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Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND Memory: Intel Synchronous 25nm MLC. Release date: Q3 2011.

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Controller: Marvell 88SS9187. Flash Memory: Micron Synchronous 20nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2013.

Effective Speed 
+1%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 32,281 user samples
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502 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 92% 213GB free
Worst Bench: 60% 24GB free (System drive)
Poor: 60% Great: 92%
SPEED RANK: 526th / 1072
31,779 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 91% 121GB free
Worst Bench: 57% 90GB free (System drive)
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
SPEED RANK: 543rd / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		77.7 % +1% 76.6 %
Average Score 
+2%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		371 MB/s 413 MB/s Faster read speed.
+11%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		253 MB/s 256 MB/s +1%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		29.2 MB/s Faster random read.
+28% 		22.9 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		78.4 MB/s 81.1 MB/s +3%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		267 MB/s 291 MB/s Slightly faster mixed IO speed.
+9%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		35.5 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+11% 		31.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		193 MB/s 194 MB/s +1%
Peak Score 
+3%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		428 MB/s 442 MB/s +3%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		288 MB/s +4% 276 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		35.5 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+34% 		26.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		115 MB/s 116 MB/s +1%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		295 MB/s 310 MB/s Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed.
+5%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		44.2 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+15% 		38.4 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		224 MB/s 272 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+21%
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.03 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		13.5 % Better value.
+17% 		11.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % 54 % +2%
Price
Price (score) 		$65 Cheaper.
+18% 		$79
Nice To Haves 
+1%
Age
Newest 		154 Months 134 Months More recent.
+13%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		306 MB/s 328 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue read.
+7%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		260 MB/s 264 MB/s +2%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		991 Pts 1,011 Pts +2%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		249 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+32% 		188 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		270 MB/s 296 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+10%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		216 MB/s 238 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+10%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		203 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+22% 		166 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		240GB 240GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 77.7%
Average Bench 76.6%
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The Kingston HyperX is nearly two years old which in SSD terms is almost an entire lifetime. Starting on a positive note this drive will outperform any mechanical drive hands down, and still has one of the highest sequential read speeds (517 MB/s) we have ever seen on a SATA SSD. That said a balanced performance profile is critical and the HyperX doesn't fare so well against its younger SSD competitors in the other write orientated benchmark categories. The poor results are explained by the Kingston's Sandforce controller which struggles to deliver incompressible data throughput. With a real world speed of 398.1 MB/s and an AS-SSD score of 728 (bottom 28th percentile) there are far better deals to be had at this time. [Apr '13 SSDrivePro]

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We had high expectations for the Crucial M500. Crucial have a long history of producing outstanding Solid State drives. Both the RealSSD 300 and the M4, three and two years old, were almost legendary in terms of reliability and performance. The M500 falls far short of our expectations. The drive is relatively cheap and as such we were expecting to compromise on performance but the M500 just falls too far short. With a Real World Performance of 377.5 MBps which is in the bottom 40% and an AS-SSD score of 901 points (50th percentile) the M500 demonstrates relatively weak real world and average server performance. The M500 is competing with the Sandisk Ultra which manages to squeeze out significantly more performance despite sitting in the same price bracket. [Jun '13 SSDrivePro]

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