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Best Bench: 73% 15GB free
Worst Bench: 30% 77GB free (System drive)

Poor: 30% Great: 73%

SPEED RANK: 867^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 72% 34GB free
Worst Bench: 44% 119GB free

Poor: 44% Great: 72%

SPEED RANK: 803^rd / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		53.6 %			59.8 %	Faster effective speed. +12%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	227 MB/s		433 MB/s	Hugely faster read speed. +91%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	122 MB/s		183 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +50%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	22.9 MB/s		24.2 MB/s	Slightly faster random read. +6%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	73.9 MB/s	+1%	73.1 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	155 MB/s		220 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +42%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	29.4 MB/s	Hugely faster random mixed IO. +97%	14.9 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	88.3 MB/s		147 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +66%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	385 MB/s		479 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +24%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	153 MB/s		195 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +27%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	32.1 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +13%	28.5 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	108 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +6%	102 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	204 MB/s		236 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +16%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	41.4 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random mixed IO. +124%	18.5 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	127 MB/s		195 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +54%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.21 %	Insanely higher market share. +2,000%	0.01 %
Value Value For Money	8.45 %	Hugely better value. +102%	4.19 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	54 %	+4%	52 %
Price Price (score)	$37	Much cheaper. +68%	$116


Age Newest	137 Months	More recent. +12%	156 Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	195 MB/s		296 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +52%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	153 MB/s		175 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue write. +14%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	679 Pts		855 Pts	Stronger server IO. +26%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	133 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +128%	58.4 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	101 MB/s		157 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +55%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	118 MB/s		123 MB/s	+4%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	91.6 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +169%	34 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			120GB			128GB

The 120GB Kingston V300 has a performance profile that closely matches its 240GB sibling. Both drives utilize a Sandforce LSI controller and therefore demonstrate relative weakness in their write speeds. With burst sequential read/write speeds of 497/166 MBps and 4k burst read/write speeds of 30/97 MBps the 120GB V300 is amongst the slower SSDs I have seen. A concern I have with this drive is the relatively slow real world speeds our users have experienced. Most drives have average throughput rates that are around 75% of peak. Both this and the 240GB V300s, based on 130 samples, are averaging sequential read rates of around 240 MBps which is less than 50% of peak. It's not all bad news though because the V300's are priced extremely aggressively and as a result still offer decent value for money. ^{[Feb '14 SSDrivePro]}

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The 128GB Crucial M4 is almost three years old, an extremely long time in SSD land. With peak and average sequential read/write speeds of 500/194 and 429/185 the 128GB M4 matches the group leaders at reading but lags by 60% at writing. Comparing the 128GB and 256GB versions of the M4 shows that the two drives have a very similar performance profile. This suggests that both drives have the same number of NAND channels which bodes well for the smaller capacity drive as a lot of other drives exhibit slower writes speeds in the smaller capacity varieties. Small file 4k peak and average read/write speeds measured at 27/87 and 21/52 MB/s which is only 13% below the average of the nine user voted group leaders. Considering its age the M4 is a very impressive drive but there is far better value for money available in today's market. ^{[Feb '14 SSDrivePro]}

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