Average Bench: 74.1% (601st of 1080)

Based on 46,066 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SH103S3120G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SH103S3, KINGSTON SH103S3120G, KINGSTON SH103S3

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]

Good average bench

The Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB averaged 25.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 161MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.1MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB is 30.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 142MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 192MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 46,066 samples)
Min Avg Max
302 Read 366 438
138 Write 192 225
185 Mixed 229 262
106 SusWrite 142 170
51.5% 232 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.2 4K Read 30.2 37.4
36 4K Write 80.4 111
23.7 4K Mixed 38.1 48.1
137% 49.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
141 DQ Read 203 248
116 DQ Write 175 216
101 DQ Mixed 161 202
128% 180 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 521ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 155 156 152 155 154 MB/s
Read 378
Write 216
Mixed 213
SusWrite 153
53% 240 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 79.3
4K Mixed 38.4
138% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 166
136% 194 MB/s
23GB free
Firmware: 521ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 90 83 75 72 MB/s
Read 398
Write 205
Mixed 242
SusWrite 81.1
51% 232 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 79.4
4K Mixed 30.4
131% 47.6 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 180
139% 190 MB/s
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 506ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 157 144 123 107 MB/s
Read 354
Write 220
Mixed 247
SusWrite 144
54% 241 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 57.2
4K Mixed 27.3
100% 35.7 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 127
120% 185 MB/s
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Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

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Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND Memory: Intel Synchronous 25nm MLC

3K loads games and applications faster...

Added 10 years ago.

Good

8 months ago.

2012 i bought hyperx 120 gb and only 1 gb free space left. it was full with application then looked results and tough 860 pro better then kingston. kingston hyber x 120 gb read speed 555 Mb (2012 model) and 860 pro (2019 model) 560 mb read speed honestly i replaced only ssd drive and kingston definetly faster then samsung even it has 1 gb free space, when i click applications it load faster then samsung.. windows starts, opening firefox, photoshop or intellij vs 7 years old kingston ssd definetly faster then samsung 860 pro ssd disc.


Good

8 years ago.

After 23k hours on power still OK SSD.


Poor

10 years ago.


Poor

9 years ago.

18 months in it's still running, and seq read speeds remain decent (mid 400's) but seq write speeds have dropped to around 175 avge. It's got 9K power on hours, so fairly heavy use. It's an underwhelming drive that'll get you a year and a half of OKish speeds, then it's relegated to your girlfriends friends laptop for $20 :)


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