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Kingston SV300S37A/480G

SSDNow V300 480GB

▲ SSDNow V300 480GB
BENCHMARKS (15,510)
MKT (0%)
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(1)
BUY • $250

Effective Speed -82%Effective Speed -82%Average Score -99%Read -36%, Write -70%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -362%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -91%, SusWrite -85%Peak Score -94%Read -6%, Write -47%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -416%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -87%, SusWrite -76%Value & Sentiment -190%User Rating -4%, Market Share -306%, Price -113%, Value -337%Nice To Haves -131%DQ Read -55%, DQ Write -276%, DQ Mixed -140%, ADQ Read -71%, ADQ Write -248%, ADQ Mixed -138%, Age -24%, AS-SSD Total -94%

Average Bench: 52.2% (887^th of 1080)

Based on 15,510 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SV300S37A480G, KINGSTON SV300S37A480G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SV300S3

Poor: 36%Average: 52.2% Great: 65%

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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 93MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.5MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB is 29.1%. 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 18.3MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 78.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15,510 samples)

Rank 88752.2%

Min	Avg	Max
183	Read 327	460
164	Write 242	325
166	Mixed 258	336
93.2	SusWrite 184	250
56.6% 253 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.9	4K Read 23.5	30.7
10.7	4K Write 18.3	23.2
11.5	4K Mixed 20.8	26.6
72% 20.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.6	DQ Read 176	222
22.5	DQ Write 78.8	91.1
32.4	DQ Mixed 93	112
78% 116 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 5 hrs ago.

57GB free

Firmware: 60AABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 197 197 194 193 197 MB/s

59% Above average

Write 243

Mixed 274

SusWrite 198

62% 276 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 20.6

4K Mixed 23.8

81% 23.4 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 77.4

DQ Mixed 90.3

80% 124 MB/s

ITA-User, 9 hrs ago.

205GB free

Firmware: 603ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 206 219 217 216 223 MB/s

55.6% Above average

Write 196

Mixed 213

SusWrite 216

55% 245 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 20.1

4K Mixed 23.3

78% 22.7 MB/s

DQ Read 94.7

DQ Write 83.5

DQ Mixed 95.3

70% 91.2 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

117GB free

Firmware: 603ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 214 203 198 203 195 MB/s

51.3% Above average

Write 200

Mixed 237

SusWrite 205

54% 240 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 18.2

4K Mixed 20.8

68% 20 MB/s

DQ Read 136

DQ Write 84.1

DQ Mixed 98.6

77% 106 MB/s

GBR-User, 10 hrs ago.

168GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 520ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 168 135 145 151 146 MB/s

49.6% Average

Write 209

Mixed 140

SusWrite 158

50% 227 MB/s

4K Read 6.8

4K Write 21

4K Mixed 23.5

52% 17.1 MB/s

DQ Read 215

DQ Write 79.3

DQ Mixed 97.3

85% 131 MB/s

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,269x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	668x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	423x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	506x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	208x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	206x

SSD
SSDNow V300 480GBKingston $250Bench 52%, 15,510 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	146x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	101x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	100x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $967

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Kingston SV300S37A/480G

SSDNow V300 480GB

Average Bench: 52.2% (887^th of 1080)

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Kingston SV300S37A/480G

SSDNow V300 480GB

Average Bench: 52.2% (887th of 1080)

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