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SV300S3 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 46.8% (902nd of 1071)

Based on 210 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SV300S3
Poor: 26%Average: 46.8% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Kingston SV300S3 480GB averaged 53.2% 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 66.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.9MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SV300S3 480GB is 34.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SV300S3 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 15.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 71.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 210 samples)
Rank 90246.8%
Min Avg Max
135 Read 322 517
123 Write 212 309
124 Mixed 234 327
81.7 SusWrite 166 235
52.2% 234 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.19 4K Read 19.9 28
8.49 4K Write 15.9 21.2
6.83 4K Mixed 16.1 23.5
59.3% 17.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.6 DQ Read 135 215
20.8 DQ Write 71.6 88.8
9.01 DQ Mixed 66.2 103
59.1% 90.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 204 206 189 212 208 MB/s
54% Above average
Read 410
Write 240
Mixed 254
SusWrite 208
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 16.5
4K Mixed 18.4
63% 18.4 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 80.6
DQ Mixed 95.3
77% 112 MB/s
191GB free
Firmware: 603A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 186 199 199 193 194 MB/s
54% Above average
Read 417
Write 243
Mixed 260
SusWrite 190
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 19
4K Mixed 20.9
74% 21.5 MB/s
DQ Read 44.5
DQ Write 80.7
DQ Mixed 65.3
49% 63.5 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: 608A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 245 248 240 239 240 MB/s
49% Average
Read 280
Write 254
Mixed 278
SusWrite 247
60% 265 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 16.1
4K Mixed 17.1
60% 17.6 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 76.4
DQ Mixed 79
63% 89.4 MB/s
40GB free
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 137 128 142 127 105 MB/s
41.1% Average
Read 300
Write 194
Mixed 241
SusWrite 134
48% 217 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 11.3
4K Mixed 16.5
55% 15.4 MB/s
DQ Read 82.6
DQ Write 86.9
DQ Mixed 97.7
70% 89.1 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 172 133 137 153 198 MB/s
36.5% Below average
Read 191
Write 229
Mixed 146
SusWrite 162
41% 182 MB/s
4K Read 13.3
4K Write 14.1
4K Mixed 15.6
48% 14.3 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 60.6
DQ Mixed 82.8
63% 86.3 MB/s
60GB free
Firmware: 608A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 213 187 191 195 185 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 247
Write 191
Mixed 122
SusWrite 197
42% 189 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 7.8
4K Mixed 15.2
41% 11.5 MB/s
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Typical SV300S3 480GB Builds (Compare 1,749 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation 19%
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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples113x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples87x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples65x
SSD
SV300S3 480GBKingstonBench 47%, 210 samples1x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples18x
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