Kingston

SMS200S3240G 240GB

SMS200S3240G 240GB
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Effective Speed -46%Effective Speed -46%Average Score -49%Read -31%, Write -67%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite -89%Peak Score -38%Read -3%, Write -78%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -45%, 4K Mixed -33%, SusWrite -51%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -56%DQ Read -86%, DQ Write -34%, DQ Mixed -63%, ADQ Read -99%, ADQ Write -31%, ADQ Mixed -63%, Age -24%, AS-SSD Total -51%

Average Bench: 67.5% (706^th of 1072)

Based on 441 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SMS200S3240G

Poor: 49%Average: 67.5% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston SMS200S3240G 240GB averaged 32.5% 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 160MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31.2MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SMS200S3240G 240GB is 34.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SMS200S3240G 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 157MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 243MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 441 samples)

Rank 70667.5%

Min	Avg	Max
294	Read 350	492
178	Write 243	273
197	Mixed 255	292
107	SusWrite 157	256
56.1% 251 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.9	4K Read 23.8	30.6
32.6	4K Write 70.4	106
11.6	4K Mixed 31.2	43.9
113% 41.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.6	DQ Read 164	197
96.3	DQ Write 220	268
12.9	DQ Mixed 160	203
130% 181 MB/s

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

FRA-User, 4 months ago.

104GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 60AABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 174 149 177 166 165 MB/s

76.7% Very good

Write 266

Mixed 276

SusWrite 160

61% 272 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 76.6

4K Mixed 39.8

134% 48.2 MB/s

DQ Read 196

DQ Write 239

DQ Mixed 193

152% 209 MB/s

FRA-User, 4 months ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 60AABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 174 137 175 174 172 MB/s

76.5% Very good

Write 270

Mixed 272

SusWrite 161

62% 277 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 72.9

4K Mixed 39.2

131% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 194

DQ Write 232

DQ Mixed 201

155% 209 MB/s

CZE-User, 11 days ago.

61GB free

Firmware: 60AABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 172 194 181 171 196 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 258

Mixed 259

SusWrite 179

61% 272 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 69.6

4K Mixed 38.7

120% 43.5 MB/s

DQ Read 196

DQ Write 227

DQ Mixed 184

146% 202 MB/s

COL-User, 2 months ago.

183GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 605ABBF2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 152 143 142 156 158 MB/s

67% Good

Write 258

Mixed 272

SusWrite 159

56% 250 MB/s

4K Read 25.6

4K Write 67.8

4K Mixed 32.3

116% 41.9 MB/s

DQ Read 174

DQ Write 232

DQ Mixed 137

122% 181 MB/s

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-16GF

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	177x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	130x
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples	63x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	291x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 18,736 samples	86x
GTX 850MNvidiaBench 14%, 13,931 samples	48x

SSD
SMS200S3240G 240GBKingstonBench 67%, 441 samples	1x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,484 samples	62x
AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 1x8GBAdataBench 28%, 4,045 samples	27x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples	23x

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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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SMS200S3240G 240GB

Average Bench: 67.5% (706^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 67.5% (706th of 1072)

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