Kingston SV300S37A/480G

SSDNow V300 480GB

▲ SSDNow V300 480GB
BENCHMARKS (15,510)
MKT (0%)
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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 -165%User Rating -4%, Market Share -278%, Price -94%, Value -284%Nice To Haves -131%DQ Read -55%, DQ Write -276%, DQ Mixed -140%, ADQ Read -71%, ADQ Write -248%, ADQ Mixed -138%, Age -25%, 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

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Deep queue 4k

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

HKG-User, 2 days ago.

120GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 605ABBF2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 163 144 124 135 138 MB/s

51.2% Above average

Write 240

Mixed 248

SusWrite 149

50% 225 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 21.2

4K Mixed 25.6

77% 22.8 MB/s

DQ Read 225

DQ Write 104

DQ Mixed 144

112% 157 MB/s

PER-User, 2 days ago.

118GB free

Firmware: 603ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 185 203 201 206 202 MB/s

50.8% Above average

Write 205

Mixed 223

SusWrite 205

54% 239 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 16.3

4K Mixed 16.4

66% 18.8 MB/s

DQ Read 159

DQ Write 86.2

DQ Mixed 99.4

80% 115 MB/s

GBR-User, 15 hrs ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 608ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 139 207 215 169 146 MB/s

48.7% Average

Write 272

Mixed 273

SusWrite 182

60% 265 MB/s

4K Read 12.1

4K Write 9.6

4K Mixed 23.6

54% 15.1 MB/s

DQ Read 194

DQ Write 89.8

DQ Mixed 100

85% 128 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 hrs ago.

24GB free

Firmware: 608ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 63 50 56 74 50 MB/s

46.5% Average

Write 309

Mixed 319

SusWrite 75.3

61% 273 MB/s

4K Read 12

4K Write 18.8

4K Mixed 26.7

62% 19.2 MB/s

DQ Read 169

DQ Write 87.6

DQ Mixed 85.4

75% 114 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	1,245x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	652x
Core i7-4790Intel $125Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	406x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	492x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	201x

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

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	139x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	100x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x

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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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