Kingston SV300S37A/480G

SSDNow V300 480GB

▲ SSDNow V300 480GB
BENCHMARKS (5,212)
MKT (0.1%)
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Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281. Flash Memory: Toshiba 19nm Toggle Mode MLC. Release date: Q4 2012.

60GB 120GB 240GB 480GB

Effective Speed -82%Effective Speed -82%Average User Bench -102%Read -41%, Write -70%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -384%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -85%, SusWrite -79%Peak Lab Bench -98%Read -14%, Write -47%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -432%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -82%, SusWrite -78%Value & Sentiment -168%User Rating -20%, Market Share -667%, Price 58%, Value -45%Nice To Haves -133%DQ Read -50%, DQ Write -272%, DQ Mixed -133%, ADQ Read -65%, ADQ Write -257%, ADQ Mixed -135%, Age -55%, AS-SSD Total -92%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 50.9% (755^th of 959)

Based on 5,212 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SV300S37A480G, KINGSTON SV300S37A480G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SV300S3

Poor: 34%Average: 50.9% Great: 64%

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Average average bench

The Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB averaged 49.0% 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 84.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.9MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB is 29.8%. 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 18.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 76.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,212 samples)

Rank 75550.9%

Min	Avg	Max
176	Read 317	426
149	Write 240	324
161	Mixed 253	334
97.9	SusWrite 182	244
55.5% 248 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.9	4K Read 22.9	30.5
11.1	4K Write 18.2	23.4
11.8	4K Mixed 20.5	26.7
70.6% 20.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25	DQ Read 162	223
19.3	DQ Write 76.4	90.9
19.7	DQ Mixed 84.4	108
71.9% 108 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 520ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 178 204 212 194 215 MB/s

55.1% Above average

Write 272

Mixed 290

SusWrite 204

63% 281 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 16.8

4K Mixed 21.1

70% 20 MB/s

DQ Read 220

DQ Write 83.6

DQ Mixed 92.3

84% 132 MB/s

TUR-User, 35 mins ago.

358GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 60AABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 221 209 197 213 198 MB/s

50.2% Above average

Write 247

Mixed 249

SusWrite 212

60% 266 MB/s

4K Read 19.1

4K Write 15.6

4K Mixed 17.1

59% 17.3 MB/s

DQ Read 134

DQ Write 78

DQ Mixed 89.4

71% 100 MB/s

VEN-User, 2 hrs ago.

372GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 600ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 159 217 181 192 197 MB/s

48.8% Average

Write 232

Mixed 240

SusWrite 195

58% 258 MB/s

4K Read 17.8

4K Write 13.4

4K Mixed 14.1

52% 15.1 MB/s

DQ Read 211

DQ Write 73

DQ Mixed 78.7

75% 121 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 hrs ago.

430GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 520ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 203 203 203 189 183 MB/s

39.3% Below average

Write 198

Mixed 198

SusWrite 198

46% 203 MB/s

4K Read 14.2

4K Write 10.4

4K Mixed 12.4

43% 12.3 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 82.8

DQ Mixed 94.3

76% 110 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

427GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 520ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 137 136 138 137 138 MB/s

36.2% Below average

Write 155

Mixed 149

SusWrite 137

37% 167 MB/s

4K Read 13.1

4K Write 12

4K Mixed 13.3

43% 12.8 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 82.4

DQ Mixed 94.4

77% 111 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $157

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $300Bench 89%, 230,495 samples	8,099x
Core i5-6600KIntel $238Bench 86%, 135,082 samples	5,753x
Core i7-6700Intel $319Bench 77%, 78,553 samples	1,118x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $350Bench 99%, 373,199 samples	3,695x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 124%, 306,559 samples	2,481x
GTX 970Nvidia $300Bench 63%, 323,834 samples	2,365x

SSD
SSDNow V300 480GBKingston $108Bench 51%, 5,212 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $147Bench 84%, 96,690 samples	1,515x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 84%, 14,099 samples	937x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $186Bench 73%, 20,420 samples	930x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,062

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1070 $323	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $249	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $98
Intel Core i7-7700K $350	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $147	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $157	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Kingston SV300S37A/480G

SSDNow V300 480GB

Average Bench: 50.9% (755^th of 959)

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SSDNow V300 480GB

Average Bench: 50.9% (755th of 959)

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