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OCZARC100-25SAT3-120G
KingstonSH103S3/120G
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Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3. Flash Memory: Toshiba A19nm MLC. Release date: Q3 2014.

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▲ 532,617 ▼

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

Effective Speed 
+13%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 98% 223GB free
Worst Bench: 63% 20GB free (System drive)
Poor: 63% Great: 98%
SPEED RANK: 435th / 1080
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Best Bench: 87% 47GB free
Worst Bench: 57% 21GB free (System drive)
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
SPEED RANK: 602nd / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		83.8 % Faster effective speed.
+13% 		74.1 %
Average Score 
+26%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		370 MB/s +1% 366 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		361 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+88% 		192 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		24.5 MB/s 30.2 MB/s Faster random read.
+23%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		87.7 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+9% 		80.4 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		279 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+22% 		229 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		32.5 MB/s 38.1 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+17%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		287 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+102% 		142 MB/s
Peak Score 
+21%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		410 MB/s 438 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+7%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		383 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+70% 		225 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		28.4 MB/s 37.4 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+32%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		119 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+7% 		111 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		302 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+15% 		262 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		38 MB/s 48.1 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+27%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		370 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+118% 		170 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+2%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.01 %
Value
Value For Money 		7.21 % Slightly better value.
+9% 		6.59 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		54 % +2% 53 %
Price
Price (score) 		$82 $79 +4%
Nice To Haves 
+40%
Age
Newest 		123 Months More recent.
+19% 		151 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		310 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+25% 		248 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		359 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue write.
+66% 		216 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,098 Pts Stronger server IO.
+29% 		851 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		254 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+26% 		202 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		287 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+41% 		203 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		305 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+74% 		175 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		231 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+43% 		161 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		120GB 120GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 83.8%
Average Bench 74.1%

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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