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SV300S37A 240G 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 58.6% (817th of 1072)

Based on 94 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SV300S37A 240G
Poor: 26%Average: 58.6% Great: 95%

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Average average bench

The Kingston SV300S37A 240G 240GB averaged 41.4% 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 80.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.5MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SV300S37A 240G 240GB is 68.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SV300S37A 240G 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 108MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 223MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 94 samples)
Rank 81758.6%
Min Avg Max
199 Read 362 513
110 Write 287 457
27.8 Mixed 223 490
54.6 SusWrite 108 279
54.6% 245 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.4 4K Read 21.5 32.5
18.6 4K Write 59.9 106
0.3 4K Mixed 18.2 45.9
87.6% 33.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.2 DQ Read 178 317
48.9 DQ Write 191 334
1 DQ Mixed 80.5 246
89.3% 150 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
154GB free
Firmware: P0520AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 65 55 53 51 52 MB/s
80.4% Excellent
Read 463
Write 425
Mixed 375
SusWrite 86.8
75% 337 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 89.2
4K Mixed 40.7
140% 52.3 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 236
194% 274 MB/s
37GB free
Firmware: P0115G2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 272 268 235 268 215 MB/s
74.8% Very good
Read 463
Write 262
Mixed 260
SusWrite 254
69% 310 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 77.2
4K Mixed 27.7
101% 40.5 MB/s
DQ Read 172
DQ Write 257
DQ Mixed 167
140% 199 MB/s
154GB free
Firmware: P0520AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 53 54 53 54 53 MB/s
70.7% Very good
Read 459
Write 395
Mixed 378
SusWrite 86.8
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 56.6
4K Mixed 31.9
108% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 238
198% 283 MB/s
137GB free
Firmware: R0330A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 51 61 50 59 55 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 475
Write 358
Mixed 39.1
SusWrite 85.4
53% 239 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 29.1
4K Mixed 24.2
74% 23.9 MB/s
DQ Read 103
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 1.6
54% 125 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 101 61 69 60 59 MB/s
45.7% Average
Read 257
Write 235
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 96.3
34% 155 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 63.6
4K Mixed 1.5
78% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 201
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 1.7
55% 131 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 94 47 56 35 45 MB/s
42.6% Average
Read 258
Write 231
Mixed 25.1
SusWrite 81.4
33% 149 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 48.7
4K Mixed 1.5
70% 26.1 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 1.5
53% 128 MB/s
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0417B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 69 62 66 70 67 MB/s
29.7% Poor
Read 234
Write 157
Mixed 192
SusWrite 71.4
36% 164 MB/s
4K Read 8.3
4K Write 16.5
4K Mixed 7.7
31% 10.8 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 50.8
DQ Mixed 141
105% 145 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,696,787 SSDs tested

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Typical SV300S37A 240G 240GB Builds (Compare 3,400 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 22%
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Desktop 71%
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Workstation 18%
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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

CPU
Xeon W3530Intel  $290Bench 65%, 5,773 samples477x
Xeon W3550IntelBench 66%, 7,649 samples330x
Xeon X5670IntelBench 73%, 9,061 samples243x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples172x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples156x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples126x
SSD
SV300S37A 240G 240GBKingstonBench 59%, 94 samples1x
RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples648x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples576x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples324x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $349

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