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RBU-SMS100S3128GA 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 56.9% (832nd of 1072)

Based on 304 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON RBU-SMS100S3128GA
Poor: 42%Average: 56.9% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The Kingston RBU-SMS100S3128GA 128GB averaged 43.0% 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 Random Read Speed 23.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 463MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston RBU-SMS100S3128GA 128GB is 23.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston RBU-SMS100S3128GA 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 123MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 166MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 304 samples)
Rank 83256.9%
Min Avg Max
376 Read 463 505
55.1 Write 166 186
115 Mixed 210 269
49.6 SusWrite 123 178
52.9% 241 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.4 4K Read 23.2 29.2
21.8 4K Write 56.8 80.7
7.1 4K Mixed 12.3 19.6
80.9% 30.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22 DQ Read 139 171
37.5 DQ Write 141 174
7.03 DQ Mixed 33.5 59.2
54.6% 105 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
21GB free
Firmware: S8FM06.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 172 182 187 78 46 MB/s
62.6% Good
Read 480
Write 183
Mixed 193
SusWrite 141
55% 249 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 56.9
4K Mixed 19.1
91% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 58.6
75% 134 MB/s
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 06.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 84 74 159 179 52 MB/s
59.8% Above average
Read 421
Write 178
Mixed 170
SusWrite 113
48% 220 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 64.7
4K Mixed 18.2
97% 36.3 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 170
DQ Mixed 59.3
75% 133 MB/s
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 170 172 177 110 34 MB/s
58.9% Above average
Read 473
Write 174
Mixed 192
SusWrite 138
54% 244 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 45.7
4K Mixed 17.6
80% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 171
DQ Mixed 56.2
74% 132 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 164 121 150 163 162 MB/s
51.1% Above average
Read 370
Write 171
Mixed 171
SusWrite 148
48% 215 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 39.3
4K Mixed 13.7
72% 25.2 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 51.7
60% 105 MB/s
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 9.8 48 31 21 19 MB/s
48.4% Average
Read 439
Write 180
Mixed 187
SusWrite 30.1
46% 209 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 42.5
4K Mixed 17.7
80% 27.7 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 57.9
DQ Mixed 59.3
58% 95.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,667,320 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard

System: Acer Predator G3-605

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples499x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples456x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples220x
GPU
GTX 760 (192-bit)NvidiaBench 20%, 10,656 samples165x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples141x
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia  $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples129x
SSD
RBU-SMS100S3128GA 128GBKingstonBench 57%, 304 samples1x
RAM
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 52%, 14,558 samples101x
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 7,869 samples87x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 3,905 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $135

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The Kingston RBU series is a really good choice fors laptop every dag use or gaming. Performance is really good and it boosted my laptop performance by 40% and boots up in 8 seconds. Not as fast as a Samsung 840 but it is still 10 times faster than HDD.

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