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SamsungMZ-7PD128BW
KingstonSH103S3/120G
▲ 542,764 ▼

Controller: Samsung 3-core MDX. Flash Memory: Samsung 21nm Toggle Mode MLC. Release date: Q4 2012.

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▲ 532,617 ▼

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

Effective Speed 
+21%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 80,908 user samples
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Best Bench: 110% 62GB free
Worst Bench: 62% 119GB free
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
SPEED RANK: 344th / 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 		89.5 % Faster effective speed.
+21% 		74.1 %
Average Score 
+30%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		444 MB/s Faster read speed.
+21% 		366 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		336 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+75% 		192 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		30.5 MB/s +1% 30.2 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		81.6 MB/s +1% 80.4 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		268 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+17% 		229 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		35.9 MB/s 38.1 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+6%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		286 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+101% 		142 MB/s
Peak Score 
+41%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		497 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+13% 		438 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		445 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+98% 		225 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		36.3 MB/s 37.4 MB/s +3%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		113 MB/s +2% 111 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		331 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+26% 		262 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		44.1 MB/s 48.1 MB/s Slightly faster peak random mixed IO.
+9%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		440 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+159% 		170 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+7%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.04 % Hugely higher market share.
+100% 		0.02 %
Value
Value For Money 		5.17 % 6.59 % Better value.
+27%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		54 % +2% 53 %
Price
Price (score) 		$150 $79 Much cheaper.
+47%
Nice To Haves 
+24%
Age
Newest 		145 Months +4% 151 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		376 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+52% 		248 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		330 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue write.
+53% 		216 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,196 Pts Much stronger server IO.
+40% 		851 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		155 MB/s 202 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+30%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		332 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+64% 		203 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		245 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+40% 		175 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		126 MB/s 161 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+28%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		128GB 120GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 89.5%
Average Bench 74.1%

The 128GB 840 Pro is a rock solid performer. On release, nearly a year and a half ago, the Pro smashed several speed records. Today, with sequential read/write speeds of 519/438 MBps, the Pro is still one of the fastest SSDs available. One of the Pro's top competitors is Samsungs own, newer 840 Evo. Looking at a raw synthetic speed comparison of the 128GB Pro and Evo is a little misleading. On the face of it the Pro only has a marginal lead over the Evo. This due to the fact that the Evo can only maintain its burst write speed for transfers of up to 3GB, the size of its SLC cache. The Pro on the other hand can sustain higher throughputs indefinitely. The Pro also utilizes MLC which is rated for far more erase cycles than the TLC used in the Evo. Server IO is often continuous and would quickly exhaust the 3GB cache on the Evo but for typical consumer use the Evo will remain within the SLC cache most of the time. [Feb '14 SSDrivePro]

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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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