Kingston SNV325S2

SSDNow V+ Series 512GB

SSDNow V+ Series 512GB
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Effective Speed -214%Effective Speed -214%Average Score -199%Read -191%, Write -227%, 4K Read -130%, 4K Write -197%, Mixed -255%, 4K Mixed -244%, SusWrite -147%Peak Score -158%Read -133%, Write -185%, 4K Read -88%, 4K Write -156%, Mixed -207%, 4K Mixed -197%, SusWrite -140%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,323%DQ Read -2,813%, DQ Write -651%, DQ Mixed -1,462%, ADQ Read -2,950%, ADQ Write -668%, ADQ Mixed -1,516%, Age -26%, AS-SSD Total -499%

Average Bench: 31.4% (1005^th of 1072)

Based on 12 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SNV325S2

Poor: 25%Average: 31.4% Great: 40%

Popular builds with this SSD

HP Z230 Tower Workstation (2)

Poor average bench

The Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 512GB averaged 68.6% 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 Random Read Speed 14.9MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 13.1MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 512GB is just 14.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 10.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 37.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)

Rank 100531.4%

Min	Avg	Max
10.2	Read 157	217
8.7	Write 124	170
5.7	Mixed 101	138
72.2	SusWrite 120	161
28.1% 126 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 14.9	22.8
0	4K Write 29.5	47.7
0	4K Mixed 13.1	19.6
54.9% 19.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8	DQ Read 10.7	12.6
17.4	DQ Write 37.6	47.7
5.57	DQ Mixed 16.1	21.2
14.7% 21.5 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

FIN-User, 22 months ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AGYA0201

SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 160 164 165 169 MB/s

44.7% Average

Write 150

Mixed 125

SusWrite 161

36% 158 MB/s

4K Read 22.8

4K Write 47.7

4K Mixed 19.6

85% 30 MB/s

DQ Read 10.9

DQ Write 47.1

DQ Mixed 19.1

18% 25.7 MB/s

USA-User, 18 months ago.

343GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AGYA0201

SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 150 150 167 157 158 MB/s

35.1% Below average

Write 140

Mixed 100

SusWrite 153

32% 141 MB/s

4K Read 15.9

4K Write 33.9

4K Mixed 13.1

59% 21 MB/s

DQ Read 11.3

DQ Write 42.2

DQ Mixed 16.3

16% 23.3 MB/s

USA-User, 17 months ago.

449GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AGYA0201

SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 59 80 140 132 138 MB/s

34% Below average

Write 110

Mixed 125

SusWrite 109

24% 104 MB/s

4K Read 21.9

4K Write 44.7

4K Mixed 17.4

79% 28 MB/s

DQ Read 10.9

DQ Write 17.4

DQ Mixed 21.2

14% 16.5 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

42GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AGYA0201

SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 64 89 153 145 136 MB/s

33.6% Below average

Write 107

Mixed 95.2

SusWrite 117

28% 125 MB/s

4K Read 14.9

4K Write 38.5

4K Mixed 13.5

60% 22.3 MB/s

DQ Read 9.9

DQ Write 40

DQ Mixed 17.2

16% 22.4 MB/s

FIN-User, 3 years ago.

309GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AGYA0201

SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 83 78 81 81 142 MB/s

29.2% Poor

Write 170

Mixed 61

SusWrite 88.4

27% 119 MB/s

4K Read 19.6

4K Write 0.3

4K Mixed 19.6

55% 13.2 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AGYA0201

SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 84 75 63 87 70 MB/s

25.3% Poor

Write 90.1

Mixed 90.6

SusWrite 72.2

23% 102 MB/s

4K Read 12.4

4K Write 25.3

4K Mixed 10.5

46% 16.1 MB/s

DQ Read 9.8

DQ Write 28.1

DQ Mixed 13.6

12% 17.2 MB/s

FIN-User, 3 years ago.

165GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AGYA0201

SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 108 100 80 58 82 MB/s

23.5% Poor

Write 87.1

Mixed 139

SusWrite 87.4

20% 88.8 MB/s

4K Read 18.8

4K Write 15.8

4K Mixed 13.3

54% 16 MB/s

DQ Read 0.6

DQ Write 4.3

DQ Mixed 24.4

12% 9.77 MB/s

FIN-User, 3 years ago.

163GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AGYA0201

SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 116 93 105 106 133 MB/s

6.76% Terrible

Write 8.7

Mixed 5.7

SusWrite 104

7% 32 MB/s

4K Read 0.1

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0

0% 0.03 MB/s

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	614x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	493x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	234x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	173x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	161x

SSD
SSDNow V+ Series 512GBKingstonBench 31%, 12 samples	1x

RAM
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples	57x
HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 54%, 3,233 samples	51x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	45x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $150

Popular SSDNow V+ Series 512GB systems:

HP Z230 Tower Workstation (2)

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston SNV325S2

SSDNow V+ Series 512GB

Average Bench: 31.4% (1005^th of 1072)

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Very good consistency

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

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Kingston SNV325S2

SSDNow V+ Series 512GB

Average Bench: 31.4% (1005th of 1072)

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Very good consistency

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

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Average Bench: 31.4% (1005^th of 1072)