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SMSM151S3/240G 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 42.9% (931st of 1072)

Based on 41 user benchmarks.  Model: Kingston SMSM151S3/240G
Poor: 19%Average: 42.9% Great: 76%

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Below average average bench

The Kingston SMSM151S3/240G 240GB averaged 57.1% 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 Write Speed 199MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 411MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SMSM151S3/240G 240GB is 57.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SMSM151S3/240G 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 110MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 79.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 41 samples)
Rank 93142.9%
Min Avg Max
303 Read 411 500
7.3 Write 312 411
4.5 Mixed 204 370
32.1 SusWrite 110 380
57.5% 259 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 16.5 31.3
0.2 4K Write 36.2 103
0 4K Mixed 7.95 25.5
54.3% 20.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41.8 DQ Read 79.8 156
4.2 DQ Write 199 336
0.3 DQ Mixed 21.5 46.1
50.3% 100 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0506A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 324 337 338 301 34 MB/s
81.6% Excellent
Read 496
Write 339
Mixed 370
SusWrite 272
83% 369 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 89.9
4K Mixed 25.5
121% 47.3 MB/s
DQ Read 98.7
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 38.5
78% 150 MB/s
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1029A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 49 34 29 18 34 MB/s
32.1% Below average
Read 360
Write 315
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 72.9
43% 197 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 23.9
4K Mixed 0.3
40% 13.9 MB/s
DQ Read 94.9
DQ Write 28.2
DQ Mixed 1.6
17% 41.6 MB/s
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0110A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 130 18 28 32 6.7 MB/s
27.3% Poor
Read 460
Write 319
Mixed 10.2
SusWrite 38
45% 207 MB/s
4K Read 13.8
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 0.4
25% 6.8 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1120A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 46 7.6 76 13 59 MB/s
19.9% Very poor
Read 365
Write 274
Mixed 11.2
SusWrite 68.7
39% 180 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.3
4% 1.4 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0827A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 159 8.3 84 3.3 4.8 MB/s
15.5% Very poor
Read 303
Write 251
Mixed 10
SusWrite 44.1
33% 152 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.1
2% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 52%
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Workstation 6%
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System: HP ProBook 440 G6

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples498x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples162x
Core i3-8145UIntelBench 53%, 15,431 samples24x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples670x
UHD Graphics 610IntelBench 2%, 3,878 samples21x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples13x
SSD
SMSM151S3/240G 240GBKingstonBench 43%, 41 samples1x
RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 40%, 38,499 samples99x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples60x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples50x
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