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SamsungMZ-76E4T0B
KingstonSH100S3/240G

Controller: Samsung MJX. Memory: Samsung 64 layer TLC V-NAND. Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 7,743 user samples
7,241 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 133% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 85% 3TB free (System drive)
Poor: 85% Great: 133%
SPEED RANK: 210th / 1080
502 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 92% 213GB free
Worst Bench: 60% 24GB free (System drive)
Poor: 60% Great: 92%
SPEED RANK: 534th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
113 % Much faster effective speed.
+45%
77.7 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
485 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+31%
371 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
450 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+78%
253 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
38.1 MB/s Much faster random read.
+30%
29.2 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
91.3 MB/s Faster random write.
+16%
78.4 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
425 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+59%
267 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
51.1 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+44%
35.5 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
437 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+126%
193 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
516 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+21%
428 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
491 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+70%
288 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
46.6 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+31%
35.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
127 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+10%
115 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
465 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+58%
295 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
63.8 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+44%
44.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
490 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+119%
224 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 77,533,002 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0 %
Value
Value For Money
42 % Hugely better value.
+212%
13.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 53 % +2%
Price
Price (score)
$390 $65 Hugely cheaper.
+83%
Age
Newest
81+ Months Much more recent.
+49%
160 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
387 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+26%
306 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
361 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue write.
+39%
260 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,287 Pts Stronger server IO.
+30%
991 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
370 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+49%
249 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
327 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+21%
270 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
273 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+26%
216 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
288 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+42%
203 MB/s
Capacity
Capacity
4TB 240GB

Currently one of the highest capacity consumer SATA SSD on the market, this SSD offers huge amount of capacity and high R/W which is limited by SATA 3 max bandwidth. However, 4TB SSD and bigger begin to offer lower GB per dollar (which equals lower value) than the lower capacity SSD in the market such as 2TB NVMe SSD (Intel 660p 2TB at $194-209). [Dec '19 ColdSpy]

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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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