Kingston SV300S37A/480G

SSDNow V300 480GB

▲ SSDNow V300 480GB
BENCHMARKS (9,770)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $100

Effective Speed -76%Effective Speed -76%Average Score -93%Read -34%, Write -70%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -344%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -80%, SusWrite -77%Peak Score -93%Read -8%, Write -48%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -414%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -77%, SusWrite -80%Value & Sentiment -120%User Rating -10%, Market Share -489%, Price 59%, Value -41%Nice To Haves -125%DQ Read -50%, DQ Write -271%, DQ Mixed -124%, ADQ Read -60%, ADQ Write -239%, ADQ Mixed -130%, Age -39%, AS-SSD Total -91%

Average Bench: 52.1% (826^th of 1021)

Based on 9,770 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SV300S37A480G, KINGSTON SV300S37A480G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SV300S3

Poor: 36%Average: 52.1% Great: 64%

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Average average bench

The Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB averaged 47.8% 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 92.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.8MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB is 28.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 18.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 79MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,770 samples)

Rank 82652.1%

Min	Avg	Max
178	Read 327	445
152	Write 237	321
158	Mixed 252	331
102	SusWrite 183	242
55.9% 250 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.4	4K Read 22.8	30.5
11.4	4K Write 18.8	23.3
13.2	4K Mixed 21.2	27.1
71.7% 20.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.6	DQ Read 174	224
19.8	DQ Write 79	91.9
22.2	DQ Mixed 92.1	113
77.5% 115 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

TUR-User, 12 hrs ago.

142GB free

Firmware: BBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 213 207 240 251 250 MB/s

64.6% Good

Write 322

Mixed 319

SusWrite 230

71% 317 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 23.6

4K Mixed 26.7

90% 26.2 MB/s

DQ Read 222

DQ Write 86.4

DQ Mixed 96.9

87% 135 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

447GB free

Firmware: 608ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 247 236 246 243 243 MB/s

63.6% Good

Write 326

Mixed 320

SusWrite 248

71% 314 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 23.8

4K Mixed 27

88% 25.9 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 88.2

DQ Mixed 98.8

86% 130 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 600ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 183 189 169 178 175 MB/s

57.7% Above average

Write 246

Mixed 261

SusWrite 169

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 26.9

4K Write 20.7

4K Mixed 24.1

83% 23.9 MB/s

DQ Read 212

DQ Write 74

DQ Mixed 88.4

80% 125 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

123GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 60AABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 206 189 185 182 177 MB/s

54.3% Above average

Write 242

Mixed 282

SusWrite 190

59% 262 MB/s

4K Read 23.8

4K Write 20.1

4K Mixed 23

76% 22.3 MB/s

DQ Read 180

DQ Write 76.3

DQ Mixed 107

85% 121 MB/s

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Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 56%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 323,143 samples	7,462x
Core i5-4690KIntel $189Bench 81%, 185,059 samples	4,839x
Core i7-4790Intel $320Bench 77%, 155,661 samples	1,151x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $395Bench 52%, 558,247 samples	3,488x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 846,070 samples	1,457x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 102%, 678,876 samples	1,230x

SSD
SSDNow V300 480GBKingston $100Bench 52%, 9,770 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 73,158 samples	783x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 53,445 samples	556x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 29,296 samples	536x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $993

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $56

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston SV300S37A/480G

SSDNow V300 480GB

Average Bench: 52.1% (826^th of 1021)

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Kingston SV300S37A/480G

SSDNow V300 480GB

Average Bench: 52.1% (826th of 1021)

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