MB/s +4%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		130 MB/s Faster write speed.
+15% 		113 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		29.7 MB/s Faster random read.
+16% 		25.6 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		75.2 MB/s +1% 74.6 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		178 MB/s Slightly faster mixed IO speed.
+6% 		168 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		32.4 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+26% 		25.8 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		113 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+12% 		101 MB/s
Peak Score 
+3%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		424 MB/s 494 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+17%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		145 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+14% 		127 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		36.3 MB/s +5% 34.7 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		104 MB/s 107 MB/s +3%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		196 MB/s Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed.
+7% 		184 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		40.6 MB/s +0% 40.4 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		127 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+15% 		110 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
Value
Value For Money 		6 % Much better value.
+75% 		3.42 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % Slightly more popular.
+6% 		50 %
Price
Price (score) 		$79 Cheaper.
+28% 		$110
Nice To Haves 
+7%
Age
Newest 		128 Months 124+ Months +3%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		205 MB/s +5% 196 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		143 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+13% 		126 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		691 Pts +4% 665 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		128 MB/s 149 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+16%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		187 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+29% 		145 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		124 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+14% 		109 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		107 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+11% 		96.2 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		120GB 90GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 67.4%
Average Bench 61.2%
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At just 5 months old the Intel 530 Series SSD is the newest SSD in the group test. Unfortunately the 530 uses the same basic formula we have seen going back two and a half years. Sporting a Sandforce 2281 controller coupled with 20nm NAND flash the performance profile struggles with incompressible data and predictably favours reads over writes as with all the other Sandforce 2281 drives we have seen. With peak and average sequential read/write speeds of 498/154 and 454/131 MB/s the 120GB Intel 530 lags the group leaders by 50%. Small file 4K peak and average performance clocked in at 34/101 and 26/76 MB/s which is slightly above average for a leading 120GB SSD. There are faster and cheaper alternatives available in the group test. [Feb '14 SSDrivePro]

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