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▲ 532,617 ▼

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND Memory: Intel Synchronous 25nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2012.

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▲ 531,512 ▼

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281. Memory: Intel 16nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2015.

Effective Speed 
+7%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 55,208 user samples
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Best Bench: 87% 47GB free
Worst Bench: 57% 21GB free (System drive)
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
SPEED RANK: 593rd / 1071
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Best Bench: 95% 223GB free
Worst Bench: 58% 136GB free
Poor: 58% Great: 95%
SPEED RANK: 495th / 1071
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		74.1 % 79.2 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+7%
Average Score 
+10%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		366 MB/s 385 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+5%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		192 MB/s 230 MB/s Faster write speed.
+20%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		30.2 MB/s +1% 29.9 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		80.4 MB/s +1% 80 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		229 MB/s 274 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+20%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		38.1 MB/s +1% 37.8 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		142 MB/s 180 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+27%
Peak Score 
+9%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		438 MB/s 454 MB/s +4%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		225 MB/s 255 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+13%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		37.4 MB/s +2% 36.7 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		111 MB/s 111 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		262 MB/s 301 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+15%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		48.1 MB/s +2% 47.3 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		170 MB/s 230 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+35%
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
Value
Value For Money 		5.52 % 5.91 % Slightly better value.
+7%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % 53 %
Price
Price (score) 		$100 Much cheaper.
+50% 		$200
Nice To Haves 
+14%
Age
Newest 		144 Months 108 Months More recent.
+25%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		248 MB/s 296 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+19%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		216 MB/s 245 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+13%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		851 Pts 957 Pts Stronger server IO.
+12%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		202 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+15% 		176 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		203 MB/s 273 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+34%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		175 MB/s 212 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+21%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		161 MB/s +2% 158 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		120GB 240GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 74.1%
Average Bench 79.2%
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The 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K is nearly two years old, several generations of SSD have passed since its original release. Better 120GB SSDs have more NAND modules than the old HyperX and are able to write faster than the peak 234 Mb/s achieved by the HyperX 3K. The HyperX 3K also has a Sandforce 2281 controller which is unable to write compressed data as well as its more recent competition. All that said the HyperX still has an effective speed of 367 MBps which is respectable and far faster than even the best mechanical drive. With peak 4K read/write speeds of 33/110 MB/s the HyperX 3K also has competent small file performance. To summarize as a current value proposition the HyperX 3K struggles, simply because the likes of Samsung and OCZ have innovated and moved forward in the two years since the HyperX 3K was released. [Feb '14 SSDrivePro]

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The Intel 535 SSD was quietly released in April 2015, very few review samples were distributed and the release went largely unnoticed. The 535 sports the same basic specs as its predecessor, the 530. The 20nm NAND in the 530 has been replaced with marginally slower 16nm NAND and both drives use the same five year old SandForce 2281 controller. Comparing performance between 240GB 530 and 535 shows that the two drives share the same performance profile which is severely hampered by a particularly weak incompressible write speed, something the SandForce controller is notorious for. Overall the 240GB 535 scores an effective speed of 71.5% which puts it amongst the slowest handful of new SSDs on the market. There are other drives on the market that use newer technology and represent far value for money. [Aug '15 SSDrivePro]

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