Kingston

SMSM151S3/128G 128GB

SMSM151S3/128G 128GB
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Effective Speed -73%Effective Speed -73%Average Score -77%Read -3%, Write -19%, 4K Read -60%, 4K Write -56%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -302%, SusWrite -67%Peak Score -8%Read 67%, Write 15%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -31%, Mixed 22%, 4K Mixed -110%, SusWrite -12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -166%DQ Read 9%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -349%, ADQ Read -223%, ADQ Write -43%, ADQ Mixed -819%, Age 104%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 57% (830^th of 1072)

Based on 14 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SMSM151S3/128G

Poor: 32%Average: 57% Great: 81%

Popular builds with this SSD

Dell Inspiron 3501 (1)

Average average bench

The Kingston SMSM151S3/128G 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 21.4MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 445MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SMSM151S3/128G 128GB is 49.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SMSM151S3/128G 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 101MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 28.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)

Rank 83057%

Min	Avg	Max
381	Read 445	848
183	Write 340	560
16.2	Mixed 277	517
59.3	SusWrite 177	347
69.1% 310 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.8	4K Read 21.4	40.2
7.3	4K Write 56.2	93.1
0.3	4K Mixed 11.2	27.7
76.5% 29.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.2	DQ Read 101	399
19	DQ Write 202	335
0.4	DQ Mixed 28.3	73.8
56.5% 110 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 years ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2004XKR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 188 144 291 119 69 MB/s

97.7% Outstanding

Write 560

Mixed 517

SusWrite 196

118% 530 MB/s

4K Read 40.2

4K Write 70.8

4K Mixed 25.2

131% 45.4 MB/s

DQ Read 399

DQ Write 196

DQ Mixed 73.8

114% 223 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 years ago.

102GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0817B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 333 357 353 343 344 MB/s

61.2% Good

Write 338

Mixed 276

SusWrite 340

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 14.5

4K Write 41.8

4K Mixed 10.9

58% 22.4 MB/s

DQ Read 79

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 26.7

65% 130 MB/s

BGD-User, 16 months ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0401A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 163 82 117 69 65 MB/s

60.9% Good

Write 370

Mixed 312

SusWrite 131

70% 314 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 64.7

4K Mixed 17.9

89% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 70.1

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 26.1

70% 139 MB/s

JPN-User, 3 years ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0424A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 255 211 209 211 304 MB/s

60.5% Good

Write 311

Mixed 296

SusWrite 251

70% 311 MB/s

4K Read 11.9

4K Write 67.8

4K Mixed 11.8

69% 30.5 MB/s

DQ Read 89.7

DQ Write 335

DQ Mixed 26

74% 150 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

102GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1022A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 204 193 201 116 68 MB/s

51.6% Above average

Write 183

Mixed 224

SusWrite 163

54% 242 MB/s

4K Read 12.8

4K Write 46.9

4K Mixed 15.7

64% 25.1 MB/s

DQ Read 80.7

DQ Write 194

DQ Mixed 31.9

55% 102 MB/s

PAK-User, 22 months ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0424A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 84 58 43 49 45 MB/s

39.1% Below average

Write 310

Mixed 321

SusWrite 97.1

63% 283 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 27.4

4K Mixed 0.9

52% 17.5 MB/s

DQ Read 81.4

DQ Write 49.5

DQ Mixed 19.5

27% 50.1 MB/s

PAK-User, 2 years ago.

63GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0827A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 251 102 6.8 95 11 MB/s

26.5% Poor

Write 298

Mixed 16.2

SusWrite 78.6

44% 199 MB/s

4K Read 10.8

4K Write 7.3

4K Mixed 0.3

21% 6.13 MB/s

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Typical SMSM151S3/128G 128GB Builds (Compare 3,826 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 13%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3501

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	1,544x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples	745x
Core i3-1005G1IntelBench 44%, 22,960 samples	605x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,809x
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples	974x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples	814x

SSD
SMSM151S3/128G 128GBKingstonBench 57%, 14 samples	1x

RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBUnknownBench 32%, 13,137 samples	334x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples	265x
HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 1x4GBUnknownBench 35%, 612 samples	151x

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Dell Inspiron 3501 (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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SMSM151S3/128G 128GB

Average Bench: 57% (830^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 57% (830th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 57% (830^th of 1072)