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SS200S3 30GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 52.4% (876th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SS200S3
Poor: 46%Average: 52.4% Great: 57%

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Average average bench

The Kingston SS200S3 30GB averaged 47.5% 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 Random Read Speed 25.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 67MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 76.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 8.02MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 87652.4%
Min Avg Max
463 Read 474 482
20.9 Write 76.8 92.5
152 Mixed 152 153
50.4% 234 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.8 4K Read 25.4 27.2
52.1 4K Write 67 79.8
7.45 4K Mixed 8.02 8.22
84.2% 33.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
105 DQ Read 151 165
70.2 DQ Write 82 88.5
21.1 DQ Mixed 22 22.4
41.6% 84.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 06.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
56.7% Above average
Read 482
Write 92.5
Mixed 153
52% 242 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 79.8
4K Mixed 8.13
94% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 85.3
DQ Mixed 22.1
44% 90.1 MB/s
1GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 06.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 479
Write 91.1
Mixed 153
52% 241 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 70.5
4K Mixed 8.22
88% 35 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 88.5
DQ Mixed 22.4
44% 91.7 MB/s
1GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 06.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
54% Above average
Read 463
Write 90.7
Mixed 152
51% 235 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 71.2
4K Mixed 8.11
88% 35.1 MB/s
DQ Read 157
DQ Write 85.9
DQ Mixed 22.1
43% 88.3 MB/s
2GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 06.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
51% Above average
Read 475
Write 88.6
Mixed 153
52% 239 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 61.4
4K Mixed 8.18
80% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 105
DQ Write 70.2
DQ Mixed 21.1
34% 65.3 MB/s
1GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 06.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
45.7% Average
Read 470
Write 20.9
Mixed 152
46% 214 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 52.1
4K Mixed 7.45
72% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 80
DQ Mixed 22.3
43% 89.1 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,758,189 SSDs tested

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Typical SS200S3 30GB Builds (Compare 1,004 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 20238

CPU
Core i5-4200MIntel  $39Bench 50%, 33,019 samples406x
Core i7-4700MQIntel  $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples310x
Core i3-4000MIntel  $259Bench 51%, 7,973 samples132x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples946x
Radeon R5 M230AMDBench 4%, 157 samples12x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples11x
SSD
SS200S3 30GBKingstonBench 52%, 5 samples1x
RAM
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples51x
RMT3170EF68F9W1600 1x4GBRamaxelBench 28%, 4,466 samples42x
M471B5173BH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 26%, 3,518 samples39x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $39

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