Kvst

120G 120GB

120G 120GB
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Effective Speed -64%Effective Speed -64%Average Score -59%Read -15%, Write -35%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -66%, Mixed -64%, 4K Mixed -121%, SusWrite -84%Peak Score -22%Read -14%, Write -19%, 4K Read -29%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -63%, SusWrite 3%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -76%DQ Read -138%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -89%, ADQ Read -233%, ADQ Write -50%, ADQ Mixed -212%, Age 165%, AS-SSD Total -44%

Average Bench: 60.2% (803^rd of 1074)

Based on 12 user benchmarks. Model: KVST 120G

Poor: 39%Average: 60.2% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The Kvst 120G 120GB averaged 39.8% 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 83.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kvst 120G 120GB is 40.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kvst 120G 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 98.1MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 161MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)

Rank 80360.2%

Min	Avg	Max
314	Read 398	443
152	Write 301	408
16.8	Mixed 219	335
36.6	SusWrite 161	399
60.1% 270 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.1	4K Read 25.9	33.4
8.9	4K Write 52.9	116
0.5	4K Mixed 20.4	35.8
93.3% 33.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
54.4	DQ Read 98.1	154
26.5	DQ Write 192	342
0.5	DQ Mixed 83.5	175
81% 125 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TUN-User, 5 months ago.

112GB free

Firmware: S0513A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 389 390 404 405 405 MB/s

93.8% Outstanding

Write 408

Mixed 335

SusWrite 399

88% 389 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 28.6

144% 58.3 MB/s

DQ Read 111

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 41.4

85% 165 MB/s

VNM-User, 2 months ago.

71GB free

Firmware: V8402c31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 379 376 373 170 123 MB/s

80.2% Excellent

Write 352

Mixed 327

SusWrite 300

80% 355 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 74.4

4K Mixed 32.4

117% 43.6 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 207

DQ Mixed 175

133% 177 MB/s

VNM-User, 5 months ago.

61GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8402c31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 313 219 122 102 78 MB/s

66.4% Good

Write 336

Mixed 308

SusWrite 192

70% 314 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 58.6

4K Mixed 27.1

96% 35.3 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 208

DQ Mixed 172

132% 178 MB/s

VNM-User, 7 months ago.

54GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8312c06

SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 295 161 65 61 56 MB/s

59.7% Above average

Write 284

Mixed 299

SusWrite 157

64% 285 MB/s

4K Read 19.1

4K Write 52.5

4K Mixed 26.3

90% 32.6 MB/s

DQ Read 54.4

DQ Write 212

DQ Mixed 104

88% 124 MB/s

TUN-User, 7 months ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VD0R0222

SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 84 83 88 84 83 MB/s

48.7% Average

Write 180

Mixed 216

SusWrite 87.6

46% 205 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 59.2

4K Mixed 13.8

92% 33.8 MB/s

DQ Read 67.4

DQ Write 80

DQ Mixed 3.6

22% 50.3 MB/s

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Motherboard: MSI H310M PRO-VDH PLUS (MS-7C09)

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Core i5-9400FIntel $85Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	2,351x
Core i3-9100FIntel $115Bench 80%, 34,310 samples	1,526x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	296x

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GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	643x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	468x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	364x

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120G 120GBKvstBench 60%, 12 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	205x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	169x
HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 32,519 samples	155x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $315

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