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Kingston SV300S37A/120G

SSDNow V300 120GB

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Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281. Flash Memory: Toshiba 19nm Toggle Mode MLC. Release date: Q4 2012.

Average Bench: 54.2% (844th of 1058)

Based on 343,129 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SV300S37A120G, KINGSTON SV300S37A12, KINGSTON SV300S37A120G, KINGSTON SV300S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SV300S3

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]

Poor: 33%Average: 54.2% Great: 74%

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Average average bench

The Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB averaged 45.7% 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 90.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 73.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB is 41.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 90.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 343,129 samples)
Rank 84454.2%
Min Avg Max
105 Read 234 406
88.3 Write 125 153
99.2 Mixed 156 202
60 SusWrite 90.3 126
33.7% 151 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.2 4K Read 23.2 32.9
27.8 4K Write 73.8 107
15.4 4K Mixed 29.8 41.3
112% 42.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.7 DQ Read 100 199
68.9 DQ Write 118 153
27.7 DQ Mixed 90.7 132
73.4% 103 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
27GB free
Firmware: 505ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 70 81 74 69 92 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 447
Write 60.4
Mixed 144
SusWrite 77
40% 182 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 24.6
4K Mixed 30
93% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 79.5
DQ Mixed 109
81% 109 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 85 99 101 103 MB/s
42.9% Average
Read 168
Write 104
Mixed 132
SusWrite 97.8
28% 126 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 44.2
4K Mixed 26.8
88% 30.4 MB/s
DQ Read 27.8
DQ Write 83.7
DQ Mixed 34.5
32% 48.7 MB/s
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 583ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 90 93 91 76 MB/s
40.3% Average
Read 189
Write 122
Mixed 149
SusWrite 86.1
30% 137 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 36.9
4K Mixed 22.5
80% 26.7 MB/s
DQ Read 28.7
DQ Write 95
DQ Mixed 36.9
36% 53.5 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 47,293,658 SSDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $79 @ launch in Nov '12
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Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 94%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples23,017x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $363Bench 81%, 541,373 samples14,266x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $309Bench 87%, 669,386 samples12,418x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples7,221x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 363,665 samples6,688x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $390Bench 88%, 501,350 samples6,684x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $69Bench 54%, 343,129 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 84%, 269,954 samples7,767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples7,315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $77Bench 84%, 507,810 samples5,022x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,069

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 Comments

SSDrivePro
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1,857

Official site www.kingston.com/...

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281. Flash Memory: Toshiba 19nm Toggle Mode MLC

A cost-effective way to revive your computer...

Added 7 years ago.
USA-User
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8,120

Poor (edit your comment) Add link

5 months ago.

Terrible, bait and switch like others have stated.

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slow ssd. but it's super cheap—Sep '14

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Kingston wins the bait & switch sleezebag trophy with this one—Sep '15

TUR-User
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4,792

Average

19 months ago.

It was great upgrade from HDD. But it failed after 1,5 year of active usage

ROU-User
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3,885

Disliked

10 months ago.

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The devices s/n 501 to 504 were performing way better than what Kingston is offering now with the s/n 506 and up. This marketing idea of starting with a good product, get good press and then keep only the case is bad. Do not buy Kingston.—Sep '14

NLD-User
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2,942

Good

4 years ago.

It gave new live to my old laptop. For a very convenient price. Maybe is not the best SSD, but it is cheap and fits well to my needs.

LTU-User
Avatar level
1,914

Good

4 years ago.

Perfect SSD for upgrading 5 years laptop. Super cheap.

SSDrivePro
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1,857

Terrible

7 years ago.

NZL-User
Avatar level
1,756

Good

4 years ago.

This drive is installed into a 2007 Mac Mini used as a media centre. Although it's not a fast SSD drive, it's perfect for this old Mac where the real bottle neck is the drive bus speed. Super fast compare to a standard HD, and has extended the life of this machine yet another couple of years. Thanks Kingston for your super cheap, yet super under performing drive. Works for me.

polKZY
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26

Poor

2 years ago.

poor performance

nrage
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22

Below average

5 years ago.

Poor performance when compared with other SSDs at the same price and capacity.

wywrhell
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10

Average

23 months ago.

Elderly. Average writing and reading

Kevster5
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8

Average

3 years ago.

Measurable fast boot up speed increase but that's to be expected with an SSD. Will do more research before my next SSD purchase as the size is a massive limitation of the value of this product.

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